Hip hop historical past virtually wasn’t made at this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl.
Dr. Dre, who spearheaded the trailblazing halftime present that includes Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Mary J. Blige, has revealed he almost pulled out of the large gig.
In a brand new interview on Dolvett Quince’s “Exercise the Doubt” podcast, the Grammy Award-winning super-producer and rapper mentioned that backlash considerations about working with the NFL amid Colin Kaepernick’s exile from the league was at hand.
“I used to be completely involved about that,” he admitted. “I really known as a few shut mates and mentioned, ‘Hear, I’m gonna pull out. I’m not gonna do the present. As a result of I don’t know if I need that smoke. I don’t know if I need the backlash after doing the present and doubtlessly wanting like a f—ng sellout or one thing like that.’
Dr. Dre, whose actual identify is Andre Romelle Younger, mentioned conversations with Jay-Z and Nas are what modified his thoughts.
“I obtained on the telephone with Nas. He known as me up and was like, ‘Yo bro’ — you recognize, Nas has that voice — ‘Yo bro, you gotta do it. You gotta do that. It’s gonna be so highly effective for f—ing hip-hop, for the tradition, for you, for L.A. and the entire 9,’” Dre recalled, mimicking the Queensbridge lyricist’s signature cadence.
For the reason that mid-Nineteen Nineties, Nas has been an in depth good friend and enterprise affiliate of the 57-year-old West Coast hip hop kingpin.
“We had been on the telephone for like 10 minutes and he talked me into doing it,” he continued. “Nas and Jay-Z had been large explanation why I made a decision to do the present.”
In August 2019, Jay-Z’s Roc Nation agency and the NFL introduced it was getting into a multi-year partnership because the league’s official reside music leisure strategist.
The settlement was brokered within the aftermath of the Kaepernick protest motion. The quarterback performed for the San Francisco 49ers earlier than changing into an unsigned free agent following a season of kneeling throughout the nationwide anthem throughout NFL video games in protest of police violence and systemic oppression world wide.
Dr. Dre’s choice has seemingly paid off; the Tremendous Bowl LVI halftime present is at the moment up for 5 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards, together with excellent selection particular (reside) and excellent music route.
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