Lil Wayne has vowed to by no means carry out at any future Tremendous Bowl Halftime Reveals.
The rapper was devastated he misplaced the gig this 12 months to Kendrick Lamar, who carried out at Tremendous Bowl LIX in February at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Unbeknownst, Lil Wayne revealed he was in communication with the NFL to doubtlessly function the star of the 2025 halftime present they usually inspired him to amp up his public persona in hopes of him doubtlessly snagging the spot to carry out on the Tremendous Bowl.
“To carry out, it’s a bunch of issues they’re going to inform you to do and never do, asses to kiss and never kiss,” he stated in a Thursday interview with Rolling Stone. “If you happen to discover, I used to be part of issues I’ve by no means been part of, like [Michael] Rubin’s all-white events. I’m doing shit with Tom Brady. That was all for [the Super Bowl]. You ain’t by no means seen me in them forms of venues.”
Regardless of the confusion, the “Lollipop” singer stated he gained’t partake in a future Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present. “They stole that feeling. I don’t need to do it. It was good,” he defined of the 2025 recreation, which was held in New Orleans, the rapper’s hometown.
When Roc Nation, NFL and Apple Music formally introduced the “Not Like Us” rapper because the Tremendous Bowl performer, Lil Wayne launched a heartfelt video the place he stated he “blame[s] myself for not being mentally ready for a letdown and for simply robotically, mentally placing myself in that place.”
Now, he’s revealed that after the information turned public, somebody from the NFL instructed him: “We ain’t in cost,” as Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s leisure firm, produces the present and seemingly has the ultimate say in who takes the stage. Lil Wayne added that the information got here as a shock to the NFL, “Rapidly, in accordance with them, they bought curved. So, I’m going to have to only settle with no matter they are saying.”
He additionally admitted that he didn’t watch Lamar’s efficiency throughout the Feb. 7 recreation and had no thought the rapper had beef together with his good friend Drake. “Each time I appeared, it was nothing that made me need to go inside and see what was happening,” he stated.
