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Surprise! Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. Roc Nation, NFL and Apple Music made the announcement on Sunday saying the rapper will be Super Bowl LIX's big headliner with the big game taking place on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

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00:00Surprise! Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show.
00:08Roc Nation, NFL, and Apple Music made the announcement on Sunday, saying the rapper
00:12will be Super Bowl 59's big headliner, with the big game taking place on February 9, 2025,
00:19at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Lamar previously performed at the 2022 halftime
00:24show with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and 50 Cent.
00:29In a statement, Lamar said,
00:30"...rap music is still the most impactful genre to date, and I'll be there to remind
00:34the world why. They got the right one."
00:37It was a big year for the artist, when he emerged at the top of the Billboard charts
00:40with the anthemic Not Like Us, and Like That with Future and Metro Boomin.
00:45Jay-Z and his Roc Nation company are returning to produce the halftime show for the sixth
00:49year.
00:50This year's halftime show, featuring Usher, was nominated for three Emmys and became the
00:54most-watched halftime performance of all time.
00:57For more on this story, head to THR.com.
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01:04News.

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