Pusha T explains why Kendrick Lamar being picked for the Super Bowl is the perfect choice

Earlier this month, when it was announced that Kendrick Lamar would be playing the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX, many said Lil Wayne should've been tapped since the game will be in New Orleans, his hometown.

But Pusha T isn't one of those people and he explained why Kendrick is the perfect choice for the halftime show. The Clipse rapper also said it's wonderful to see a real lyricist play on that big of a stage.

"It's amazing," said Pusha over the weekend at this year's REVOLT WORLD. "I’m sure people have said and have told him his whole career, 'You rap good. You’re great, but you rap too much. You need to make a song like this. You need to do that.' It’s amazing to watch him be exactly who he is, be the lyric king. And people who never even listen to lyrics are reciting his freestyles, his battles, his songs. It’s great to watch. And it’s great for what it is we do in lyric-driven hip-hop."

Pusha and Kendrick — who collaborated on the song "Nosetalgia" on Pusha's 2013 album My Name Is My Name — have battling Drake in common. They've also been credited with defeating the OVO rapper. In fact, Kendrick brought up Pusha's victory in his Drake diss song "Euphoria."

"I don't like you poppin' s**t at Pharrell, for him, I inherit the beef / Yeah, f--k all that pushin' P, let me see you push a T / You better off spinnin' again on him, you think about pushin' me," raps K Dot in the song.

Pusha was asked about those lines in an interview with Vulture that was published in June, and he praised them, as well as the other songs Kendrick released in the battle. "Incredible. Incredible display," Pusha said. "Incredible display of battle raps."