Dr. Sequoia Maner, a scholar and poet, helps break down the layers of Lamar's performance to understand the symbolism behind it.

Kendrick Lamar is no stranger to the top of the charts, but following his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, he now owns half of the Billboard Hot 100’s top ten songs. That includes, of course, a return of “ Not Like Us ” to the top of the chart, extending its reign at No. 1 to three nonconsecutive weeks.

Lamar performed a controversial Drake diss track "Not Like Us" during the halftime show, featuring SZA and Serena Williams in defiant show.