Kendrick Lamar put an exclamation point on another historic moment in rap's evolution as the Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning rapper took music's biggest stage at Super Bowl 59 for a halftime performance that defied conventions, dazzled with metaphoric wordplay and jabbed the ears of those who scowled at the idea of a rapper headlining solo.

To get it out of the way: Yes, Kendrick Lamar, on the Super Bowl halftime show stage, addressed Drake by name. He didn’t say “pedophile,” but he did say that he was trying to strike a chord and that it was probably A minor. And it sounded like most of the stadium said it, too.