Current:Home > BackKendrick Lamar will headline 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Kendrick Lamar will headline 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans
View Date:2024-12-23 10:26:13
Kendrick Lamar is headed to the Super Bowl.
The "Not Like Us" rapper, 37, is set to perform during the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show. He shared the news Sunday in a YouTube video that showed Lamar on a football field in front of a giant American flag.
"My name is Kendrick Lamar, and I'll be performing at Super Bowl LIX," he says in the clip. "Will you be pulling up? I hope so."
Roc Nation, Apple Music and the NFL confirmed the news in a news release, and the NFL shared a promotional poster on X that showed Lamar sitting on a football field.
"Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date," Lamar said in a statement on Sunday. "And I'll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one."
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Seth Dudowsky, NFL's head of music, noted that, "Few artists have impacted music and culture as profoundly as Kendrick Lamar," adding, "Time and time again, Kendrick has proven his unique ability to craft moments that resonate, redefine, and ultimately shake the very foundation of hip-hop."
All Drake and Kendrick Lamar diss songs:From 'Not Like Us' to 'Part 6'
The gig comes amid a big year for Lamar, who has been making headlines for a high-profile feud with Drake. The two rappers have traded barbs in a series of back-and-forth diss tracks, including Lamar's "Not Like Us." Released in May, "Not Like Us" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, and it's nominated for song of the year at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday. In June, Lamar performed the hit track five times during a Juneteenth concert in California.
The feud between Lamar and Drake escalated in March when Lamar appeared on Future and Metro Boomin's song "Like That" and rejected the idea of there being a "big three" in rap consisting of himself, Drake and J. Cole. "It's just big me," he rapped. Drake has fired back with his own diss tracks, including "Taylor Made Freestyle."
Review:Usher's Super Bowl halftime show brought skates, abs, famous friends and a Vegas vibe
Lamar has won 17 Grammy Awards throughout his career. The Super Bowl halftime show was most recently headlined in 2024 by Usher, who was joined by Alicia Keys, H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, Jermaine Dupri and Ludacris.
Super Bowl LIX is scheduled for Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Contributing: Taijuan Moorman and Melissa Ruggieri
veryGood! (42388)
Related
- School workers accused of giving special needs student with digestive issue hot Takis, other abuse
- 'In the moooood for love': Calf with heart-shaped mark on forehead melts hearts online
- GOP candidates elevate anti-transgender messaging as a rallying call to Christian conservatives
- When does The Equalizer Season 4 start? Cast, premiere date, how to watch and more
- Certifying this year’s presidential results begins quietly, in contrast to the 2020 election
- 2 juveniles charged in Kansas City Chiefs parade shooting that killed 1, injured 22
- Wholesale prices rose in January, signaling more inflation woes for American consumers
- Don’t Miss Kate Spade Outlet’s Presidents’ Day Sale Featuring Bags Up to 90% Off, Just in Time for Spring
- Ariana Grande's Brunette Hair Transformation Is a Callback to Her Roots
- Most Americans want legal pot. Here's why feds are taking so long to change old rules.
Ranking
- Missouri prosecutor says he won’t charge Nelly after an August drug arrest
- Hyundai recalls nearly 100,000 Genesis vehicles for fire risk: Here's which cars are affected
- Jury awards $10 million to man who was wrongly convicted of murder
- Is hypnosis real? Surprisingly – yes, but here's what you need to understand.
- Amazon Best Books of 2024 revealed: Top 10 span genres but all 'make you feel deeply'
- State governments looking to protect health-related data as it’s used in abortion battle
- NBA All-Star Celebrity Game 2024: Cowboys' Micah Parsons named MVP after 37-point performance
- Houston megachurch to have service of ‘healing and restoration’ a week after deadly shooting
Recommendation
-
Suspect in deadly 2023 Atlanta shooting is deemed not competent to stand trial
-
Feds charge Minnesota man who they say trained with ISIS and threatened violence against New York
-
Compton man who may have been dog breeder mauled to death by pit bulls in backyard
-
Bears great Steve McMichael contracts another infection, undergoes blood transfusion, family says
-
Suspected shooter and four others are found dead in three Kansas homes, police say
-
NBA commissioner for a day? Vince Staples has some hilarious ideas – like LeBron throwing a chair
-
Texas will build camp for National Guard members in border city of Eagle Pass
-
Albuquerque Police Department opens internal investigation into embattled DWI unit