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Feb 2025
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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Sho...

Amala Ekpunobi
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Kendrick Lamar got the halftime spot at this year’s Super Bowl, but a lot of people walked away from the show with differing conclusions. Leftists see critiques of the American system. Conservatives couldn’t hear him??? Let’s explain what went down. 


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