Lil Wayne has broken his silence over being snubbed as a headliner for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
“Forgive me for the delay. I had to get strength enough to do this without breaking. Thank you to every voice, every opinion, all the love and support out there. Your words turned into arms and held me up when I tried to fall back,’ he began in the video to his fans.
Kendrick Lamar, who recently won a rap battle against Weezy’s former Young Money artist, Drake, was selected for the honor.
Some fans say that Drake, who reportedly turned down the halftime show twice, should have accepted and taken Wayne to perform alongside him.
New Orleans is set to host Super Bowl 59 this upcoming February.
“That hurt a lot. I blame myself for not being mentally prepared for a letdown. For just automatically mentally putting myself in that position, like someone told me that was my position … I thought there was nothing better than that spot, that stage, and that platform in my city. It broke me. I’m just trying to put me back together. But, my God, how you all have helped me.”
Seth Dudowsky, NFL’s head of music, issued a statement saying that “few artists have impacted music and culture as profoundly as Kendrick Lamar. Time and time again, Kendrick has proven his unique ability to craft moments that resonate, redefine, and ultimately shake the very foundation of hip-hop.”
Some fans believe Lil Wayne is just being used as a pawn in the long-running beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
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