Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl halftime show betting specials; Drake a longshot to appear
Super Bowl LIX is set to kick off Sunday Feb. 9 with Kendrick Lamar headlining the halftime show.
Lamar has been one of the biggest rappers in the world for a decade, but 2024 may have been his biggest year yet as he was named Billboard’s Greatest Pop Star of the year. He also stole the show at the 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards, taking home eight honours including song of the year and artist of the year.
But most notable of all, the 37-year-old came out on what many feel as the winning side of a public rap battle with Drake in the spring, where the two went back and forth in several songs, leading to Not Like Us charting No. 1 on Billboard, the fifth song in Lamar’s career to reach that peak.
In the midst of Lamar dominating the rap and music scene in 2024, he was named as the headliner for this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
This isn’t the first time Lamar will take the stage at the Super Bowl as he was a featured member in 2022 when the game took place in Los Angeles and he joined Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Mary J. Blige as a headliner.
With Lamar’s star shining brighter than it ever has, FanDuel has opened several markets for his performance with options for first song, total songs, celebrities to appear and how many diss records he will sing about Drake.
Let’s take a look at what they have to offer.
First Song
Settled on the first song played by Kendrick Lamar according to Setlist.fm. Song played from tape will be excluded. All bets action. Bets after official announcement will be void.
Not Like Us is a +195 favourite to be the opening song of the Super Bowl halftime show.
The song was released May 4, 2024, spending two weeks at No. 1 on Billboard and became one of the quickest songs in Spotify’s history to hit the billion-stream mark
Not far behind is Humble at +250, Euphoria (+300), and Squabble Up (+380).
Humble and Squabble Up each peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 while Euphoria climbed as high as No. 3 on the charts.
UPDATE: After Not Like Us opened as the favourite, Humble has emerged as the new lead option at +160. Here is a list of songs offered in this market with the price on Jan. 14 and Jan. 30.
Kendrick Lamar first song
Song | Odds on Jan. 14 | Odds on Jan. 30 |
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Not Like Us | +195 | +380 |
Humble | +250 | +160 |
Euphoria | +300 | +600 |
Squabble Up | +380 | +430 |
King Kunta | +430 | +430 |
DNA | +500 | +500 |
A.D.H.D | +500 | +500 |
N95 | +600 | +600 |
Swimming Pools | +750 | +750 |
Like That | +750 | +750 |
Total Number of Songs
Settled according to the number of songs as recorded by setlist.fm.
FanDuel has set the number at 10.5 for songs performed during Lamar’s set.
Both Usher in 2024 (11 songs) and Rihanna in 2023 (14) went over Lamar's current number, while The Weeknd in 2021 is the last solo headliner to go under this number when he did nine songs.
Celebrity guest to appear
Settled on the celebrity physically appearing on stage and singing for at least 10 seconds and listed on Selist.fm. All bets action. Bets after an official announcement will be void.
After opening with the shortest odds to appear on stage, Grammy award winning artist SZA has been confirmed to be apart of the show and has been removed from the market.
The duo have collaborated for a number of songs but none bigger than All The Stars from the 2018 soundtrack of Black Panther. The 1.9 billion streams are the most for any Kendrick Lamar song on Spotify.
Baby Keem has emerged as a +110 favourite to appear during the show.
Coming in at +184 is rapper Future and producer Metro Boomin. The duo teamed up with Lamar last year on Like That, another record of Lamar’s that charted No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lil' Wayne (+164) is the only other celebrity listed at shorter than 2-1.
Other notables listed on the market include Travis Scott (+250), Taylor Swift (+750), Demar DeRozan (+790), Jay-Z (+1800) and Drake (+3500).
How many diss tracks will Kendrick Lamar sing about Drake?
"Settled based on the following songs; Not Like Us, Euphoria, 6:16 in LA, and Meet the Grahams if sang live at the Kendrick Lamar Half Time Show according to setlist.fm."
As mentioned earlier, Kendrick Lamar engaged in one of the biggest rap battles ever last year when he and Drake went toe-to-toe.
Lamar released four songs during the exchange - Not Like Us, Euphoria, 6:16 In LA and Meet the Grahams.
Here is a look at the odds for how many of those records Lamar will perform during the show.
How many diss tracks will Kendrick Lamar sing about Drake?
Amount | Odds on Jan. 14 | Odds on Jan. 30 |
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1+ | -1500 | -2200 |
2+ | -400 | -400 |
3+ | +210 | +210 |
4+ | +750 | +750 |