{"id":69847,"date":"2025-04-17T14:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=69847"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:28:50","slug":"lil-wayne-recently-described-what-he-had-felt-after-the-nfl-super-bowl-2025-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/lil-wayne-recently-described-what-he-had-felt-after-the-nfl-super-bowl-2025-halftime-show\/69847\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Wayne recently described what he had felt after the NFL Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"417\">Lil Wayne has opened up about his deep disappointment over missing the opportunity to perform at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show\u2014a gig he says was within reach but ultimately slipped away. In a recent cover story interview with <em data-start=\"230\" data-end=\"245\">Rolling Stone<\/em>, the New Orleans native shared his emotional response to being passed over in favor of Kendrick Lamar, who delivered a powerful rendition of \u201cNot Like Us\u201d during the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"771\">The pain hit even harder for Wayne, whose hometown played host to this year\u2019s Super Bowl at Caesars Superdome. \u201cThey stole that feeling. I don\u2019t want to do it. It was perfect,\u201d the <em data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"609\">Love Me<\/em> rapper confessed, indicating that not only did he feel robbed of a defining moment, but he\u2019s also not interested in performing at a future halftime show anymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"1216\">According to <em data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"801\">Rolling Stone<\/em>, Lil Wayne made considerable efforts to align himself with the kind of high-profile visibility he believed would help him secure the spot. \u201cIf you notice, I was a part of things I\u2019ve never been a part of. Like [Michael] Rubin\u2019s all-white parties. I\u2019m doing s**t with Tom Brady. That was all for that,\u201d he revealed, explaining that he strategically stepped outside his usual lane in hopes of catching the NFL\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1466\">Though he noted that the NFL maintained communication with him, Wayne emphasized that the final say wasn\u2019t theirs to make. The halftime show is produced by Roc Nation, Jay-Z\u2019s entertainment company, which ultimately makes the performance decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1751\">Still, despite feeling \u201cbaffled and angry,\u201d Wayne took the high road. <em data-start=\"1538\" data-end=\"1553\">Rolling Stone<\/em> reported that he personally reached out to Kendrick Lamar, wishing him well and telling him to \u201ckill it\u201d onstage\u2014a gesture that underscores both his professionalism and respect for a fellow artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1826\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Wayne has opened up about his deep disappointment over missing the opportunity to perform at the 2025 Super Bowl\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":69848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[16905],"class_list":["post-69847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-lil-wayne"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}