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Serena Williams’ Husband Responds to Criticism Over Her Drake Comments

Serena’s unexpected performance during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show has generated strong reactions across the internet. To put it mildly, Kendrick Lamar's performance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show has generated strong opinions. People are still delving deeply into it and arguing about it incessantly on the internet. The focus of the criticism, however, is not solely on the main performer. Serena Williams, one of his special guests, has also received her part. On the field, the tennis legend danced in the background while her Compton peers performed "Not Like Us." As the audience applauded Lamar for performing the Drake diss tune on the largest stage, she was seen performing her best Crip Walk a few times.

Serena’s cameo at the Super Bowl sparks mixed reactions, especially from hip-hop fans.

Some hip-hop fans have not been as accepting of Serena Williams' visit, even if it was a pleasant cameo for us. Stephen A. Smith and Jason Whitlock of Fox Sports led the push, but the sports media in particular failed to see the vision. After talking about it on First Take the following morning, the former made headlines. "Go back to his a*s if my wife, who is married, decides to join in trolling her ex because it's obvious that you don't belong with me." You're with me, yet why were you worried about him? "Goodbye."

Criticism intensifies as media personalities voice their disapproval of Serena’s actions.

"Williams should have apologized right away and deserved to be criticized," Jason Whitlock continued. Her actions were equivalent to making an offensive, X-rated joke in a church. The pettiness of making fun of Drake, who is said to have been one of her previous lovers, appears to have annoyed both men overall. However, Serena's husband of just over seven years, Alexis Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit, took to X to stand by her lady. "Some of you are unaware of the amount of criticism Serena received for performing the same dance at Wimbledon thirteen years ago, and it's evident. He shot back at Whitlock, saying, "This is bigger than the music."

Alexis Ohanian defends Serena, highlighting past scrutiny she has faced for her actions.

Serena has been handling the criticism on the internet quite well, even cracking jokes about it. She praised her performance on X, saying, "Man, I did not Crip Walk like that at Wimbledon, I would’ve been fined!" with a smile. As you may recall, she performed the West Coast dance following her Wimbledon victory in 2012. In the first place, she landed this Super Bowl gig because she broke out the dance move. "When @kendricklamar and team called and said, 'We've been trying to do something forever, what about this?'" she clarified on Instagram.

Serena responds to the backlash with humor and reflects on her journey to the Super Bowl stage.

After you won the gold medal at the Olympics, we adored your crip walk. You know, the Super Bowl? Are you serious? How could I possibly be able to dance during a Super Bowl? Let's never do it! After the Olympics, I knew my victory dance would eventually pay off.

Diddy’s Legal Battle Over Controversial Jail Search Takes a Bad Turn

Diddy requested an evidentiary hearing to discuss the sweep of his jail cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center, but Federal Judge Arun Subramanian refused his motion. According to the Bad Boy mogul's complaint, authorities took pictures of 19 pages of his private correspondence and sent them to a government filter team. After reviewing the materials, the team redacted parts that the prosecution shouldn't see. They then forwarded what was left to the prosecution. Diddy has been furious over the incident, claiming it violated the Constitution.

In the past, prosecutors said that Diddy's statements "contort and misrepresent" the truth. Prosecutors noted in a January filing, as AllHipHop discovered, "The Government will not seek to offer the defendant's notes photographed by Investigator-1 or any 'fruits' of those notes in its prosecution, so the defendant's Fourth Amendment claim regarding the MDC Sweep is moot." The Government had no idea that Investigator-1 would be involved in that search or that the defendant's documents would be photographed, and this is undeniable.

In May, Diddy's lawsuit including allegations of sex trafficking and racketeering will go to trial. He has remained innocent throughout the process and has already entered a not-guilty plea. He will be arraigned on new charges resulting from an extended indictment in his ongoing case at his next hearing on March 14. Allegations of prostitution facilitation conspiracy, arson, sex trafficking, and racketeering are mentioned in the superseding indictment.

In other headlines, Diddy sued NBC Universal for defamation for the documentary Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy, bringing a huge $100 million claim. "In the Documentary, Defendants accuse Mr. Combs of horrible crimes, including serial murder and sexual assault of minors — knowing that there is not a shred of evidence to support them," the complaint states.

Kendrick Lamar’s streams have skyrocketed after Super Bowl halftime

Since his controversial Super Bowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar's streams have skyrocketed.
The day adhering to his Super Bowl Halftime Show headline performance, Kendrick Lamar's catalog soared 154% on streaming services. According to a recent Billboard survey, his song received 70.9 million official on-demand streams in the United States on Monday. His well-known diss song "Not Like Us," which received 222% more streams than the week before, continued to grow.

Music from Kendrick Lamar's most recent album, GNX, was a mainstay of the show. He started the performance with "Squabble Up," which saw a 159% increase in daily streams, while "Luther," his collaboration with SZA, saw a 150% increase. The numbers for "TV Off" and "Peekaboo" increased by 139% and 186%, respectively. Overall, the album increased by 141%. With a 295% increase, Lamar and SZA's song "All the Stars," which was featured on the Black Panther album, was the largest climber. Speaking of SZA, she joined Lamar at the event and has since experienced her own streaming comeback. On Monday, her catalog increased by 58%.

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The Halftime Show has been highly divisive despite the streaming spike because Lamar chose not to play many of his most popular songs. Dave Free, a co-founder of pgLang, clarified in a subsequent interview with The Wall Street Journal that it was never about "playing the hits." "We wanted there to be a theatrical and cinematic component to this performance. We can state with confidence that no Super Bowl performance compares to this one," he remarked. "It has the vibe of Black America," he continued. How do we manage the narrative of what it means to be Black in America against how the outside world views it? What does Black America look like?

Later this year, Kendrick Lamar and SZA will join forces to go on the Grand National tour after their appearance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Starting in Minneapolis on April 19, the two will make stops in 23 cities in the US and Canada over the course of the next two months. On June 18, they will play their final show in the United States at Landover. After that, they'll go overseas, making stops in Germany, England, France, and a few more nations before coming to an agreement in Sweden in August. The purpose of the trip is to promote GNX.