Kendrick Lamar performed Drake diss track ‘Not Like Us’ at Super Bowl 2025 halftime show — with one big change

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the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, but made one big and telling change to the song’s lyrics. Taking the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, Lamar, 37, elated fans when he performed the song that has come to define his feud with Drizzy, 38, during the show.The Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper teased the song throughout the performance, saving it for the end of his time on the field.“I want to play their favorite song, but you know they love to sue,” K-Dot spat at one point, undoubtedly alluding to Drake’s legal actions against their shared record label, Universal Music Group.

When Lamar finally did perform a portion of “Not Like Us,” which accuses his Canadian rival of being a pedophile, he took out the word “pedophile” from the lyrics.

Instead of spitting, “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles,” Lamar went silent when he would normally rap “pedophile.”As planned, SZA joined the performance.Sunday’s performance was by far the most high-profile live rendition of “Not Like Us,” with more than 80,000 in attendance at the Super Bowl and likely over 100 million watching the very public airing of rap drama at home.K-Dot spat the diss just days after taking home five Grammys for “Not Like Us,” including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.In the lead-up to the Kansas City Chief’s face-off with the Philadelphia Eagles, Lamar kept mum about whether the diss track would make it into his halftime show setlist.At the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show press conference on Thursday, Lamar would only say that he would deliver plenty of “storytelling.”The Pulitzer Prize winner and the show’s producers tipped their hand though by playing “Not Like Us” as Lamar was introduced at the top of the presser.The day.