Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Earns Emmy Nominations

Kendrick Lamar pushed his "Not Like Us" Drake diss to the forefront during his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show in February and he's being honored for the performance with a pair of Emmy nominations Kendrick earned 2025 Emmy Award noms for Outstanding Music Direction and Outstanding Variety Special (Live). His performance in Apple Music's big set spliced together cultural innuendos, a PlayStation controller, women's jeans, and Samuel L. Jackson and Serena Williams 133.5 million viewers said it was one for the history books Naturally, the elephant in the room was whether Kendrick would diss Drake with "Not Like Us" on live TV. Kendrick let the audience fill in the blanks when it came time to call Drake a "pedophile," he did win several Grammys for the track a week prior so of course he was gonna perform it Jay's nominated as an executive producer for Super Bowl LIX, but the Netflix special "Beyoncé Bowl" is also up for the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) trophy.

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