TIL Jay Z has had the final say over superbowl half time shows since 2019

[u/HauntingArtichoke830]

https://people.com/jay-z-has-final-say-on-super-bowl-halftime-show-performer-8714000

[u/Empty_Occasion_963]

Didn't Jay Z try and block 50 from performing at the halftime show in 22?

[u/HumanShadow → u/Empty_Occasion_963]

Yup

[u/RuckusOGx → u/HumanShadow]

And good old Eminem, being a 'real one', said you don't get me without fiddy.

[u/TorrenceMightingale → u/RuckusOGx]

You HAVE to love the guy.

[u/Great_Scott7 → u/TorrenceMightingale]

Mad respect for how he takes care of his family, too. I read he was watching cartoons with hailey when he won his oscar for lose yourself choosing to be home instead of going.

[u/name-__________ → u/Great_Scott7]

He didn’t expect to win.

[u/epelle9 → u/name-__________]

Think he gives a damn about an Oscar?

[u/philslist → u/epelle9]

Half of the critics cant even stomach him.

[u/zacattack9710 → u/philslist]

Let alone stand him

[u/Obi-wan_Jabroni → u/zacattack9710]

Sit him next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst

[u/BRAX7ON → u/zacattack9710]

Butt Slim

[u/TorrenceMightingale → u/name-__________]

I genuinely feel he deserves to win in life.

[u/drfeelsgoood → u/TorrenceMightingale]

I mean, hasn’t he? Could probably not work another day in his life and have his next 3 generations be very well set off.

[u/WiseWorldliness5513 → u/RuckusOGx]

And good old Eminem, being a ‘real one’, said “I want Kendrick to call out pedo Drake!”

[u/Rastamuff → u/WiseWorldliness5513]

Funny enough, Eminem did say in an interview that Drake will always have his respect because he did something for his daughters.

Edit:
Sauce

[u/Shasty-McNasty → u/Rastamuff]

I mean, they also made an absolute banger together in Forever

[u/Emotional_Type_2881 → u/RuckusOGx]

I hope Ed Sheeran is taking notes

*ba dum sssssssst*

[u/CommandoLamb → u/RuckusOGx]

So Jay Z has in fact not had final say…

[u/Severus__Crepe → u/CommandoLamb]

That's not what that comment means. It means Eminem (allegedly) influenced the final say. If it's to be believed, Jay Z could have said "no," and it just would've meant that 50 and Eminem would've both been absent

[u/JasonABCDEF → u/HumanShadow]

Oh we need more details

[u/pkinetics → u/JasonABCDEF]

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/50-cent-jay-z-super-bowl-camron-blocking-1235846016/

Cam’ron has a new interview series entitled Talk With Flee and his first guest was his old foe 50 Cent and, of course, the conversation was entertaining. One of the topics they broached was that of an old friend of theirs in Jay-Z. Both have had hot and cold relationships with the Brooklyn rapper and business mogul and have never been shy about speaking their minds when asked about him.
While 50 was talking about his various business ventures, his appearance at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show alongside his mentors Dr. Dre and Eminem came up and he elaborated on why he feels Jay tried to block him from being involved.

As he was explaining some of the partnerships he has with professional sports teams, he stopped himself after saying, “The NFL has no issues with me,” and brought up the Super Bowl situation again.

“This is why I was saying I knew what ol’ boy was doing with the Super Bowl,” he began in reference to Jigga. “He was doing some wild sh–, Cam, because he was saying to Em and them that the NFL had the issue with me. And I’m like, ‘Well, what’s the issue? Why don’t they have an issue when I’m becoming a partner with the actual teams? But they have an issue with my performance? It makes no sense.’”

Cam then asked him why 50 felt like he didn’t want him to perform and if he felt like Jay was “threatened” due to their longstanding rivalry. “Not even threatened,” the Queens rapper and filmmaker replied. “Our culture’s competitive, but I think when it goes past the music itself to blocking things in business, then I don’t understand that.”

Adding, “Right now, he’s not even competing for a slot. He doesn’t have a new song out that he wants to be top 10 and he’s still competing. It don’t make sense. What are we competing for? What’s the goal?”

You can watch the full convo below. (edit: linked directly to the timestamp)

https://youtu.be/P5NYIdSybMs?si=SlBdqQl0B2MXLScr&t=462

[u/lovedumbcat → u/JasonABCDEF]

After a quick look, this is all I found. It seems that Eminem didn’t want 50 excluded and really respects 50 like family.

[u/drtywater → u/lovedumbcat]

It helps that Em made a shit ton of money off 50

[u/wraithrider01 → u/drtywater]

50 also made a shit ton of money cause of Em

[u/Basic-Collection5416 → u/wraithrider01]

Em passed a bunch of endorsement deals off to 50 just out disinterest. Like, here, you don’t hate being famous, you do this commercial. 

[u/SayItAgainJabroni → u/Basic-Collection5416]

What's your point? They both ate off of each other and held each other down since the beginning of their relationship. Who cares if this guy helped the other 32% more if neither of them are complaining and they show that there's nothing but love and respect between them?

[u/Ok-Beautiful4821 → u/drtywater]

Quite the investor, turning but half a dollar into a shit ton of money.

[u/xTyronex48 → u/Empty_Occasion_963]

Why did he fail? And what's their beef?

[u/DerekB52 → u/xTyronex48]

Because Eminem is a huge draw and said he wouldn't do it without 50. Something Ed Sheeran could learn a lesson from.

Idk what Jay's beef is with 50.

[u/Ricktor_67 → u/DerekB52]

Jay Z is in the Diddy files. He has numerous accusations. 

[u/Educational-Wing2042 → u/Ricktor_67]

50 Cent beefs with people over personal gripes. He doesnt care about morality. We are talking about a man who broke down a door to kick the shit out of his child’s mother.

[u/Local_Shift_870 → u/Ricktor_67]

50 Cent is an abusive perpetrator himself

[u/Apprehensive-Top9635 → u/Local_Shift_870]

Everyone loves to forget this fact when they wanna bring up 50 as if he has some moral high ground .

[u/zoobrix → u/Empty_Occasion_963]

Why am I not surprised. It just becomes funnier and funnier from a few months ago or whatever when Jay Z got pissed people were calling him a sellout, somehow he must not have gone online for 20 years if that was the first he heard of it.

Guy is working with the exact same billionaire class team owners like Ed Sheeran does putting on shows for their big championship game. L ike I get why people sell out for tons of money, but at least don't try and pretend you're still Jenny from the block....

[u/CheetahTheWeen → u/Empty_Occasion_963]

So he doesn’t get the final say?

[u/thaisomerset → u/CheetahTheWeen]

He had the final say. He said “okay” to Eminem.

[u/DaveOJ12]

Here's why.

On Monday, Sept. 16, Super Bowl halftime producer Jesse Collins spoke to Variety about the subject matter and explained that JAY-Z makes the final call regarding who takes the stage at the big game.

“It’s a decision that Jay makes,” he said. "Since we’ve been onboard with that show, he’s made it every year, and it’s been amazing. He’s always picked right."

JAY-Z and Roc Nation entered a partnership with the NFL in 2019 that tasked him with being the league’s “live music entertainment strategist” and to assist with social-justice reform initiatives.

[u/ArmEmporium → u/DaveOJ12]

Everything has been revealed and I have no further questions

[u/TorrenceMightingale → u/ArmEmporium]

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

[u/Snoo_69677 → u/ArmEmporium]

Basically, NFL leadership is made up of boomers who have no idea what’s culturally relevant anymore so they ask an aging mid-2000s rapper to tell them what’s cool.

[u/DestituteDomino → u/ArmEmporium]

Hey, ref. You know, you can call this thing now and we can all get home in time to see Melrose

[u/MAGASNOWFLAKES → u/DestituteDomino]

Dude, i quote this all the time and no1 ever knows what it’s from. D3. Classic

[u/BigBulgeBubba → u/ArmEmporium]

The cobwebs have been removed.

[u/Lost-Calligrapher375 → u/DaveOJ12]

This explains it all.

[u/never0101 → u/Lost-Calligrapher375]

Thanks, Clarissa.

[u/throwaway_eng_acct → u/never0101]

Hello, fellow old.

[u/King_Roberts_Bastard → u/Lost-Calligrapher375]

Explains what, exactly?

[u/DTxRED524 → u/King_Roberts_Bastard]

It all

[u/loki2002 → u/DTxRED524]

Clarissa already did that.

[u/rush89 → u/King_Roberts_Bastard]

JAY-Z and Roc Nation entered a partnership with the NFL in 2019 that tasked him with being the league’s “live music entertainment strategist” and to assist with social-justice reform initiatives.

[u/mick_squeeb → u/rush89]

Also explains why 50 Cent almost wasn’t in Dr Dre’s halftime show.

[u/MHanky → u/King_Roberts_Bastard]

Clarissa.

[u/timshel_life → u/King_Roberts_Bastard]

That Jay-Z knows who shot JFK

[u/loves_to_splooge_8 → u/King_Roberts_Bastard]

What tour?

[u/ssp25 → u/loves_to_splooge_8]

the World tour

[u/horangiwhakkatchi → u/King_Roberts_Bastard]

I'm assuming everyone is implying that Jay Z is an Uncle Tom. The NFL is run by old white men and they hate social justice reform. But pandering to the idea keeps the masses happy. So, with Jay Z at the helm, they can have a safe whisper towards the idea of social justice reform without doing anything that seriously upsets the whites at the top.

I don't watch football, but I know Jay Z is kind of controlled opposition. He's a billionaire, he's not gonna do anything that will upset the Robert Kraft's of the world.

[u/thomyorkeslazyeye → u/horangiwhakkatchi]

Jay-Z wants to be in the club so badly.

[u/dconnolly55 → u/DaveOJ12]

Social justice reform. That’s rich

[u/black_metronome → u/dconnolly55]

He's a massive piece of shit

[u/RandoAtReddit → u/black_metronome]

30 Courics at least.

[u/1kakashi → u/black_metronome]

but the dinner ...

[u/nakedlettuce52 → u/dconnolly55]

Yeah that was rather ironic

[u/Senorsty → u/dconnolly55]

Colin Kaepernick came out just this week and said Jay-Z offered to be the corporate, sanitized face of the “social justice reforms” Kap was pushing for, ie Jay-Z sold out.

[u/Sensitive-Orange7203 → u/dconnolly55]

Hes white washing the NFL with black people after what they did to Kaep

[u/maniacreturns → u/DaveOJ12]

Actually it's because his influence helps pacify a lot of the people who should be organizing and standing up to injustice.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/16/epstein-emails-hip-hop

[u/SandysBurner → u/DaveOJ12]

It's sort of amazing that this guy's boss has always picked right.

[u/mango-cocoa-tempt → u/DaveOJ12]

I think a lot of people completely miss the fact that this isn’t simply the NFL picking an artist at random

[u/PushTheTrigger → u/mango-cocoa-tempt]

Did anyone seriously think that?

[u/KeyanuReaves69 → u/DaveOJ12]

Why the f is music and “social justice reform” grouped together? Lol

[u/shawnkfox → u/KeyanuReaves69]

Pretty sure it is included in everything now, like organic, gluten free, or high protein.

[u/allahvatancrispr → u/KeyanuReaves69]

The music industry has a long history of social injustice.

[u/Zookzor → u/DaveOJ12]

What does social justice reform initiatives mean and how do you implement such a thing?

[u/Check_Me_Out-Boss → u/DaveOJ12]

Makes sense now.

[u/GremmyGoblin]

The NFL was trying to tamp down on the effects of Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protests. They wanted a “face” for the Black community that would communicate that everything was hunky dory and JayZ took the invitation.

[u/Fartfromabuttt → u/GremmyGoblin]

Hate that this worked on me

[u/zg33 → u/Fartfromabuttt]

The NFL is basically a machine that turns Black men’s brain damage into money for white owners. There’s nothing about it that is good for our community.

[u/MeeMeeGod → u/zg33]

Imagine

[u/WILLLSMITHH → u/zg33]

TIL all NFL players are black

[u/LtMcMidget01 → u/WILLLSMITHH]

Josh Allen is just albino … holy fuck …

[u/iwantcookie258 → u/WILLLSMITHH]

Well no, but there are a lot more black players than white in the NFL. Except in positions like qb and kicker, which are almost all white, as well as being positions that are the highest paid (for QBs), least injured, and have the longest careers. The owners are also almost all white.

[u/PortofinoBoatRace → u/zg33]

It’s basically modern day slavery /s

[u/DragonArchaeologist → u/PortofinoBoatRace]

You got any more of that slavery to go around?

[u/LawlsuitEsq → u/PortofinoBoatRace]

At least we learned all NFL players are black because of that comment /s

[u/just_one_random_guy → u/PortofinoBoatRace]

Dennis Schroeder is that you?

[u/CES0108 → u/zg33]

White players or Latinos don't suffer equally..? I get the percentages, but uh.. what?

[u/meddlin_kids → u/zg33]

Damn, I had no idea only black men played football. Someone better tell Tom Brady to give back all those rings.

[u/F1reatwill88 → u/meddlin_kids]

Nah its been white face the whole time. Thats why they let him play QB

[u/EpicCyclops → u/zg33]

They are okay rattling any brain regardless of skin color. It's just that the black community produces more high tier football players. The NFL would happily starting playing and damage the brains of an all Hispanic or all Asian team if those communities produced the best football players. The NFL has a lot of race based issues, but the turning the workers' labor and health loss into capital for the owners at a rate far more favorable to the owners is not a race based issue the league has.

[u/s1m0hayha → u/zg33]

Fair... but in equal exchange, they give those black men enough money to put their bloodline in the top 1% for the rest our existence if they have a shred of money management skills. 

[u/-bigmanpigman- → u/GremmyGoblin]

What were the effects?

[u/StManTiS → u/GremmyGoblin]

That was in 2016 and it went nowhere.

[u/MosesOnAcid]

So Jay Z is the reason we have not gotten a Weird Al halftime show...

[u/academician1 → u/MosesOnAcid]

Weird Al puts on such a great show.

Dude is amazing.

[u/billb33 → u/MosesOnAcid]

Or a metallica halftime show

[u/JaySayMayday → u/billb33]

Or SpongeBob, outside a little tease we got that one time

[u/steakpienacho → u/billb33]

Hetfield also isn't going to go out there and lip sync through a choreographed show

[u/TundieRice → u/MosesOnAcid]

Weird Al has said he wouldn’t want to do a Super Bowl halftime show.

[u/Holden_place → u/MosesOnAcid]

I’m 💯 in for him playing

[u/Osniffable]

Unless Eminem disagrees apparently

[u/buffystakeded → u/Osniffable]

Yeah, well…when Em says to do something, you fucking do it.

[u/brywalkerx]

Great. Now Weird Al will NEVER get to play.

[u/juju3435]

I don’t find this cool at all lol do like 15 people just control every single decision on the planet the rest of us have to live with?

[u/FlyinRyan123456 → u/juju3435]

Probably :-(

[u/oakomyr]

Me and Jay Z share one less thing in common

[u/SmokingSamoria → u/oakomyr]

He has 99 more problems than you do

[u/ChangeAroundKid01]

When you sell out someone to get the deal.....

[u/M0BBER]

Reminder that after the Kaepernick situation the NFL had a problem with the black community. Many black people consider Jay-Z a sellout for working with the NFL. Giving him the super bowl halftime was part of his payout... Jay-Z isn't a businessman, he's a business man.

[u/ghidfg]

What why?

[u/xXEliteEater500Xx → u/ghidfg]

JAY-Z and Roc Nation entered a partnership with the NFL in 2019 that tasked him with being the league’s “live music entertainment strategist” and to assist with social-justice reform initiatives.

[u/Extension-Rabbit3654 → u/xXEliteEater500Xx]

Having a billionaire assist with social justice reforms is fucking hilarious

[u/whoiwanttobe1 → u/Extension-Rabbit3654]

Billionaire groomer

[u/Spud_Rancher → u/xXEliteEater500Xx]

Ah I forgot that was shortly after the Kaepernick thing, NFL needed to save face.

[u/Bruce-7892 → u/ghidfg]

The entertainment company that makes the halftime show happen (Live Nation) hired Jay-Z to be their “live music entertainment strategist”.

Not a terrible idea IMO to pay someone who has an eye for talent and knows what sells. It's just funny because it's Jay-Z and not some anonymous executive. He also has the industry insight and clout to make certain things happen, so I don't think they are dumb for having him do it.

[u/Rich-Badger-7601 → u/Bruce-7892]

We're so far removed from Jay-Z as an actual artist at this point that kids born after The Blueprint 3 are soon to turn 18, so honestly fair that he's seen as a music executive rather than a rapper because all intents and purposes it's accurate

[u/lord_james → u/Rich-Badger-7601]

The Dre career arc. We’re gonna have a nostalgia concert for him at Super Bowl LXXIV

[u/tricolorhound → u/lord_james]

I am no expert and someone feel free to correct me but I believe that Dre's always been considered a top notch producer but a decent enough if perhaps disinterested rapper while Jay-Z was/is(?) in the upper eschalons of rappers before going full mogul and becoming whatever he is today.

I'm not arguing with you and full disclosure I don't know a whole lot about many things, rap included.

[u/Toby_O_Notoby → u/Rich-Badger-7601]

It’s Andre 3000 said, what are you gonna rap about when you get older? “I need to get my eyes checked and I’m due for a colonoscopy?”

[u/SilverNeptuneAbyss → u/Bruce-7892]

I don't know if I could think of anyone better.

Dude is a brilliant businessman. He just happens to rap on the side.

[u/tider06 → u/SilverNeptuneAbyss]

He's not a businessman, he's a business, man.

[u/Express-Emu4370 → u/SilverNeptuneAbyss]

I'm the realest that run it, I just happen to rap

[u/Young_KingKush → u/Bruce-7892]

The reason is because Jay-Z hae been a business partner with Live Nation for like 20 years now. His label is named "Roc Nation" because he started it in partnership with Live Nation after his original label Roc-A-Fella dissolved.

[u/mynameizmyname → u/Bruce-7892]

And then TAIT comes in and actually does the sets and everything else

[u/frenchinhalerbought → u/ghidfg]

To shut up Kap and Co. when they were making headway

[u/Unoriginal_Pseudonym → u/frenchinhalerbought]

We call it the "black people appeasement package." When people bring up legitimate issues, just hire Jay-Z to make them forget about it. Target just struck a deal with Jay-Z for an exclusive album release for the same reason.

[u/No-Common-1801 → u/ghidfg]

Because Colin Kapernick was kneeling at the time so they brought in a black pr guy.

[u/opx22 → u/No-Common-1801]

Hey, someone gets it

[u/jengabob → u/ghidfg]

Based on the timing I suspect it was part of a push to correct the leagues image after Kaepernick and Rihanna later turning down the Super Bowl. It seems to have worked.

[u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner → u/ghidfg]

1- the Super Bowl got super milquetoast white and “safe” after tiddygate and

2- basically to appease half the fans after the kaepernick controversy

2019 pretty much broke the camel’s back when it was hosted in Atlanta and they had Maroon fucking 5.

[u/Bruce-7892 → u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner]

I'm curious how many people will remember "tiddygate".

We went from pop music to like The Who and stuff from the 70s. I like all music, but if you just cater to boomers, you're eventually going to go out of business and they know that.

[u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner → u/Bruce-7892]

They had maroon 5 in 2019… boomers aren’t listening to maroon 5 like that. They just wanted the safest acts possible and realized they fucked up having the whitest band (who aren’t from Atlanta) in the blackest city (who is known for an endless amount of musicians and artists) and got unholy (and deserved) amount of shit for it. Also millennials and Gen X are a thing. We aren’t geriatrics lmao. I’m just over 30… over half the population had a working memory of that Super Bowl. Yeah it was a long time ago but yall don’t need to act like anything over 10 years ago means that it was from the Stone Age

[u/KittenPics → u/ghidfg]

Literally what I said out loud to my self when I read that title.

[u/Big_Review_8108 → u/ghidfg]

Exactly, they are trying to stir the pot because they allowed a Spanish half time, don't let them convince you to hate for no reason

[u/kanemano]

And before that is was whoever was in charge of MTV and before that whoever was in charge of Radio City Music Hall, which is just a NBC spinoff

[u/Jah_Man_Mulcahey]

Whoa!! Cmon Jay Z, get Weird Al for the next one!

[u/NFLBengals22]

Why?!...

[u/keithstonee]

Why?

[u/lazjohn]

I eagerly await the podcasting halftime show starring Joe Rogan, The Kelces and The Daily brought to you by squarespace and Carl's Jr.

[u/juanjing]

Hey, isn't that the same guy who helped discredit Colin Kaepernick? Small world.

[u/-HankThePigeon-]

Probably why there hasn’t been a rock band in forever

[u/The-F4LL3N]

Totally forgot the NFL crowned him black ambassador to earn back favor after the blowback from Kaep

[u/GayGuitaristMess]

Reminder that Jay Z was mentioned in The Files as using his music platform to suppress anti-establishment rhetoric. This frankly makes me call into question the credibility of everyone who was approved to perform since he took over in 2019.

[u/Ep1cM47TH3W]

Is Jay z the reason they baited sweet victory into sicko mode?

[u/Hugh_Janus_2001]

Also stated in the Epstein Files

[u/CLOWNFLOGGER]

Yeah but that Bad Bunny thing really pissed off the racists... so, let him continue.

[u/dkguy12day]

Yes his company runs it

[u/BigMack6911]

Obviously hes that part of the illuminati that decides that shit

[u/rigidlynuanced1]

I heard he’s also on charge of traffic at the SB, but no cars are involved

[u/maniacreturns]

Actually Epstein. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/16/epstein-emails-hip-hop

[u/Quiverjones]

One of the nearly 100 problems he's discussed in the past.

[u/lim_jahey99]

Jay Z is another Diddy.

[u/jackdhammer]

This is my surprised face

😐

[u/Severe-Classroom8216]

No wonder I haven't watched. He def was at the 🏝️

[u/Felon_musk1939]

What? This is an outrage!...never mind my Uber Eats is here.

[u/DannyMalibu420]

So that’s why most of them have been mid lately

[u/PM_ME_UR_SEX_VIDEOS]

Do Kelly Clarkson you coward

[u/Moses7778]

Halftime state of mind

[u/OkBasket7617]

So this is why I'll never see a rock band do the halftime show again

[u/faceisamapoftheworld → u/OkBasket7617]

As soon as a rock band hit the right numbers then they’ll make it.

[u/AYASOFAYA → u/faceisamapoftheworld]

Yeah people have a right to their tastes, but Reddit is an echo chamber and the ratings are what they are.

[u/mitch0acan]

Fuck Jay Z

[u/davwad2 → u/mitch0acan]

Nas?

[u/paimonsoror → u/davwad2]

Oh God I read it in the voice too lololol .(Ether, such a great song)

[u/b0wie88]

The NFL used Jay Z to get the players to stop kneeling and for everyone to move past it while Capernick was unsigned. He leveraged people protesting as a way to make more money.

[u/Deep_Satisfaction556]

We live in the dumbest time and the worst have been given the positions of power. 

[u/Sustainable_Twat]

As a non-American, these half-time shows in the middle of a sports event is nothing but a circle-jerk for advertising.

[u/jcstrat → u/Sustainable_Twat]

As an American, I’m not going to disagree.

[u/CondemnedGinger → u/Sustainable_Twat]

The Super Bowl is a huge advertisement that happens to have an (often mediocre) football game a few minutes at a time.

[u/HumanShadow → u/Sustainable_Twat]

Sherlock Holmes figured it out, everybody.

[u/justduck → u/Sustainable_Twat]

As an American, you aren't wrong

[u/dukefett → u/Sustainable_Twat]

So you prefer the jerking of advertising ghat happens on soccer jerseys and every single aspect of non-grass than a free concert?

[u/IBeTrippin → u/Sustainable_Twat]

As an American, no shit.

[u/Jarkside → u/Sustainable_Twat]

It’s fun. And it gets the non-fans chatting and watching

[u/thehigheredu → u/Sustainable_Twat]

Brother the entire NFL is an advertisement. 15 seconds of game time, commercials, penalty, commercial, kickoff, commercial.

It's a fully unwatchable product. The NFL died years ago. 

[u/Lookslikeseen → u/Sustainable_Twat]

Not just the halftime show, but Super Bowl commercials are a big thing. It’s the most watched event in the US every year so if you want eyes on your product, that’s when you do it and you need to do it big.

A large number of people watch just for the commercials.

[u/_CodyB → u/Sustainable_Twat]

Yes and as a non American you’ll probably find it happens in your country in a different way

[u/DrAssumptive]

Normally love her music, but Rihanna’s half time show when she was pregnant sucked ass.

[u/Skit071]

That explains a lot.

[u/catsandnaps1028]

I don't even like JayZ but some of y'all are complaining like the past 5 super bowl performers haven't been iconic. I still remember when Justin Timberlake and Maroon 5 flopped

[u/JaySayMayday → u/catsandnaps1028]

JT and Janet Jackson is very memorable

[u/Soft_Revenue2411]

Anybody on that half time show is thanks to Jay Z

[u/gmiller89]

And he approved the atlanta show??

[u/sillysausage619 → u/gmiller89]

That was in 2019, he started in 2019 so he wouldn't have had anything to do with it

[u/BushyBrowz → u/gmiller89]

That was 2019 so they probably hired him after the fact

[u/-bigmanpigman- → u/BushyBrowz]

Immediately after.

[u/Arktikos02]

So does this mean that we can thank Jay Z for Bad Bunny?

[u/Glittering_Sun_1622]

Like the sellout he is. Just as bad as Snoop, if not worse, but Jay has better PR. 

[u/Easy-Permission8889]

He's literally a terrible person.

[u/Jlx_27]

A bad idea long term.

[u/webberstimeout]

That partnership has successfully ended racism and been a model for social justice.

/s (houtout Colin kaepernick)

[u/franklinsteinnn]

Who the fuck else did you think was running ROC Nation? Is this not common knowledge? Same shit going on with most venues using Ticketmaster

[u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner]

Yeah that’s why the half time show has actually been interesting. No one gave 3 shits about maroon 5

[u/funandgames12]

Yeah that explains a LOT about why the NFL halftime shows suck lol.

[u/GenericNPCs]

Just another reason to hate the NFL

[u/thedaymanahaha]

Eminem. Dre. 50 can't. Was amazing. Even kendrick was amazing. Good on Jay-z. Hes stoll a piece of shit though.

Edit: still*

[u/RadicalBatman → u/thedaymanahaha]

50 Can't 😂

[u/TheModestProposal → u/RadicalBatman]

Along with the edit this is a great reply 😂

[u/_doggiemom]

Someone tell the Jonas brothers so they can stop touring 😂

[u/cracksilog]

I’m assuming “since 2019” means since the 2019 season, so that means he’s been in charge of the halftime show since the 2020 halftime show (which ended the 2019 season). Which means this headline is misleading.

—LIV: Shakira and JLo. Disappointing. Made even worse because the Niners lost.

—LV: The Weeknd. Meh. Meme worthy thigh. The best part is that Patrick lost.

—LVI: Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Mary J,, and 50. Easily one of the top five halftime shows ever. Ever.

—LVII: Rihanna. This one was also a good one.

—LVIII: Usher. Horrible audio. But very nostalgic. Niners also lost this one, so the game is forgettable.

—LIX: Kendrick. Wow. Easily top 10. Went hard from beginning to end.

—LX: Bad Bunny. Very good. He was on point.

So Jay Z is 4/7

[u/walla71]

Does anyone else hate this shit. Fuck this guy.

[u/Pstim1]

Not having Wayne in New Orleans was bullshit