Posted on 02/10/2025 11:06:53 AM PST by Morgana
The NFL 'immediately' sent a letter of apology to Lil Wayne after announcing last year that Kendrick Lamar had been chosen to perform the Super Bowl halftime show.
Lil Wayne was denied the chance to headline this year's halftime show in New Orleans, a move which sparked outrage given his famous association with the Big Easy - where he was born and raised.
And to add to the controversy, Kendrick's performance at the Superdome was heavily criticized by viewers who were left underwhelmed on Sunday night.
The Not Like Us rapper, who included his famous diss track about bitter rival Drake, was slammed for putting on 'the worst halftime show ever' as fans made their displeasure known.
Prior to Sunday's show, sports commentator Skip Bayless expressed his anger that Lil Wayne had been snubbed for the New Orleans gig, while claiming the NFL issued an apology to him back in September after offering it to Kendrick.
Bayless, who is good friends with Lil Wayne, said on his YouTube show: 'The NFL immediately sent Wayne a letter of apology. From nobody in particular, just from the league on NFL letterhead.
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FYI: Lil Wayne is from NOLA and a Trump supporter.
I am of Kendrick’s generation and would prefer Pat Benatar or Diana Ross - both are still alive and incredible performers.
IF THEY HAD of LET President Trump loose on that dance stand... it would have brought the house down!!!...
I LOVE the idea of High school and college bands!!!
He’s not my cup of tea, but he’s said a lot of good things over the years.
You had The Southern University band....a lot of people have never seen HBCU marching bands before, it would have been much better entertainment.
I could name 100 different performers what would have been better than what was done last night. Benatar and Ross are on that list.
I would have rather looked at both Janet Jackson’s tits than the crap I saw last night and that is stretching it no pun intended.
The NFL needs to do much better.
“...a lot of people have never seen HBCU marching bands before, it would have been much better entertainment.”
Agreed.
being a man of all things college football, I’ve seen a few HBCU games and their bands definitely know how to bring it!
That was the most awful simulation of music that I’ve ever heard (thankfully for only a few seconds before I hit the mute button). Evidently, evolution does not work for ...uh....whatever that crap was taking bodacious dumps on my speakers. And one wonders why no ones gives a **** about the “Grime-bys”.
Flush, repeat, flush, repeat. Now, now to get rid of the smell.
I changed the channel for the halftime show.
Yes, way, way back in the day, one of our local HS bands got to go to a Superbowl and perform.............
I watched an episode of Bonanza during half time.
Good guys won.
“Yes, way, way back in the day, one of our local HS bands got to go to a Superbowl and perform.............”
I thought so! They need to go back to that. It was probably better too!
Why does anyone watch the SB halftime show? They have been so bad I wait until halftime to have dinner knowing I’m not going to miss anything.
Sports commentators offering commentary about a stupid halftime show is the textbook definition of “jumping the shark.”
I also was very disappointed with most of the ads.
Prince had one of the best half time shows ever
Better yet, to have had Southern and Grambling alternate numbers and try to one-up each other.
“I changed the channel for the halftime
I always change the channel for the halftime show.
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