Kendrick Lamar To Headline 2025 Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show

Kendrick Lamar followers already know the place all roads will lead throughout the 2025 Tremendous Bowl!

The rapper is ready to headline the enduring Apple Music Tremendous Bowl halftime present subsequent 12 months after a fairly eventful first half of 2024.

Kendrick Lamar beforehand carried out on the 2022 halftime present alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and 50 Cent, so he’s conversant in the scene.

Roc Nation, NFL, and Apple Music made the viral announcement on Sunday, stating that the sport might be held on February 9, 2025, on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and air on Fox.

Lamar, who gained the Excellent Reside Selection particular Emmy for his epic efficiency alongside fellow hip-hop giants in 2022, will make use of the service of pgLang firm for the artistic course of his efficiency.

The corporate is owned by Lamar and filmmaker and director Dave Free, who is generally the mind behind nearly all of Lamar’s music movies. In line with Hollywood Reporter, in his assertion in regards to the announcement, the 37-year-old rapper declared:

“Rap music remains to be probably the most impactful style to this point. And I will be there to remind the world why they acquired the fitting one.”

2025 will mark Jay-Z and his Roc Nation’s sixth time returning to provide the well-known present after profitable his second Emmy for co-directing Rihanna’s 2023 halftime present efficiency alongside Hamish Hamilton.

Jay-Z is without doubt one of the few Black administrators to have clinched an award within the excellent directing class. Usher’s Tremendous Bowl present additionally bagged three Emmys and have become the most-watched halftime efficiency of all time—one other feather in Jay-Z’s cap.

In his assertion on Lamar’s announcement, the rap icon and enterprise mogul described Lamar as “actually a once-in-a-generation artist and performer.”

Jay-Z famous that his deep love for hip-hop and tradition informs his creative imaginative and prescient, including that Lamar “has an unparalleled potential to outline and affect tradition globally.”

He concluded that Lamar’s work “transcends music, and his influence might be felt for years to return.”

Since his 2011 mixtape, “Part. 80,” the 37-year-old Compton, California native has been critically acclaimed as one of the vital gifted rappers of this era.

His major-label debut in 2012, “Good child, m.A.A.d metropolis” was extensively accepted, extremely rated and achieved spectacular business success.

Lamar has gained 17 Grammys up to now in his profession and is the proud winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music for his 2017 basic album “DAMN.”

The Compton king grew to become the primary non-classical or jazz artist to win the celebrated award. Lamar additionally clinched an Oscar nomination for finest authentic track for his 201 smash hit “All of the Stars,” which he collaborated on with SZA for the “Black Panther” film.

Lamar additionally recorded spectacular feats this 12 months as his singles’ Not Like Us” and “Like That” with rapper Future and producer Metro Boomin positioned him on the high of the Billboard music charts.

Undoubtedly, one of the vital memorable occasions within the 2024 hip-hop calendar 12 months is Lamar’s beef with Drake. The 37-year-old opened the reservoir on “Like That,” firing rhythmic pictures at J.Cole and Drake, who carried out their Sizzling 100 No. 1 track, “First Particular person Shooter,” at one among Drake’s October live shows.

In line with Billboard, Cole poked Lamar when he rapped a line saluting the trio of himself, Lamar, and Drake, which learn: “Love after they argue the toughest MC/Is it Ok-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me?/ We the large three like we began a league/however proper now, I really feel like Muhammad Ali.”

Lamar replied in Might this 12 months with the now well-known line “F–ok sneak dissing. First-person shooter/I hope they got here with three switches.” He reiterated his stance as the most effective within the trade and denounced the ‘Huge 3″ declare earlier made by Cole, saying, “Motherf–ok” the large three, n–a, it is simply massive me.”

Days after Lamar’s traces dropped, Drake addressed the road in his present, stating,” I acquired my f—ing head up excessive, my again straight.” The Canadian native then launched his Lamar diss monitor “Push Ups” to streaming providers on April 19.

The monitor addressed not solely his arch-enemy Lamar but additionally Rick Ross, The Weeknd, Metro Booming, Future, and plenty of extra. Drake didn’t cease at only one diss monitor; he launched the second, “Taylor Made Freestyle,” on April 24.

The 2 giants’ back-and-forth continued in Might when Kendrick replied with the fourth diss monitor, “Not Like Us. ” The monitor immediately grew to become a basic amongst beef spectators and the hip-hop group.

“Not Like Us” was not the primary time Lamar appeared on high of the Billboard chart. His album “DAMN” pulled the enduring feat when it was first launched in April 2017.

The Blast shared that it was led by hit singles corresponding to “Loyalty” that includes Rihanna, “Love” that includes Zacari, and “Humble.”

The album is 3X platinum in america by the Recording Business Affiliation of America (RIAA) after promoting 1,002,000 copies and incomes 3,137,000 album-equivalent items. It additionally produced many extra sizzling gems like “DNA” and “Ingredient.”

The rapper even carried out some tracks from the album on the 2018 faculty soccer nationwide championship recreation.

Will Kendrick Lamar’s halftime present break Usher’s document? All roads result in New Orleans for the right reply!