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Spike Lee Thanks Kendrick Lamar for His Super Bowl Halftime Show: See What He Said


Spike Lee has thanked Kendrick Lamar for his Super Bowl Halftime Show. See what the director said.

Lamar also took a moment to bring up the Reconstruction Era proposal to give newly freed slaves land and a mule to help fold them into society by offering them a chance to make some money. “And I want to send a special shoutout to my Morehouse brother Samuel Jackson who started this Super Bowl Halftime extravaganza as Uncle Sam and you might’ve seen him as Dolmedes in Chi-Raq.” Kendrick’s right-hand man Dave Free told the Wall Street Journal that their mission was to try to convey “Black America” to the audience watching, something Spike Lee has made a career of.

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