As his rendition of “Lose Your self” ended throughout the Tremendous Bowl halftime present, Eminem took a knee and held his head in his hand.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — 50 Cent made a shock upside-down entrance on the Tremendous Bowl halftime present, and Eminem dramatically took a knee.
The present caused as a lot hip-hop as a stadium can maintain, with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar spitting a fiery medley of their hits.
As his rendition of “Lose Your self” ended, Eminem took a knee and held his head in his hand in obvious tribute to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee throughout the nationwide anthem to protest police brutality throughout the 2016 season. Different gamers adopted swimsuit, and the transfer created widespread cultural controversy. Kaepernick could be out of the league quickly after.
The NFL denied reviews that it was trying to cease Eminem from making the gesture.
“We watched all components of the present throughout a number of rehearsals this week and have been conscious that Eminem was going to try this,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy stated.
It was a uncommon Tremendous Bowl halftime present carried out within the daylight, however it nonetheless had a sense of a nightclub at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, with a set made as much as seem like the homes of close by Compton and South LA.
Dre and Snoop opened the present with “Subsequent Episode” and “California Love.”
50 Cent, not among the many introduced performers, began his “In Da Membership” whereas hanging upside inside one of many rooms.
Blige was decked out in silver sparkles and surrounded by backup dancers as she sang a medley of her hits.
The set was surrounded by what regarded like a lit-up cityscape from above, with basic convertibles and replicas of the Tam’s Burgers stand and the sculpture exterior the Compton Courthouse.
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The group had lanyards with LED lights that flashed in coordination with the present’s beats, turning the entire stadium into a lightweight present.
An explosion of fireworks lit up the sky because the solar set exterior and the present ended, with Snoop and Dre performing “Nonetheless DRE.”
