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Rapper Kendrick Lamar to headline 2025 Super Bowl halftime show

The American football championship game, the most-watched event on American television, will take place on February 9, 2025 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

The heavyweight of the hip-hop Kendrick Lamar will headline this year’s upcoming halftime show Super Bowlthe American football championship final and the most-watched event on American television, organizers announced Sunday. “They took the right one”said the 37-year-old Californian rapper, who made headlines this year with a series of «clash» through interposed songs with another giant of the genre, the Canadian Drake, with whom he maintains a legendary enmity.

This battle culminated with «Not like us» by Kendrick Lamar, one of the most listened to songs of the year on online listening platforms. The Super BowIt will take place on February 9, 2025 at Caesars Superdome from New Orleans. Since 2019, the halftime show of the Super Bowlone of the flagship events of American popular culture, is produced by Roc Nationthe company of rap star Jay-Z “east coast” since the 1990s and has become a very wealthy entrepreneur.

Grammy Awards et prix Pulitzer

“Kendrick Lamar is truly a unique artist and performer (…) His work transcends music and his impact will be felt for years to come.”Jay-Z said in a statement. The rapper from Compton, a poor suburb of Los Angeles, has won numerous awards over the course of his albums, including a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for «DAMN»a first for a hip-hop artist. His latest opus, «Mr Morale & The Big Steppers» (2022) earned him three Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Song of the Year, with «The Heart Part 5».

Kendrick Lamar had already performed on stage at the concert of Super Bowlin 2022, but it was in the midst of other hip-hop glories, including Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre and Eminem. This year, the final won by Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs, watched by his girlfriend and pop megastar Taylor Swift, was watched by 123.4 million viewers in the United States, a record.

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