Kendrick Lamar, Mary J Blige, Eminem, Dr Dre and Snoop Dog set to Rock this years Super Bowl
5 of hip hops biggest names are hitting the stage Tomorrow for the super bowl halftime show.
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will headline what is sure to be an explosion of their greatest hits. This is the first time in NFL history that hip hop acts will be the main performance. Recently Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Mary J. Blige spoke at a press conference and said the time has come for hip hop to take center stage:
"This is what it's about. This is what hip hop and the NFL is supposed to be about: representing a change, about moving forward, so we appreciate the NFL for entertaining hop hop because we know there are a lot of people who haven’t and wont put hip hop on stage," Snoop Dogg said in part.
Dr. Dre echoed his comments, saying, "We're gonna open more doors for hip hop artists in the future and making sure that the NFL understands this is what it should have been a long time ago. We're gonna show exactly how professional we can be, how dope we can be on stage and how exciting we are going to be to the fans."
How to watch
The Super Bowl is scheduled to take place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, where the Los Angeles Rams will take on the Cincinnati Bengals. The game will be broadcast on NBC and Telemundo and streamed live on Peacock.
Buzz has been building around the performance ever since "Straight Outta Compton" director F. Gary Gray dropped a teaser trailer featuring the artists. Check it out below