Nas Shouts Out Kendrick Lamar’s New Song & Super Bowl Gig

It seems that Kendrick Lamar‘s surprise-dropped new song has a major fan in Nas, who quoted it when congratulating K.Dot on his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show performance.

On Friday (September 13), Nasty Nas re-shared Lamar’s Super Bowl announcement on his personal Instagram Story, including: “Congratulations to my brotha @kendricklamar. Can’t wait to watch the party die!!!!”

“Watch the Party Die” is what followers have began calling Kendrick’s latest track, although its official title, if one exists, has not but been revealed. He dropped the monitor through Instagram on Wednesday (September 11).

Take a look at Nas’ message under.

Nas extends his congratulations to Kendrick Lamar for touchdown the Super Bowl LIX Halftime present 🤝 pic.twitter.com/2JJaVrxFlO

— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) September 13, 2024

Nas was congratulating Lamar, in fact, on the announcement that the West Coast rapper will probably be performing through the halftime present at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, information that was introduced simply final weekend.

On Sunday (September 8), the NFL introduced that Ok. Dot has been confirmed to headline the Apple Music Halftime Present at subsequent yr’s championship recreation, which is ready to happen on February 9 on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

“Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date,” Lamar stated as a part of the formal announcement. “And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one.”

Alongside the group’s assertion, which they issued in partnership with Apple and JAY-Z‘s Roc Nation, the former TDE rapper shared a video clip on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and YouTube — one Nas re-shared in his message.

In the clip, Kendrick is seen running a practice session with an unseen receiver off-screen. After launching a few passes, supported by guidance and praise for the player, he shares the big news and subtly references his beef with Drake earlier this summer.

“My name’s Kendrick Lamar and I’ll be acting at Super Bowl LIX,” he begins. “Will you be pulling up? I hope so! You know it’s only one opportunity to win a championship; no round twos. I wouldn’t want you to miss it. Meet me in New Orleans, February 9, 2025. Wear your best dressed too, even if you’re watching from home.”

The “no round twos” line appears to be a direct name again to a submit which Drizzy made through his burner account precisely two weeks prior, amid his onslaught of latest releases.

Seemingly indicating that he was gearing up for a second spherical of their battle, Drizzy shared a clip of former Detroit Pistons star Rasheed Wallace’s well-known interview the place he assured that the crew would conquer the Indiana Pacers in recreation two of the 2004 Japanese Convention Finals.

“Y’all can put it on the front page, back page, middle page, wherever, headliners, column one or two — we will win game two,” the four-time NBA All-Star confidently says within the video following the Pistons’ recreation one defeat.

Sheed’s prediction got here true because the Pistons defeated the Pacers on their option to profitable the collection 4-2.