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Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us Favored As First Song During 2025 Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show

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Kendrick Lamar accepts Best Rap Album.

Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. According to recent odds, Not Like Us” is the favorite to be the first song performed by Lamar.

Who Is Performing At The Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show?

Lamar is the headlining act for the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.

The Compton-born rapper will be joined onstage by special guest SZA.

This marks the second time Lamar will perform during the Super Bowl. Lamar joined Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige during the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in 2022.

Lamar is widely considered one of the best rappers of the 21st century. His 17 Grammys are the third-most by a rapper, behind the 24 from Jay-Z and Kanye West.

In 2024, Lamar had one of the biggest songs of the year, “Not Like Us,” which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two other songs that featured Lamar — “Like That” and “Squabble Up” — reached No. 1.

Lamar’s album, GNX, debuted at No. 1, his fifth number-one album on the Billboard 200.

Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show: Kendrick Lamar’s First Song Odds

Kendrick Lamar’s First Song Odds
Not Like Us -150
Swimming Pools +300
Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe +500
Humble +600
Money Trees +800
United In Grief +1200
Alright +1600
King Kunta +1600
N95 +2000
Element +2000
Maad City +2000
Euphoria +2500
Like That +2500
Backseat Freestyle +2500
The Blacker The Berry +4000
All The Stars +5000
Duckworth +5000
Rigamortis +5000

Odds via BetOnline on 1/28/25.

“Not Like Us” (-150) is the favorite to be Lamar’s first song of the halftime show.

“Not Like Us” was an undeniable hit that spawned from Lamar’s widely publicized feud with Drake. During a Juneteenth concert in June 2024, Lamar played “Not Like Us” five times to close the show.

Before “Not Like Us,” “Swimming Pools” (+300) or “Humble” (+600) were arguably Lamar’s most widely known songs with the mainstream public.

For a longshot bet, “All The Stars” (+5000), the Oscar-nominated song from Black Panther, was performed by Lamar and SZA. With Lamar and SZA performing together, the chances of the song being played are very likely.