NFL Super Bowl LVI half-time show to feature a stunning line-up of artists

The NFL and Roc Nation announced that three Southern California natives and
rap titans — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar would share headlining duties with
Eminem and Mary J. Blige at the 2022 Super
Bowl halftime show. Super Bowl LVI
will be televised live on NBC on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at SoFi Stadium
in Inglewood, CA. It can also be streamed live with Peacock and the NBC Sports App.

The
celebration of West Coast hip-hop in one of music’s most visible gigs is
fitting for Super Bowl LVI, which will be held in Los Angeles for the first
time in nearly three decades.

“The
opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show, and to do it in my own
backyard, will be one of the biggest thrills of my career,” Dre said in a
statement, vowing “an unforgettable cultural moment.” 

“Artists like Dr. Dre and
Snoop Dogg were at the forefront of the West Coast hip hop revolution, so to be
able to bring them back to L.A., where it all began alongside Eminem, Mary J.
Blige and Kendrick Lamar will prove to be an epic, unforgettable celebration of
the impact hip hop has today,” Todd Kaplan, vice president of marketing at
Pepsi (which is once again sponsoring the halftime show) added to Variety. “We are thrilled to bring together such an
incredible array of talented, record-breaking musicians to put on a performance
for the ages.”

The event will not only be the
first time that hip-hop truly takes center stage for football’s biggest night,
but it’s also the first time that this particular line-up of stars has ever
performed together on the same stage.

Jay-Z, who produces the halftime show with Roc Nation, gushed about the roster, “Dr. Dre, a musical visionary from Compton, Snoop Dogg, an icon from Long Beach and Kendrick Lamar, a young musical pioneer in his own right, also from Compton, will take center field for a performance of a lifetime. They will be joined by the lyrical genius Eminem and the timeless Queen Mary J. Blige… This is history in the making.”

Most
Super Bowl Halftime Show performances run about 15 minutes long, although the
actual halftime (between when the Super Bowl’s second quarter ends and third
quarter kicks off) tends to last 20 to 30 minutes.

Fans were generally stoked at the line-up. The five music artists have a
combined 44 Grammys. Eminem has the most with 15.

Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Blige and Lamar join a list of celebrated musicians who have played during Super Bowl half-time shows, including Beyonce, Madonna, Coldplay, Katy Perry, U2, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and most recently The Weeknd.

The halftime show for
Super Bowl 56 will be the third produced by Roc Nation, the entertainment and
sports company started by the music impresario Jay-Z, as the N.F.L. pushes to
modernize the show and appeal to a more diverse audience. The Super Bowl
is typically the most watched broadcast of the year, despite ratings declining
in five of the past six years.

It remains uncertain what the exact set list will be when Dre, Lamar, Eminem,
Mary J. and Snoop perform together at halftime. That said, we might expect a
medley featuring all of the artists’ biggest hits that Dre produced or
collaborated on with them as a rapper. These may include Blige’s “Family
Affair,” Eminem’s “Forgot About Dre,” Lamar’s “The Recipe,” and any number of
songs with Snoop, including “Gin and Juice” and “What’s My Name?”

---Silviya. Y