Serena Williams’ cameo during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl 2025 halftime had social media buzzing, and not everyone was feeling it.
The tennis superstar appeared during Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” as she showed off her best crip walk dance moves.
Her appearance during a Drake diss song is not unexpected since she is not only mentioned in the song but also dated Drake back in the day. Years later, he wouldn’t let it go, as he released the song “Too Good” about Williams, in which he repeats the lyric, “I’m too good to you.”
Williams is married to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, which is something that has Stephen A. Smith upset about.
He took to his popular show this week and claimed that his wife would be a single woman if she went out and did what Serena Williams did at the Super Bowl.
“If I’m married and my wife is going to join trolling her ex, go back to his ass, ’cause clearly, you don’t belong with me,” Smith said Monday on ESPN’s “First Take.”
“What you worried about him for and you’re with me? Bye. Bye.”
“If you were with Serena Williams, you’re going to be a kept man anyways,” co-host Ryan Clark responded. “Don’t start that.”
Drake Has Previously Taken Shots At Serena Williams
All eyes were on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance on Sunday that was not only filled with messages, but had a surprise cameo from Serena Williams, who left everyone talking with her crip-walking skills.
Lamar and Drake have had an ongoing public feud, but the tennis legend also had ties to the Canadian-born rapper.
Drake has spoken about Serena Williams in his music since 2013. In 2022, Drake escalated tensions when he shot at Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
In the track ‘Middle Of The Ocean,’ he raps: “Sidebar, Serena, your husband a groupie / He claim we don’t got a problem but / No boo, it is like you coming for sushi.”
Ohanian fired back with a tweet, saying: “The reason I stay winning is because I’m relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do — including being the best groupie for my wife [and] daughter.”
