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 about to headline the enduring Apple Music Tremendous Bowl halftime present subsequent yr after a relatively 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 accustomed to 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 received 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 inventive 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. Based on Hollywood Reporter, in his assertion concerning the announcement, the 37-year-old rapper declared:

“Rap music continues to be probably the most impactful style so far. And I will be there to remind the world why they acquired the best one.”

2025 will mark Jay-Z and his Roc Nation’s sixth time returning to supply the well-known present after successful 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 “really a once-in-a-generation artist and performer.”

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

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

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

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

Lamar has received 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 greatest unique music 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 yr 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, probably the most memorable occasions within the 2024 hip-hop calendar yr 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 music, “First Particular person Shooter,” at one in all Drake’s October concert events.

Based on 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 Okay-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me?/ We the massive three like we began a league/however proper now, I really feel like Muhammad Ali.”

Lamar replied in Could this yr with the now well-known line “F–okay sneak dissing. First-person shooter/I hope they got here with three switches.” He reiterated his stance as one of the best within the business and denounced the ‘Massive 3″ declare earlier made by Cole, saying, “Motherf–okay” the massive 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 observe “Push Ups” to streaming companies on April 19.

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

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

“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 comparable to “Loyalty” that includes Rihanna, “Love” that includes Zacari, and “Humble.”

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

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

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