When Kendrick Lamar speaks, everybody listens. The Compton rapper rarely sits down with a microphone in hand, preferring to get his messages across over beats. But with his hotly-anticipated Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show coming up on Sunday, there was no better time to corner the elusive poet and ask a few questions.

The rapper's Grammy-winning diss track about Drake is currently the subject of a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group.

Speculation over surprise guests is at a fever pitch. One name is already locked in: longtime collaborator SZA, which is of no surprise since the two announced they'd be going on tour together. This is Kendrick Lamar though so there will be more guests.