JAY-Z and Roc Nation entered a partnership with the NFL in 2019 that tasked him with being the league’s “live music entertainment strategist” and to assist with social-justi

The 2024 NFL season is now underway, and it was recently revealed that a five-time Grammy Award-winning artist turned down the opportunity to perform at this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show, not once but twice. On September 8, the NFL announced that Kendrick Lamar would be headlining this season’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Jay-Z has been choosing the Super Bowl halftime headliner every year since his entertainment company, Roc Nation, partnered with the NFL in 2019. Jesse Collins, an executive producer behind the Super Bowl halftime show, also recently shared that it’s Jay-Z who selects the halftime headliner.

On Monday (Sept. 16), Super Bowl producer Jesse Collins sat down for an interview with Variety. In the interview, Collins spoke about his time producing some of TV's biggest spectacles including the Emmys and the Grammys. He also took a moment to put to bed once and for all how much sway Jay-Z has over who performs at the Big Game's halftime show.

See, Super Bowl LIX is set to be played in Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, and some folks believe that rap deity and Louisiana native Lil Wayne would’ve been the be

Snoop Dogg has weighed in on the Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne Superbowl controversy in his appearance on Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson's ‘Nightcap’ podcast. The discussion comes amid the NFL’s decision to select Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar as the headline act for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show.