It was a rare Super Bowl halftime show performed in the daylight, but it still had a feeling of a nightclub at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, with a set made up to look like the houses of nearby Compton and South LA.ĭre and Snoop opened the show with “Next Episode” and “California Love.”ĥ0 Cent, not among the announced performers, started his “In Da Club” while hanging upside inside one of the rooms.īlige was decked out in silver sparkles and surrounded by backup dancers as she sang a medley of her hits. “We watched all elements of the show during multiple rehearsals this week and were aware that Eminem was going to do that,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said. The NFL denied reports that it was attempting to stop Eminem from making the gesture.
Kaepernick would be out of the league soon after. Other players followed suit, and the move created widespread cultural controversy.
Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar spitting a fiery medley of their hits.Īs his rendition of “Lose Yourself” ended, Eminem took a knee and held his head in his hand in apparent tribute to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality during the 2016 season. The show brought about as much hip-hop as a stadium can hold, with Dr. (AP) - 50 Cent made a surprise upside-down entrance at the Super Bowl halftime show, and Eminem dramatically took a knee.
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