Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show: Best Photos From the Performance
Written by djfrosty on February 9, 2025
Kendrick Lamar‘s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show is in the books, and it definitely didn’t strike a minor chord with audiences.
In fact, the 13-minute showcase between halves of the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs game kept fans — both in the stadium and at home watching on TV — riled up from start to finish, with the Compton rapper performing back-to-back hits from his latest Billboard 200-topping album, GNX, as well as other chart-toppers from years past, including 2017’s “Humble” and “DNA.”
As previously announced, frequent collaborator and soon-to-be tourmate SZA joined him on the field at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans to help perform their 2024 team-up “Luther” and 2018 Black Panther duet “All the Stars,” while producer Mustard had his big moment next to Lamar when the latter performed “TV Off.” Plus, Samuel L. Jackson played the recurring role of Uncle Sam, dressed in a tailcoat and top hat and shouting interjections between batches of songs.
The indisputable high point of the show, however, was when Dot — minutes after faking out the audience with a tease earlier on in the performance — finally launched into the song everyone was waiting for, Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single and 2024 culture-defining diss track “Not Like Us.” Moments after smiling directly into the camera to tease, “Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young,” Lamar was joined by an ear-splitting crowd of tens of thousands of football fans in yelling, “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor!”
Aside from Lamar and his A-list collaborators, dozens of red-white-and-blue-clad dancers, as well as a crew of behind-the-scenes workers who put together the hip-hop titan’s layered, 360-degree staging, also nailed their execution of 2025’s unforgettable halftime extravaganza. Relive the already iconic performance by checking out some of the best photos from the show below.
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Image Credit: Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Samuel Jackson performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Christopher Polk Kendrick Lamar performs at Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs for the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA.
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Image Credit: Christopher Polk SZA performs at Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Mustard and Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Serena Williams performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Christopher Polk Kendrick Lamar performs for the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA.
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Image Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Christopher Polk Kendrick Lamar performs at Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs for the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA.
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Image Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Mustard and Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar and SZA perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images SZA performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images Mustard and Kendrick Lamar perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images SZA performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar and SZA perform onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs for the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA.
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Image Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Image Credit: Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Kendrick Lamar performs for the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, LA.