Serena Williams' gave fans a surprise performance during the Super Bowl -time show of Kendrick Lamar on Sunday.
The tennis champion, 43, started dancing while the star carried out his song 'Not Like Us' – a diss track of his beef with Canadian rapper Drake.
While her cameo lasted seconds, fans sent wild because of her history with Drake after the couple were both romantic in the past.
The Crip Walk also has personal meaning for the star after she had performed a similar party dance when she beat Maria Sharapova in 2012 at the Olympic Games.
Responding to the show she joked: “I don't have a crip walk at Wimbledon, I would have been fined!”
Her dance in Wimbledon led controversy at the time because of its origin in the gang culture and association with violence and death.
Serena Williams' gave a hilarious reaction of 13 words the moment he performed to Kendrick Lamar's Drake Diss Track in the Super Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday evening
Responding to the show she joked: “I don't have a crip walk at Wimbledon, I would have been fined!”
Drake has previously referred to Serena in his music, including his song 'Worst Behavior' from 2013 and his song 'Middle of the Ocean' from 2022, where he took a excavation with her husband, Alexis Ohanian, who a 'groupie “mentioned.
And now Kendrick has given a nod to the sportswoman in his Drake Diss track while warning the rapper: “Better not talking about Serena.”
Responding after the performance, Serena also: 'Let's go super bowl -rest time ??! I died a bit! '
The sight of Williams C-Walking on a stage as large as this social media sent to hysteria.
“Serena waited to get that lick back,” Jemele Hill of the Atlantic posted on Twitter.
A fan joked, “Kendrick gets the whole super bowl who” a minor “screams with Serena Williams Dancing to feel like a shot gun to Drake's chest.”
“Drake looks at Serena's ex his ex crip is running at a viral diss song over him that is legendary,” read another message.
Another user said: 'Every time I look at Kendrick, I am inspired to be a bigger hater. He has Serena Williams dancing on a diss track of Drake knowing Serena history with Drake is devilish. Really inspiring things. '
While her cameo lasted seconds, fans sent wild because of her history with Drake after the couple were both romantically connected in the past
The Crip Walk also has personal significance for the star after she had performed a similar party dance when she defeated Maria Sharapova in 2012 at the Olympic Games
Responding after the performance, Serena also: 'Let's go super bowl -rest time ??! I died a bit! '
Kendrick gave a nod to the sportswoman in his Drake Diss number while he warned the rapper: “Better not talking about Serena”
In 2015, rumors about an alleged romance between Serena and Drake began to circulate.
The rapper even called Williams in many songs – while he also appeared in several tennis tournaments in which she participated.
TMZ added more fuel to the fire by publishing photos of the two in a restaurant in Cincinnati with a romantic dinner after she won the western and southern open.
But despite these rumors, Williams seemed to continue – co -founder of Reddit with Reddit Alexis Ohanian in 2017 and have a child together.
Drake brought things to the next level by attacking Ohanian on a song, 'Middle of the Ocean' from his album 'Her Loss' from 2022.
In the song he raps, “Sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie / he claims that we have no problem, but / no Boo, it's like coming for sushi.”
Ohanian answered with a tweet and said: 'The reason I keep winning is because I am ruthless about being absolute best in what I do – including the best group for my wife [and] daughter.'
Kendrick returned on behalf of her in 'Not Like Us', Rapping, 'From Alondra to Central / N **** better not about Serena.'
Drake once attacked Williams' husband, Alexis Ohanian, in a song in 2022
Lamar carried out his rest show with an appearance of frequent employee SZA
Samuel L. Jackson (left) Seen on stage with Lamar (R) on the Super Bowl -Tijdshow
DJ Mustard (L), a frequent employee of Lamar, performs with the rapper on the show
In the midst of their beef, Serena delivered its own puncture on the Espys 2024, which she organized: 'If I learned something this year, it is that none of us – none of us, not even me – should ever choose a fight With Kendrick Lamar. '
She added: 'He won't make your hometown like you make. The next time Drake is the court with a Raptors game, they will praise him, “Seat's taken”. '
Williams was born in Michigan and spent her childhood in Compton before moving to Florida to concentrate on her tennis career. She only became the best tennis player for ladies of the open era – if not always.
As far as Lamar is concerned, he managed not to get one, but two of his diss tracks against Drake in the half -time show – previously performed in his set of 'Euphoria'.
Lamar teased to play 'Not Like Us' earlier in the set, but withdrew for a moment as he sang for a group of female vocalists.
“Ladies / I want to make a move / I want to perform the favorite song / But you know they would like to sue,” Lamar beat for the beat to the song that played temporarily.
That referred to the court case that Drake has filed against his record label, UMG (the same label as Lamar) for not preventing the release of 'not as us' and claimed that it contained the defamatory content.
But Lamar finally played the song. He beat the words “certified lover boy, certified …” and then didn't say the word “pedofile.”
Moments later the crowd sings the words 'tryna battle an agreement / and it is probably a miner'.
Lamar usually played songs from his recently released album 'GNX'. He also played two songs from his release 'Damn' 2017. – They are humble and DNA.
The half -time show also contained two songs that were equipped with SZA: 'Luther', that is from 'GNX', and 'All the Stars' from the soundtrack to the Marvel film Black Panther.
In addition to SZA and Williams, the show contained two surprise guests: Samuel L. Jackson as the storyteller of the show and DJ Mustard – a hit maker and long -term Lamar employee.
