On Monday, Feb. 10, the legendary director commended the "Not Like Us" rapper's performance on Instagram — and offered some insight to a historical reference he made. "I Want To Thank My Brother Kendrick For The 40 Acres And A Mule Shoutout Which Has Been The Name Of My Production Company Since NYU Grad Film School,

Kendrick Lamar hid a bunch of Easter eggs in his historic Super Bowl LIX halftime show. But there's one little nod you may have missed, but Paramore‘s Hayley Williams sure didn't. The rocker slipped into the comments on the Instagram feed of Good Dye Young earlier this week to jump for joy after see that Lamar and SZA's backup dancers had used the hair color brand she co-founded with stylist and makeup artist Brian O'Connor.

The Grammy-winning rapper performed Drake dis track "Not Like Us," "Squabble Up," "Humble." and "Luther," among others, during football's biggest night.

He teased “Not Like Us” twice before finally performing the first verse of the track that concludes with the popular “A minorrrr!” line — a lyric heard and sung throughout the announced New Orleans crowd of 65,719 at Caesars Superdome. As expected, Lamar changed some of the lyrics for television, but the message was clear.

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From PlayStation references to America's political divide, Serena's Crip walk to that "Gloria" jacket, here's a look at what the Grammy and Pulitzer-winning rapper's show was really saying.

Serena Williams is explaining why she did that Super Bowl cameo during Kendrick Lamar's halftime show. Funny, she doesn't mention Drake at all.

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From Uncle Sam to a PlayStation controller, fans decode the meaning behind Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show.