Serena Williams has an uncanny ability to make a splash wherever she goes, and this time was no exception. With just a few smooth steps, she managed to turn heads and create a stir. During Kendrick Lamar’s much-anticipated 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, the 43-year-old tennis superstar made a brief yet unforgettable cameo. She effortlessly pulled off the crip walk, setting the internet abuzz. Now, Williams is opening up about those wild dance moves that had everyone talking.
In a fleeting moment, the worlds of sports and hip-hop culture collided in the most astonishing manner. As Kendrick Lamar electrified the audience with his passionate performance of “Not Like Us” during the halftime show at the 2025 Super Bowl, the camera briefly shifted to a corner of the stage.
There was Serena Williams, a tennis legend, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, and a cultural icon, crip walking with a natural coolness that only she could possess.
The crip walk was actually created back in the 1970s by Robert “Sugar Bear” Jackson, who was a first-generation member of the Crips, an alliance of street gangs mainly located in the coastal areas of Southern California.
Interestingly, this wasn’t the first time Williams had shown off her dancing prowess.