Grammys 2016: Celebrities React to Kendrick Lamar's Performance, Shade Kanye West

On Monday night (Feb. 15) at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, Kendrick Lamar brought audience members to their feet with a powerful thought provoking performance of “The Blacker the Berry” and “Alright." It didn’t take long for stars in the audience as well as those viewing at home to react to Lamar’s moving performance, and inadvertently shade Kanye West in the process.

Lamar had the audience's full attention as he appeared alongside a chain gang for powerful visuals bringing light to the number of minorities continuously being incarcerated, then transitioning into a scene of an African dance ritual, where Lamar and dancers moved in tandem to the message of his lyrics.

It didn’t take long for Lamar to receive a massive amount of praise from his peers, along with fellow performers such as Adele who voiced, “Kendrick, I loved your performance!”

However the warm reception Lamar received via Twitter was unmatched. The Daily Show host and comedian, Trevor Noah took to Twitter to praise Lamar, and shade West in the below tweet.

He was not the only who shared similar sentiments as later actress, Jackée Harry chimed in with her own opinions comparing Lamar and West to one another, suggesting that the latter should take note.

Despite a little West shade, a number of stars such as Kobe Bryant, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, Taraji P. Henson and more had glowing things to say about the To Pimp a Butterfly rapper.

In addition to a killer performance, the 11-time nominee took home five Grammys including the coveted Best Rap Album award. Congrats K.Dot!

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