Stephen A. Smith is standing by his initial critiques of Serena Williams’ surprise cameo alongside Kendrick Lamar during the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, Feb. 9.

Kendrick Lamar hid a bunch of Easter eggs in his historic Super Bowl LIX halftime show. But there's one little nod you may have missed, but Paramore‘s Hayley Williams sure didn't. The rocker slipped into the comments on the Instagram feed of Good Dye Young earlier this week to jump for joy after see that Lamar and SZA's backup dancers had used the hair color brand she co-founded with stylist and makeup artist Brian O'Connor.

Kendrick Lamar, one of hip-hop’s most venerated artists for the past decade, performed “Not Like Us,” a diss track aimed at Drake, to cap the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans, the first to be headlined by a solo rapper.