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.

Serena appeared for just a few seconds during the closing moments of the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. After Lamar finally launched into his Grammy-winning Drake diss track, "Not Like Us," the camera flipped to show Serena crip walking, a dance she famously performed at Wimbledon in 2012, to celebrate her win against Maria Sharapova.

As evidenced throughout her career, Serena Williams likes to go big - and she doesn't do anything for small reasons. That includes her recent appearance during Kendrick Lamar‘s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show,

Former world No. 1 tennis player Serena Williams made a surprise cameo in rapper Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show, showcasing the popular crip walk.

“End of story.” The payoff resulted in Williams crip-walking in front of a lamp post on the Caesars Superdome field while Lamar sang his Grammy-winning Drake diss track “Not Like Us.”

Serena Williams was a surprise guest at Kendrick Lamar’s Apple Music’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show on Sunday. Wearing a tenniscore-inspired outfit, the former professional tennis player danced to Lamar’s “Not Like Us” in the middle of the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Serena Williams on Tuesday shared a post on social media to defend her choice to appear in Kendrick Lamar's halftime show at the Super Bowl. Lamar was the

Serena Williams is apparently unfazed by the backlash over her viral appearance during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show earlier this month. “Gosh I’m so late to the game (I’ve been sick) & busy investing in billion dollar companies and running @WYNbeauty