(NEXSTAR) — The phase is established for Tremendous Bowl LVI, with the Cincinnati Bengals going through off towards the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. Also executing will be five rap and R&B music superstars: Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre will all execute all through the halftime exhibit.
The collection of performers is always a major selection for the year’s most significant Television set audience, and the general public is almost never privy to which variables go into the last alternative. Although the National Football League does not go into depth, or commonly ensure or deny artists who are deemed, it has not stopped musicians from revealing when they’ve been offered a headlining gig.
These are the performers who reportedly experienced the likelihood to take the phase and selected not to.
Adele
Vocal powerhouse Adele statements she was approached about carrying out at Super Bowl LI in Houston, but the NFL states she was not.
“First of all, I’m not carrying out the Super Bowl,” Adele stated at a Los Angeles concert in 2016. “I necessarily mean, arrive on, that show is not about audio. And I do not really — I just can’t dance or anything like that. They were quite kind. They did talk to me, but I claimed no.”
The subsequent working day, both equally the NFL and halftime sponsor Pepsi unveiled a assertion stating while they’re “big fans” of Adele, “We have had discussions with several artists… even so, we have not at this point prolonged a formal present to Adele or anybody else. We are targeted on placing alongside one another a superb demonstrate for Houston and we look ahead to revealing that in great time.”
Rihanna
Back again in 2019, Rihanna advised Vogue she experienced turned down a halftime spot in aid of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who grew to become embroiled in controversy for kneeling through pre-activity countrywide anthem performances to protest police brutality versus Black Us citizens.
“I could not dare do that,” she claimed. “For what? Who gains from that? Not my people today. I just could not be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There is issues in that business that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of provider to them in any way.”
Kaepernick remaining the 49ers in 2016 and has but to be re-signed by a different workforce.
There is been speculation on line that Rihanna could probably sign up for Eminem at Sunday’s game for a performance of their music “Love the Way You Lie” and “The Monster.” A shock look would be not likely, having said that, as the singer a short while ago declared her being pregnant. Nonetheless, numerous continue to be hopeful.
“I know @rihanna going to be at the Super Bowl… I’m not stupid,” tweeted @ElijahFrance5.
Jay-Z
Billionaire rapper Jay-Z stated in a 2020 New York Moments interview that he turned down the show because of requests by the NFL on shock appearances, saying he was pressured to have Rihanna and Kanye West perform “Run This Town.”
“Of training course I would have,” explained Jay-Z, who also launched the Roc Nation leisure business. “But I said, ‘No, you get me.’ That is not how you go about it, telling a person that they are likely to do the halftime clearly show contingent on who they bring. I reported forget about it. It was a principle issue.”
The New York Occasions claimed New England Patriots proprietor Robert K. Kraft, who serves as chairman of the NFL media committee, afterwards approached Jay-Z to partner with Roc Nation on improvement of upcoming exhibits. Tremendous Bowl LIV’s halftime demonstrate featured a headline-grabbing functionality by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, a Roc Nation client.
As portion of the partnership, Jay-Z joined a new NFL campaign known as “Encourage Modify,” which concentrated on “education and financial development police and community relations and criminal justice reform,” in accordance to the group.
Irrespective of the inclusion of social justice in the offer, the partnership wasn’t thoroughly celebrated, specially by some in the Black neighborhood. Journalist Chris Williamson tweeted: “How do we halt racism, systematic oppression, and law enforcement brutality? Jay-Z and the NFL: Let’s sell T-shirts and toss concert events. That’ll really shake up the technique.”
Regardless of in no way showing on the Super Bowl phase, Jay-Z’s domestic has by now been well represented there. Superstar wife Beyoncé headlined the clearly show in 2013 and created a guest appearance during Coldplay’s 2016 efficiency.
Pink
Pop star Pink, actual title Alecia Moore, explained to Billboard in 2019 that she turned down the halftime present simply because of its remedy of Kaepernick.
“I’d most likely take a knee and get carried out,” Pink said.
The “Get This Social gathering Started” singer said worry of being criticized for agreeing to it was also a component, indicating, “Everyone who does it receives so persecuted.”
Cardi B
Grammy-successful rapper Cardi B said she also declined the clearly show in aid of Kaepernick, but said she had “mixed feelings” about it, Related Push stories.
“My spouse (rapper Offset), he loves soccer. His youngsters engage in football. It’s seriously tough for him. … He really desires to go to the Tremendous Bowl, but he just cannot go to the Super Bowl, because he’s obtained to stand for a thing,” she told AP.
She additional that Kaepernick “sacrificed his occupation for us” and that she would “sacrifice a good deal of money” to back again him up.
In the meantime, comedian Amy Schumer stated in 2018 she was refusing to appear in a Tremendous Bowl professional in solidarity with Kaepernick. Schumer said in an Instagram post: “Hitting the NFL with the advertisers is the only way to definitely hurt them. I know opposing the NFL is like opposing the NRA. Extremely hard, but really don’t you want to be very pleased of how you’re residing?”
