Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl 59 halftime show is still garnering attention one week after it was last played.
Kid Rock is just the latest to give his opinion on it, and he did not mince a single word.
The country rock rapper appeared on Friday’s edition of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” and offered his harsh opinion on the Compton lyricist’s controversial halftime performance.
The rapper had a controversial 13-minute show that saw him end it all by playing “Not Like Us,” which is the song directed at Drake that calls him a pedophile.
Maher asked Kid Rock what he thought about Kendrick Lamar’s show.
“To put it nicely, it wasn’t my cup of tea, but I got to respect it,” Kid Rock replied.
“And here’s why: I grew up loving, emulating all things hip-hop, break dancing, deejaying, graffiti, rapping, and so I understand the culture a little bit more than most. And when I say most, of course, I mean white people.”
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Kid Rock added: “Everyone’s like ‘that sucks,’ this that and the other. I’m like, ‘this kid pretty much came out figuratively with both middle fingers in the air, doing what he does for the people who love what he does unapologetically.'”
Kid Rock also stated that Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar should thank Colin Kaepernick.
“I’ve heard nobody answer this question: how did he get that gig? Jay-Z. What happened there? I think Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar should both send Colin Kaepernick a Bundt cake and, a six-pack of beer, and a ‘thank you’ note with a bunch of money in it, because without him kneeling and getting everyone’s panties in a bunch over the anthem, self-included, I don’t think that happens,” Kid Rock said.
Bill Maher genuinely does not know how to react to Kid Rock praising Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl Halftime performance for 'excluding' all races but black people:
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Kid Rock: "This was the epitome of DEI, epitome of DEI blowing up.
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Maher started to move the conversation along, but Kid Rock wanted to add more.
“And by the way, one more point,” Kid Rock said. “This was the epitome of DEI blowing up. Because the NFL was all this DEI, end racism, all this stuff. They got Jay-Z in there booking this. Kendrick Lamar goes out there and basically turns DEI into an IED. It’s all Black people, or all people of color, speaking to his crowd, in the hood, Black people. It was like the most exclusive thing ever and I’m like, ‘F— yeah, that’s awesome.’ I’m laughing my a– off.”
Kendrick Lamar Made Super Bowl History
Kendrick Lamar was the first solo rapper to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
His Super Bowl LIX halftime show is now the most-watched halftime show of all time, outdrawing Michael Jackson’s halftime show from over 30 years ago.
Roc Nation, Apple Music, and the NFL announced: “We’ve broken the record again!” they wrote on social media. “The most watched Apple Music Halftime show EVER, with 133.5 Million viewers.”
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