Kendrick Lamar‘s Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present has acquired over 100 official complaints filed to the Federal Communications Fee (FCC).
In keeping with The Hill, 125 official complaints had been filed to the FCC by viewers following the conclusion of Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl efficiency in February. In keeping with a report obtained by The Hill, a majority of the 125 complaints took concern with Kendrick’s lyrics and “provocative dancing”.
In the course of the efficiency, Kendrick carried out a number of cuts off his newest album ‘GNX’ and his acclaimed discography, most notably performing the Drake diss ‘Not Like Us’, albeit taking part in a censored model.
One criticism noticed a viewer from Lenox saying their kids shouldn’t have been subjected to seeing and listening to “the language and gestures”, whereas one other recommended that future Tremendous Bowl halftime performances “think about hiring musical leisure that’s household pleasant and never socially or politically centered… it could be a pleasant change to have leisure that really exhibits what America needs to be: household, nation, decency and respect.”
That very same viewer added: “It’s tiresome to need to ship kids out of the room throughout what needs to be a household occasion as a consequence of doable vulgarity and inappropriate language/gestures.”
One other viewer complained that the halftime present was “the worst” they’ve seen: “I’m glad that I couldn’t perceive most of what Kendrick Lamar was saying as a result of I learn the lyrics to a couple of his songs, and I’m appalled. It was divisive, downgrading, and stuffed with profanity. It’s completely not acceptable leisure for all ages.”
Rolling Stone provides that one criticism takes intention at Serena Williams, who made a short look, claiming her “crip-walking” was selling “gang affiliation”.
Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency has additionally drawn complaints for “racism”. One particular person wrote: “All these individuals complain about racism and if the Tremendous Bowl halftime present isn’t racist then I don’t know what’s. There wasn’t one white particular person in the entire present. They get away with it but when it was all white it could be a distinct story. The halftime present ought to have each Black and white and be acceptable for everybody. This was a shame and it will get worse yearly.”
One other echoed the sentiment: “I wish to know why is it that there was not one white particular person concerned???? I felt discriminated in opposition to and why was Uncle Sam Black when Uncle Sam is white? I felt very discriminated. It made me really feel very uncomfortable.”
Shortly after Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency, it was introduced that his Halftime Present has been named the most-watched Tremendous Bowl efficiency in historical past. The Compton rapper made historical past by turning into the primary solo rapper to headline the coveted Halftime Present.
In a five-star evaluate of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’, Kyann-Sian Williams wrote for NME: “‘GNX’ begins off with such an ominous tone that doesn’t essentially go away. However Lamar channels what may very well be interpreted as hate and negativity right into a teachable second, main you to attract upon the purest emotion recognized to man: love. In a 12 months that began with a lot venom, Kendrick Lamar shares the antidote on ‘GNX’.”
