Any pending lawsuits from disgruntled rappers will NOT have any impact on Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance.

Roc Nation’s founder is a rapper, but that doesn’t mean the Super Bowl won’t ever present rock or country. Perez noted that Jay-Z’s wife, Beyoncé, has collaborated with country icon Dolly Parton, and that Reba McEntire sang the national anthem at last year’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas.

The enthusiastic response to his music has been driven in part by the perception that he’s a political vessel. But what exactly are his politics?