Tennis famous person Serena Williams made a wonder cameo all over rapper Kendrick Lamar’s halftime efficiency on the Tremendous Bowl on Sunday, showcasing her crip stroll – a dance transfer that originated in Los Angeles.
The strikes have been a connection with Williams and Lamar’s shared roots within the town.
However the efficiency additionally recalled a Wimbledon controversy, when Williams confronted grievance for the same dance in party of her gold medal after defeating Maria Sharapova on the London Olympics in 2012.
Critics on the time argued the dance used to be irrelevant and a glorification of gang violence.
Williams addressed the talk in a video she posted on X of her behind the curtain on the Tremendous Bowl.
“Guy I didn’t crip stroll like that at Wimbledon,” she mentioned giggling. “Oh, I might’ve been fined.”
“It used to be all love,” she added of the Tremendous Bowl efficiency.
The crip stroll used to be a transfer created by way of participants of Los Angeles-area boulevard gang the Crips within the Nineteen Seventies. It used to be later followed within the hip-hop group, particularly amongst the ones with ties to town.
Williams has defended herself from grievance of her 2012 Wimbledon party. A few of her supporters have mentioned the backlash used to be over the top or even racist.
“It used to be only a dance,” Williams mentioned of her party on the time.
Williams’ cameo on the Tremendous Bowl additionally captured the target audience’s consideration for one more reason. The 43-year-old reportedly as soon as dated rapper Drake, Lamar’s rival and the point of interest of his Grammy-award successful diss observe, which he carried out on Sunday.
Lamar apparently references Williams within the observe, referred to as No longer Like Us, pronouncing Drake “higher no longer discuss on Serena”.
Williams, who grew up in Compton, California, has been married to Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian since 2017.
