The NFL has come up with a huge name for halftime of Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, in February.
The league revealed during its games on Sunday that Rihanna will be the act during the break of its championship game on Feb. 12.
“Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn. A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment,” said Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter.
This marks the first year of a partnership between Apple Music, the NFL, and Roc Nation.
Let’s GO – @rihanna @rocnation #SBLVII @AppleMusic @NFLonFOX pic.twitter.com/xmIXK5jsRg
— NFL (@NFL) September 25, 2022
This is a marked change from a few years ago when the singer turned down an offer to perform out of solidarity with exiled QB Colin Kaepernick.
“I couldn’t dare do that. For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout,” she told Vogue. “I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.”
