Behind Serena Williams' Crip Walking Cameo At The Super Bowl
Petty Perfection! Serena Williams Reveals Why She Danced On Drizzy’s Grave At The Super Bowl With Crip Walking Cameo
Better not speak on Serena! “Not Like Us” undertaker Serena Williams stole the show during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, and she revealed how her Crip Walk clapback is deeper than rap.
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From the Grammys sweep to becoming the first solo rapper to perform at the Super Bowl, Kendrick already elevated his diss track triumph to historic heights, but he didn’t stop there. The Pulitzer winner shared the stage with his TDE labelmate and Drake’s ex, SZA. With most of the country tuned in to Drizzy’s funeral on the field, Serena put the final nail in the coffin with her Crip Walking cameo.
On the surface, it was a sign of solidarity with her Compton collaborator Kendrick putting on for their city. But there are levels to this!
Why Serena Williams Had To Pop Out And Show Out At The Super Bowl
Nothing brings a certain petty sais quoi to a beef like not one, but TWO past girlfriends teaming up with your biggest hater. A decade ago, Drake and Serena reportedly used to date, and like his creepy compulsion about other exes, the litigious Lover Boy seemingly still can’t let it go. As recently as 2022, he threw shade at the sports star and called her husband Alexis Ohanian a “groupie” on “Middle of the Ocean.” So this Canada Dry dragging was long overdue.
The mom of two stunned onstage in a matching blue pleated skirt and shirt with a white tank top, matching Converse Chuck HI’s, and even blue lashes. Serena’s flowing blonde curls bounced as she effortlessly executed the flex on your ex evisceration.
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We already knew Serena is a fan of “Not Like Us,” which she joked about at the 2024 ESPY Awards.
“If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that none of us, not a single one of us, not even me, should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar. He will make your hometown not like you. The next time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors game, they’re going to Forrest Gump him. Seats taken,” she shadily said.
However, the GOAT’s get-back wasn’t solely targeted at Drake.
Check out Serena Williams’ BTS clips from the Super Bowl and the other reason she crip-walked while Drake got dog-walked after the flip!
Serena Williams Confirms Deeper Meaning Of Her Super Bowl Crip Walk Cameo
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These days, haters cite the color of Serena Williams’ hair, husband, or even her make-up to question her Blackness. Yet throughout her career, tennis circles and the rest of the world punished and penalized her for somehow being too Black and, as Uncle Sam Jackson said during Halftime, “too ghetto.”
Many in the media villainized everything from her signature braided styles to custom sports attire designed to save her life after deadly blood clots. Several comments and caricatures compared her to a man or an animal just because she has an athletic build as a professional athlete. Make it make sense!
One thing drew more hate than the one-sided beatdowns she consistently delivered (20-2) to dope-dropping Maria Sharapova: Crip Walking at the Olympics. The moment on the Wimbledon court was as brief as her Super Bowl spotlight. Serena hit the hometown dance for a few seconds to celebrate beating wannabe rival Sharapova to win the gold medal in tennis singles at the 2012 London Games.
“It was just me. I love to dance. I didn’t know what else to do. I was so happy, and next thing I know I started dancing and moving. I didn’t plan it. It just happened,” she explained.
Instead of basking in the historic moment, she endured brutal backlash. As Time reports, sunken scallywag Jason Whitlock compared the “immature and classless” dance to “cracking a tasteless, X-rated joke inside a church.” Others accused her of glamorizing or insensitivity to the same gang violence that ended the life of her sister Yetunde in 2003. “I don’t care,” she said about the controversy, “It’s just a dance. That’s the least of my worries.”
More than 12 years later, Serena is stunting on them, too. In addition to clips of Serena getting ready backstage, she shared a comment about the depth of the dance.
“Man, I did not crip walk like that at Wimbledon. Ooh, I would’ve been fined!” she joked about the historical significance.
Now, that’s how you clear!
