Williams wasn't the only star that joined in on the halftime show, as actor Samuel L. Jackson served as a narrator during the show, and singer SZA also sang alongside Kendrick.

I t was a brief but blockbuster cameo. For less than five seconds in the closing moments of the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, as headliner Kendrick Lamar performed his Grammy-award winning Drake diss track “Not Like Us,” the camera flipped to the corner of the stage to show 43-year-old tennis all-time-great Serena Williams crip walking.