From PlayStation references to America's political divide, Serena's Crip walk to that "Gloria" jacket, here's a look at what the Grammy and Pulitzer-winning rapper's show was really saying.

Grinning from ear to ear, the hip-hop star traded in soul-searching and intellectualism for a cocky, catty party celebrating his recent victories.

Kendrick Lamar, one of hip-hop’s most venerated artists for the past decade, performed “Not Like Us,” a diss track aimed at Drake, to cap the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans, the first to be headlined by a solo rapper.