Everyone from Deion Sanders to Flavor Flav to Jermaine Dupri gave Kendrick Lamar his flowers after witnessing his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.
On Sunday night, Lamar took to one of the biggest stages in the world to play a medley of his old and new hits, including “Squabble Up,” “Humble,” “DNA,” “All the Stars,” and “Not Like Us.”
A-listers like Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg shared clips of them reacting to Kenny’s performance, with Snoop yelling, “Go ‘head Dot!” and Foxx showing his family turning up to the Drake diss, “Not Like Us."
Other bigwigs, like Ben Stiller, simply called the performance the “best halftime show ever,” while Dot’s longtime collaborator, Jay Rock let off a couple of flame emojis.
Check out their reactions below and read our thoughts right here.
Jamie Foxx
Foxx hosted a Super Bowl party at his home, later sharing clips of him and his family rapping along to "Not Like Us" and cheering Kendrick on.
Ben Stiller
Stiller doubled down on his fandom for Lamar, tweeting, "Best Halftime show ever." His comment comes after he revealed to a fan on X last September that Dot's Drake diss, "Euphoria" is his favorite song from Lamar. Lucky for Stiller, Kendrick performed that song on Sunday night as well.
Snoop Dogg
Uncle Snoop showed his excitement for Kung Fu Kenny's performance by yelling, "West coast is the shit, you heard me?"
Lamar and Snoop have worked together in the past, but on the GNX cut "Wacced Out Murals" Lamar mentioned Snoop rapping, “Snoop posted 'Taylor Made,' I prayed it was the edibles/I couldn't believe it, it was only right for me to let it go.” Snoop later reacted to the lyric on Twitter writing, “It was the edibles west west king."
Jay Rock
Jay Rock showed his support for his former TDE labelmate and Black Hippy collaborator, telling Kendrick that he "killed it!"
Ye
The artist formerly known as Kanye West, who went on social media tirades all weekend posting everything from Nazis to porn, praised Lamar's performance calling it the best Super Bowl show since Michael Jackson's 1993 show.
Stephen A. Smith
Stephen A. Smith was impressed by Lamar's performance of "Not Like Us" and that he uttered Drake's name on camera.
Flavor Flav
Flavor Flav nodded to the audience banding together to sing the most quoted lines from "Not Like Us"—a lyric Kenny also apparently referenced with his lowercase a-letter chain.
Chris Brown
Chris Brown kept it simple with a fire emoji on his Instagram Story.
Killer Mike
Killer Mike applauded Kendrick for keeping the performance "HipHopAF."
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri praised the Compton native for his amazing breath control and rapping without backing tracks.
Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson was an all-around fan of Lamar's set, giving a shout-out to SZA who performed two songs—"Luther" and "All the Stars"—Serena Williams' surprise appearance where she Crip walked, and Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal of Uncle Sam.
Deion Sanders
Deion Sanders was equally proud of the GNX rapper. It's also worth noting that Lamar wore Nike Air DT Max '96 on his feet, which were made famous by Sanders.
T-Pain
T-Pain filmed his reaction to Kendrick's performance, noting how loud the stadium was when Kendrick said the "A minorrrr" line. At the end of the performance, T-Pain said "That was incredible." He went on say, "He didn't really do sh*t, and he f**king didn't need to is the crazy part. Especially when you got smashes."