Tyler, The Creator could pop out as a special guest during Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl halftime show next month — at least that’s what fans are speculating after the latest promo for the big performance.
The trailer, which was released on Thursday (January 23), features a number of possible clues that might be hinting at a Kendrick-Tyler link-up on the world’s biggest stage.
For starters, the 30-second video features a group of people marching in the background of the football field setting, which some have interpreted as a nod to the military aesthetic of Tyler’s latest album Chromakopia.
Tyler himself also commented on Kendrick’s Instagram post of the Super Bowl promo, leaving a simple yet cryptic zombie emoji — seemingly alluding to the marchers.
Additionally, the clip features a brief snippet of Dot’s GNX track “Hey Now” — a somewhat unusual choice given the bigger popularity of other album cuts such as “Squabble Up,” “TV Off” and “Luther” — which was recently remixed by Tyler.
Tyler is also no stranger to making surprise appearances during historic Kendrick Lamar performances as he showed up at his Pop Out concert in Inglewood last summer with no prior announcement.
The possible easter eggs had social media buzzing, with one fan writing: “So we’re all just not gonna talk about how they teased Tyler The Creator performing at the Super Bowl halftime show in that SZA announcement video??”
Another commented: “98% sure that Tyler is gonna be a guest for the Super Bowl, the people in the background and choosing Hey Now specifically just makes me feel like he’s gonna bring him out to do his verse from the remix or maybe Sticky or smth.”
A third speculated: “I KNEW Kendrick was gon bring out SZA for the Super Bowl! But y’all peep the people marching in the back?!… I think Tyler will be a special guest as well.”
Kendrick has yet to comment on the rumors and it’s possible that there is no truth to them.
After all, the extras in the Super Bowl commercial could instead be a nod to Kendrick’s most recent tour, the Big Steppers Tour, which saw him joined onstage by marching backup dancers.
The marching could also merely be an extension of the military theme in his initial Super Bowl halftime show anouncement video, which contained references to the 1970 film Patton, based on the World War II U.S. General George S. Patton.
While fans continue to dissect and debate over the footage, Kendrick Lamar has confirmed at least one special guest for his upcoming performance: SZA.
In the aforementioned trailer, the Compton rapper can be seen talking on the phone and as he begins to say he’s been “thinking about a guest performer,” the SOS singer appears from behind and dumps Gatorade on him.
Taking place on February 9, the Super Bowl halftime show will serve as a warm-up for the duo’s co-headlining tour across North America, which kicks off in April.
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Greg you’re so gay even the pride parade would crucify you.
Let’s see how many times Greg likes his own comments. Right now the count is one. Bet 7 in the next 3 hours
greg’s gayness can’t be measured. He got rejected from hell because even the 👿 got grossed out by hyper homosexual tendencies.
California deserves to burn and so do the idiots that live there same with the whole west coast Oregon and Washington too. Minnesota is trash and Colorado too but they’re not on the west coast.
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^ This
FUKIN F.A.G.S😂😭
This is going to piss NOLA off more they’re doing another California show but in NOLA. Should have been Wayne, Hot Boyz, Boosie, Master P, Mannie, get Trump to pardon YoungBoy have him on stage performing too would have been a whole thing. But instead it’s this trash. Kendrick might end up getting killed in NOLA they won’t tolerate this worst case he’s booed out of the arena.
Kevin Gates should be there too
I don’t think he’s stupid so he probably is stirring things up for that surprise where he gives NOLA the love. If not it will be real bad for him. He’s win a ton more points for that since UMG and Lucian did Wayne dirty to push Drake and had Wayne build him up before. Even better would be Ye joining them since he got kicked out the Super Bowl last time.
I can’t wait to watch the Halftime Show. Hopefully my AIDS doesn’t kill me before it happens
i wouldn’t do that… tyler will do something that will ruin it for future hip hop half time acts.
hey cocksuckers!🤮 yeah you! keep on burning your city down to the ground in the great LA f8ggot fire of 2025.🚒 Always and forever linked to Benderick Lamers the f8ggot rap king🤓. Lost the super bowl headline slot 🙉after they couldn’t put the fire out for 3 weeks📉🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Well duh. Kendrick, Tyler, all gay. Hiphop is super gay nowadays. It’s turning mofos gay. You here? You’re turning gay. Trust me.
ALL THE UNBOTHERED DEVIL WORSHIPPING LA RAP F8GGOTS GOT THEIR SHIT INCINERATED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES AND THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS WHY – BENDERICK LAMERS THE COCKSUCKER KING
This is bad…..also how do you think these LA guys are hood? They’re super gay look at what they wear and they always try so hard to be hood same with the women it’s cringe
Kendrick still ain’t respond to Joey! Fake thug actor kid! Joey a real one unlike bendrick
Kendrick either brings Lil Wayne and The Hot Boys on stage to perform they show mutual love and respect or this gets bad real quick. The other option is bring Trump on stage to do his dance during Not Like Us.