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‘Billboard Unfiltered’: Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance ‘Was a Real Rap Show’


'Billboard Unfiltered' is back with an episode breaking down Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show and more. Watch it now.

2025 is already off to a wild start in the hip-hop world, and Billboard Unfiltered is back to break it all down with a new episode on Friday (Feb. 14), tackling all things Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance and Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) crashout. Billboard ‘s Damien Scott gave his stamp of approval to Lamar’s performance, as he loved to see Kendrick bring an “unadulterated rap show” to the biggest stage in America. Unfiltered newcomer and hip-hop editor Angel Diaz admitted he was initially “underwhelmed” by the show, but after leaving the chaotic environment he was watching the game at and ran it back, he developed more of an appreciation for what Lamar delivered.

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