The Federal Communications Fee (FCC) acquired over 100 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency on the Tremendous Bowl LIX halftime present, a few of which talked about Drake.
As reported by TMZ, the Ok Dot efficiency final month acquired a complete of 125 complaints, with lots of the individuals upset mentioning inappropriate lyrics and dancing as the important thing causes behind their complaints. Others accused the present of that includes anti-American themes, and a few criticized the choice to characteristic solely Black performers. A minimum of ten of the complaints acquired by the FCC talked about being disenchanted that Kendrick Lamar used the efficiency to additional his beef with Drake, with one criticism calling it a “private vendetta.”
“Kendrick Lamar made faux false and scandalous claims which are unfounded,” learn one criticism, which referred to as into query a few of the lyrics from Ok Dot’s enormous, Grammy Award-winning diss file “Not Like Us.” “He [said] Drake was a pedophile on TV in entrance of [a] million … [people], do higher, this can be a unhappy day.”
Curiously, one of many complaints singled out Serena Williams, who confirmed up for a cameo in the course of the efficiency. The one who complained about her accused her of selling “gang affiliation.”
Regardless of the excessive variety of complaints, it is truly comparatively low contemplating that over 133.5 million individuals tuned into the present when it aired stay. Along with that, the 2025 halftime present received a complete of three.65 billion views, together with 1.7 billion from user-generated content material. Rihanna’s present in 2024 received fewer complaints, roughly round 100, whereas Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s 2020 present received over 1,300 complaints.