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Kendrick Lamar performs at the Grammy Awards, Feb. 15, 2016; Beyoncé performs during halftime in Super Bowl 50, Feb 7, 2016 (AP/Matt Sayles/Reuters/Matthew Emmons)

No backlash for Kendrick Lamar

LaSha
Beyoncé in the "Formation" video

Beyoncé haters don't get it

Priscilla Ward

"Sex with the lights on"

Brendan Gauthier
(Fox News)

Right-wing backlash to Beyoncé

Sophia Tesfaye

Asha Parker
Beyonce performs during halftime of Super Bowl 50 (AP)

Beyonce, Cam, that Prius ad

Chauncey DeVega
Rob Lowe (Reuters/Fred Prouser)

Stop talking, Rob Lowe

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Cam Newton (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Racist hate pours down on Cam

Nathaniel Friedman
Beyoncé performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl 50. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)

Beyoncé won Super Bowl 50

Sonia Saraiya
A police officer patrols downtown San Francisco before Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco, February 4, 2016. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Bamboozled by the Super Bowl

Jack Mirkinson
(AP/Bob Leverone)

The NFL machine grinds on

Sarah C. Baldwin
Cam Newton (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Why Cam Newton scares them

Nathaniel Friedman
Coldplay (AP/Jack Plunkett)

How Coldplay became cool

Annie Zaleski

Chris Martin sings David Bowie

Brendan Gauthier

Evelyn Nieves - Alternet
Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 19, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP) (Powers Imagery/invision/ap)

Coldplay at the Super Bowl

Brendan Gauthier
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