“No… too loud, too reckless, too ghetto.” When Uncle Sam – Samuel L. Jackson – said that during Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl halftime show, it wasn’t just to add a favor to the thriller. Turns out, it all connects with Serena Williams and her poignant journey to one of the finest WTA superstars ever. Following her surprise cameo at the NFL’s biggest night on Sunday, February 9, her husband Alexis Ohanian validated a valuable insight into why she crip walked on Mr. Morales’s five-time Grammy winning-diss track, Not Like Us, aimed at Canadian R&B sensation and her rumoured ex, Drake. It was for reasons much deeper than anticipated.

Lamar, alongside SZA and Uncle Sam, was doing a fantastic job at keeping the crowd engaged in the New Orleans Superdome until the television cameras twice cut to Williams just so she could steal the spotlight. What netizens felt, was that the former World No. 1 – “crip walked on Drake’s grave” – and dropped the hammer on Drizzy on the hot single, in which Lamar warns the ‘God’s Plan’ hitmaker: “Better not speak up on Serena”.

According to a recent TikTok clip shared by her husband, Ohanian, on X, Serena Williams’ cultural impact came despite the resistance she and her sister, Venus, faced as Black women on the tour. The video narrated how the system often deflected from supporting women like Williams, who were still battling a world resistant to color, and instead pooled in their best wishes for her arch-rival Maria Sharapova.

However, the former World No. 1 impressively flipped the tables when she outclassed the Russian star for the elusive gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. In celebration, she crip walked at the Wimbledon Centre Court – one that notably drew acute backlash from fans because the dance was popularized by gang members from Compton where both Lamar and Williams were raised – and showed everyone that she was just another girl trying to do good and, with it, inspiring generations to come. This epic mark of symbolism sat quite well with Ohanian when he agreed with the content creator’s unique and elaborative thoughts.

All in all, this feels like a true movie script. Sensational, dreamy, and just phenomenal what Williams has achieved with her career and her influence over the community. It still feels like yesterday when a girl from the crime-ridden city of Compton rose from rags to riches and changed the face of modern tennis. Speaking of her crip walk at the Caesers Superdome, the 23-time Slam winner also referenced her dance moves from Wimbledon 2012 following her riveting Super Bowl feature.

“Man, I did not crip walk like that at Wimbledon, I would have been fined,” she said in a clip on social media. The former World No. 1 was previously clear about choosing her side of the rap battle between K-Dot and Drake.

Serena Williams publicly sides with Kendrick Lamar in his rap feud with Drake

As the Daily Mail reported, before Serena Williams married Alexis Ohanian, there were rumors linking her romantically to Drake. The rapper was seen at her tennis matches back in 2011, and he even attended her New York Fashion Week runway show in 2015, sitting front row alongside Anna Wintour.

Well, American superstar Serena Williams did not mince her words when it was time to disclose her pick in the high-octane rap feud between K-Dot and Canadian Drake. While hosting the 2024 EPSY’s, the former World No. 1 stated that no one should dare cross the Pulitzer prize-winning artist Kendrick Lamar.

She said, “And if I’ve learned anything this year, not a single one of us, not even me, should ever pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar. He will make your hometown not like you. The next time Drake sits courtside at a Raptors game, they’re gonna Forrest Gump him, seats taken.”

For now, Williams will enjoy spending time with her family of four, including two daughters Olympia and Adira, before marking yet another exciting appearance for her tennis fans.