As a suburban white 50+ woman, the Super Bowl half time performance by Kendrick Lamar went over my head. I know enough to do research on my own to figure out why people were saying it was genius and the best half time performance ever. I'm not into rap, so there was the first hurdle for me. After he won song and record of the year for " not like us", I listened to his music trying to understand it and listen to the words. Again, immediately determined it was not my kind of music and I couldn't understand how he had so many grammy's 22?
The Super Bowl half time prompted me to know why.. So while doing my research, thanks to tic tok the creators and comments explained the meaning of his words and performance symbolizm and I finally got it. I'm sure there are a lot of hidden messages and symbolism I have yet to decipher from last nights half time, but now at least I have a new appreciation for his music and message. It was very powerful and it was a great performance! I completely changed my mind 1000%. I'm not all that different from others around me that just won't get it and won't bother to. Now to start discussions with others to educate and keep learning. It's easy to turn off what you don't understand and just tune out what's going on around us. I'm going to tell my older self.... always keep your eyes and mind open.... Don't just dismiss what you don't like at the time or understand, or you'll never grow as a person.
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