Standing on the hood of a Buick Grand National GNX (after which Lamar named his most recent album, “GNX”), in a sea of dancers, a man clad in black sweats unfurled the Palestinian and Sudanese flags.

On a postgame episode of Popcast, we react to Lamar’s performance, including the tactical deployment of “Not Like Us” and a Serena Williams cameo.

Kendrick Lamar's show-stopping performance at Super Bowl on Sunday was, for many, a victory lap following his knock-out blow in a long-running beef with fellow rapper Drake. The Compton star's entire half-time set seemed to slowly build to a performance of Not Like Us,