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Kendrick Lamar Shocks UCLA Students with Surprise Classroom Appearance, Photos Go Viral

Kendrick Lamar may be one of the most successful rappers alive, but he stays humble when it comes to his education.

In newly surfaced photos from 2022 that have been going viral following his 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, the Compton artist sits in a classroom over the course of a few different days, looking casual in various hoodies. In a couple, he checks his phone while at his desk; in others, he appears to diligently pay attention.

The snaps were shared this week by a TikTok user, who wrote in text over the slideshow, “pov: just a normal day at UCLA.”

In the comments, the user gave more context. “This was in 2022, he was incredibly kind and humble,” she wrote. “I didn’t realize who he was at that time … I just saw people asking for photos, and I took some too.”

“It wasn’t until later that someone told me who he was,” she added. “I might take this post down since I don’t know if sharing it is the right thing to do.”

UCLA confirmed that the pictures were taken a few years ago with a post on X Wednesday (Feb. 26), writing, “Photos from 2022, but the lesson stays the same—UCLA is where you level up.”

Billboard has reached out to Lamar’s rep for comment.

The new photos show up just a couple of weeks after Dot took the world by storm with his halftime showcase, which — with 1.33.5 million pairs of eyeballs — set a new record for most-watched Super Bowl performance of all time. A week before that, he took home song and record of the year for his Billboard Hot 100-topping Drake diss track “Not Like Us” at this year’s.

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