The announcement came via a social media post from Lamar, showing the 37-year-old rapper throwing footballs with the caption “Super Bowl LIX. New Orleans. February 2025.” In the background, a giant American flag was displayed.

The news caused a stir on social media among fans of both artists, as many had hoped and expected Lil Wayne to be named the main performer at the historic event.

Being the main performer at the halftime show is an unforgettable moment that can define an artist’s career, especially when the Super Bowl is held in their hometown. For this reason, it was believed that Lil Wayne, born in New Orleans, had a strong chance of being confirmed for the show.

Lamar had previously appeared at Super Bowl 2022 alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and 50 Cent, in a historic performance where they paid tribute to rap by performing some of its greatest hits.

When and where will Super Bowl 2025 be held?

Super Bowl LIX will take place on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and will be broadcast on FOX.

Previous Super Bowl appearance of Kendrick Lamar

Lamar performed at SoFi Stadium during Super Bowl 2022, joining other artists in a rap tribute. The performance won an EMMY for ‘Outstanding Variety Special (Live).’

In 2025, the California native will make his debut as the main performer at the halftime show. The show is set to last 13 minutes, two minutes shorter than Usher’s performance at Super Bowl 2024, which was the longest halftime show in history.

According to Sports Media Watch, the average ratingof Super Bowl transmission is 100 million viewers, with the 2015 game between New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks as the ongoing record with 114.4 million viewers all around the world.

Although the Halftime Show protagonists do not charge for their performance, the exposition of the Super Bowl stage is worth every minute spend on it. Since 1992 this show has never been the same, with the first appearance of a music star such as Gloria Estefan a whole cascade of expectations is created to know who will be the main musical attraction of the night.

The just-released Halftime Show official trailer

“The Call” is the title of this video directed by filmmakerF. Gary Gray, who has previously directed music videos of Whitney Houston, Barry White, TLC, and Jay Z, among others, as well as films like Men in Black: Internationalstarred byChris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.

The Halftime Show official trailer presents a selection of successful songs of the stars that will perform on the stage ofthe SoFi Stadium, in Los Angeles, California, on February 13,all Rap and R&Bicons: Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, and Dr. Dre.

Since 2012 when pop legend Madonna performed with Cee Lo Green, LMFAO, M.I.A., and Nicki Minaj, there has not been a 5-members lineup for the Super BowlHalftime Show. Among the 5 stars for the upcoming show, they have a total of 43 Grammys awards won. Only Mary J.Blige has been on the Super Bowl Halftime Show before, in 2001withAerosmith, *N’SYNC, Britney Spears, and Nelly.