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Popular rapper Kendrick Lamar dominated social media discourse following his halftime performance during Super Bowl LIX on Sunday. Lamar performed his viral song "Not Like Us," which won Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards last week, to mixed reactions from fans on social media.
Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian's wife Loreal Sarkisian weighed in after the game. She reposted an iconic picture on her Instagram stories of the rapper with his fellow performers who had choreographed the American flag to end the thrilling performance.
She captioned it:
"Black history is American history."
Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl discourse rumbles on
The decision to choose Kendrick Lamar over New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne caused widespread controversy when the news was announced in September.
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Fox Sports analyst Skip Bayless sided with Wayne and posted a withering tweet during the game.
"I AM NOT WATCHING THIS HALFTIME SHOW, OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY BROTHER LIL WAYNE, WHO OBVIOUSLY SHOULD BE PLAYING IN HIS HOMETOWN OF NEW ORLEANS. THIS IS JUST SO WRONG," Bayless tweeted on Sunday.
On the "Skip Bayless Show" on Wednesday, Bayless said Wayne had received a formal apology from the NFL over the snub.
“The NFL immediately sent Wayne a letter of apology," Bayless said. "From nobody in particular, just from the league on NFL letterhead. A letter that thanked him for his years of supporting the league, not just the Packers, his favorite team, but supporting and promoting the NFL, in general, which he has.
"I mean, he makes weekly appearances on the NFL Sunday pregame show, "NFL GameDay Morning" on the NFL Network. But, he will not play Sunday’s halftime show, and he definitely will not watch a second of Sunday’s halftime show. He will watch the game; just not the halftime show. Not one second.”
While the performance may have had some controversy attached to it, Kendrick Lamar did mesmerize many who were in attendance.
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