Kendrick Lamar will headline the half-time present at Tremendous Bowl LIX.
Award-winning rap megastar Kendrick Lamar will return to carry out in iPhone maker Apple’s 2025 Tremendous Bowl half-time present this February, his first look since 2022. This time, nevertheless, he is the headliner.
Lamar’s earlier Tremendous Bowl half-time showcase, which included different rap artists together with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Snoop Dogg, received a 2022 Emmy Award for Excellent Selection Particular (Dwell). He has received different awards for his creative lyrics, together with the Pulitzer Prize for music, the primary hip-hop artist to take action, in addition to a Grammy.
The Tremendous Bowl is without doubt one of the greatest televised sports activities occasion within the US, routinely drawing tens of tens of millions of viewers. The NFL’s Seth Dudowsky stated of Lamar that “time and time again, Kendrick has proven his unique ability to craft moments that resonate, redefine, and ultimately shake the very foundation of hip-hop.”
In 2024, Lamar scored a serious hit together with his single “Not Like Us,” however bought significantly extra publicity out of his public feud with Canadian rapper Drake. Each artists launched “diss tracks” about one another.
In a press launch from the Nationwide Soccer League and Apple asserting the half-time present, Lamar stated that the Tremendous Bowl “got the right one” to move this yr’s occasion. “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date. And I’ll be there to remind the world why.”
Tremendous Bowl LIX will happen in New Orleans, LA on February ninth, 2025. Kick-off shall be at 6:30pm, Jap time.