Kendrick Lamar drew significant attention during his Super Bowl halftime performance by wearing an ‘A’ chain, stirring up speculation about its significance among viewers.
The rapper took center stage at the halftime show, delivering a performance packed with elements that sparked conversation.
While the spotlight remained on the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, the halftime show captured its own share of attention, as it often does.
Lamar’s set included the track ‘Not Like Us,’ a Grammy-winning piece that has stirred controversy due to its harsh references aimed at fellow rapper, Drake.
After the release of ‘Not Like Us,’ Drake took legal action against Universal Music Group (UMG), the label representing both artists, citing defamatory content.
In one of the track’s lines, Lamar alludes to Drake’s 2021 album with the lyric, “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophile.”
Although Lamar is not directly named in the lawsuit, the filing accuses Universal of prioritizing ‘corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists’ by releasing the track.
Social media buzzed with theories that Lamar was referencing the ongoing feud with his choice of an ‘A’ chain during the performance.
A tweet from the Sun highlighted fans’ growing conviction regarding the chain’s meaning.
Fans speculated that Lamar’s prominent ‘A’ chain symbolized ‘a minor,’ a term featured in his diss track.
“Rewatched the performance and just realized Kendrick’s necklace……is in the shape of the chord a minor 😟 this man is a f****** genius, I can’t,” a Twitter user remarked.
“Kendrick getting the entire Super Bowl screaming ‘a minor’ with Serena Williams dancing has to feel like a shot gun blast to Drake’s chest,” another commented.
A third fan noted, “The Grammys AND the Super Bowl screaming ‘A MINOR’. Kendrick wants this in the history books.”
Prior to the halftime show’s chaos, Drake’s team issued a new statement regarding the lawsuit.
They stated, “UMG is masquerading as a champion of artistic freedom by calling its actions merely ‘entertainment,’ but there is nothing entertaining about pedophilia or child abuse in the real world.
“We are confident that the evidence we will ultimately present at trial—including information we’ve already learned and continue to receive since filing the lawsuit—will expose UMG’s gross prioritization of its own corporate profits and executive bonuses over its exclusively signed artists’ well-being and the truth.”
In a response to The Independent, UMG declared that ‘these claims [are] untrue’.