{"id":105455,"date":"2025-02-09T11:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/?p=105455"},"modified":"2025-02-09T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T15:16:21","slug":"storytelling-with-kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-lix-halftime-show-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/nfl\/105455\/storytelling-with-kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-lix-halftime-show-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Storytelling&#8221; with Kendrick Lamar (Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Preview)"},"content":{"rendered":"ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Akoiki-passport2-e1484016200505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7277\" src=\"http:\/\/alotofsportstalk.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Akoiki-passport2-e1484016200505.jpg\" alt=\"akoiki-passport2\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\"><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; by Adesina O. Koiki<br \/>\n<em>A Lot of Sports Talk<\/em> editor-in-chief<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Koiki_Sport\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @Koiki_Sport<\/a> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALOST_Official\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ALOST_Official<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">NEW ORLEANS \u2014 Somehow, after cleaning house on the biggest stage in music last Sunday, Kendrick Lamar will have an even bigger platform to continue his tour de force in just a few days&#8217; time, Super Bowl Sunday. As the story of the game is in its intermission, Kendrick promises to bring music storytelling to the fore when he takes the field at the Caesars Superdome as the headline performer for the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">\u201cI think I\u2019ve always been very open about storytelling. Through all my catalog and my history of music and I\u2019ve always had passion about bringing that on whatever stage I\u2019m on. &#8230; I like to always carry on that sense of make people listen but also see and think a little.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">Fresh off winning five Grammys, including song and record of the year for his ubiquitous diss track &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221; on Sunday, Lamar is at the peak of his powers, maybe more so than any other Super Bowl halftime performer at the time of their performances. While being interviewed during the Apple Music Super Bowl Press Conference on Thursday, Lamar vows that the genre that has earned him so much acclaim over the past few days will get the recognition he feels continues to be belittled in many corners of the music industry and the country writ large.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">&#8220;What I will say about this year, it was more from a space where I think a lot of people were putting rap to the back. You didn\u2019t see that bite anymore,&#8221; Lamar said. &#8220;So I always took that in consideration going into any type of my music.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">That bite in his award-winning album &#8220;GNX&#8221; was highlighted for many by his diss track &#8220;Not Like Us,&#8221; a takedown of fellow Grammy-winning rap artist Drake, yet the seeds were sown many years back while growing up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, the area that produced a number of artists who make up hip-hop&#8217;s golden age era.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">\u201cWhen people talk about rap, man, the conversations I hear, they think it\u2019s just rap and not an actual art form,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you put records like that at the forefront, it reminds people that this is more than just something that came 50 years ago, kinda like belittle it. So I love to see it get recognition for straight raps.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 21px;\">*Editor&#8217;s note: Above the byline is the photo gallery from Thursday morning&#8217;s media availability, with photos taken by ALOST staff photographer Aaron J. Thornton. After clicking on a photo to enlarge the picture, press the left and right arrow buttons on either side of the caption to scroll through the rest of the pictures that appear on the first page, Also, click on the numbers and\/or arrow appearing immediately below the picture grid to load the next set of photos. There are 12 pictures in total.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Koiki_Sport\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @Koiki_Sport<\/a> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALOST_Official\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ALOST_Official<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&#8211; by Adesina O. Koiki A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief Follow @Koiki_Sport Follow @ALOST_Official NEW ORLEANS \u2014 Somehow, after cleaning house on the biggest stage in music last Sunday, Kendrick Lamar will have an even bigger platform to continue his tour de force in just a few days&#8217; time, Super Bowl Sunday. 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