{"id":16410,"date":"2025-02-10T21:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=16410"},"modified":"2025-02-10T21:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:53:41","slug":"serena-williams-addresses-crip-walk-cameo-at-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=16410","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams addresses crip walk cameo at Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7064-300x158.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7064-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7064.jpeg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nSerena Williams knows how to make an entrance \u2013 and this time, she did it with just a few slick steps. During Kendrick Lamar\u2019s highly anticipated 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, the 43-year-old tennis icon had a brief cameo where she effortlessly hit the crip walk, sending the internet into a frenzy. And now, Williams is speaking out on her wild dance moves.<\/p>\n<p>For a split second, the sports world and hip-hop culture collided in the most unexpected way. As Kendrick Lamar brought the house down with his fiery performance of \u201cNot Like Us\u201d at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, the camera briefly panned to the corner of the stage.<\/p>\n<p>There stood Serena Williams \u2013 tennis legend, 23-time Grand Slam champion, and cultural icon \u2013 crip walking with the kind of effortless cool that only she could pull off.<\/p>\n<p>The dance was created in the 1970s by Robert \u201cSugar Bear\u201d Jackson, a first-generation crip member \u2013 an alliance of street gangs mostly based in the coastal regions of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>But this wasn\u2019t the first time Williams showcased her dance skills.<\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon crip walk<br \/>\nFans might remember Williams crip walking at the 2012 London Olympics after winning gold, a move that was met with both celebration and controversy.<\/p>\n<p>When it happened, Bill Plaschke, LA Times sports journalist, tweeted, \u201cSerena C-walking at Wimbledon only shows how long she\u2019s been away from home, separated from violence and death associated with that dance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans were divided on Williams doing the crip walk dance to celebrate her win, some saying it wasn\u2019t \u201cdisrespectful,\u201d while others suggested it was \u201cstupid and classless.\u201d<br \/>\nResponding to Plaschke\u2019s criticism, one fan writes, \u201cThe Suburb kids here in Pittsburgh crip walk at proms. Not everything is Controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second shares, \u201cMoment of raw emotion. Questionable dance choice. Not disrespectful. We should embrace realness from athletes.\u201d And another offered, \u201cShame she had to put a tarnish on an impressive win.  just plain stupid and classless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crip walk recreation<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Compton to NOLA. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/serenawilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SerenaWilliams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kendricklamar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KendrickLamar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AppleMusicHalftime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AppleMusicHalftime<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mnzuP7fJ1N\">pic.twitter.com\/mnzuP7fJ1N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1888764861183635744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBy the time Lamar took the halftime stage at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, anticipation was at an all-time high. The song\u2019s beat dropped, the stadium erupted, and then \u2013 just as the track hit one of its most infectious moments \u2013 the camera found Williams, effortlessly vibing to the Grammy-winning song, \u201cNot Like Us\u201d \u2013 Lamar\u2019s diss track aimed at Drake.<\/p>\n<p>Williams reportedly dated the Canadian rapper before she married Alexis Ohanian, and by bringing her on stage, Lamar took his ongoing feud with Drake to a whole new level.<\/p>\n<p>If there was any doubt about where Serena stood in the Drake vs. Kendrick feud, it was erased in that single dance move.<\/p>\n<p>And though it was a brief, blink-and-you-miss-it moment, the tennis legend and Lamar \u2013 both who grew up in Compton, California \u2013 sent social media into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis game sucks. Serena won the Super Bowl,\u201d tweets one fan of the February 9 game, that saw the Kansas City Chiefs crushed by the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerena making an appearance too? That\u2019s a power move. Kendrick repping Compton, Serena bringing the legend status \u2013 definitely a moment,\u201d offers a second netizen.<\/p>\n<p>Another writes, \u201cFierce!! My only complaint\u2026the camera needed to be on Serena longer!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legendary crip walk<br \/>\nAfter the Eagles clinched the 2025 title, Williams shared a social media clip that she captioned, \u201cSuper Bowl halftime show babyyyyyyyyy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Super Bowl halftime show babyyyyyyyyy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zufoSNdNhe\">pic.twitter.com\/zufoSNdNhe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/serenawilliams\/status\/1888768019179901104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nIn the clip that\u2019s been viewed 2.7 million times, she jokes, \u201cMan I did not crip walk like that at Wimbledon, I would\u2019ve been fined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans jumped into the comments section, praising her surprising cameo at the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerena Williams! The converse, the outfit, the dance moves, the feature in Kendrick Lamar\u2019s \u2018Not like us\u2019 Super Bowl halftime show, winning on and off the tennis court,\u201d shares one netizen.<\/p>\n<p>A second writes, \u201cKendrick bringing one of Drake\u2019s exes out to literally dance on his grave was so good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Legend herself. You represented,\u201d shares a third.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams didn\u2019t need a touchdown or a microphone to steal the show. All it took was five seconds, a legendary dance move, and the right song at the right time.<br \/>\nAnd just like that, Serena Williams won the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Williams\u2019 crip walk at the Super Bowl? Please share your thoughts with us and then share this story so we can hear from others!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams knows how to make an entrance \u2013 and this time, she did it with just a few slick steps. 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