‘Hurt’ Lil Wayne reflects on Super Bowl 2025 halftime show going to Kendrick Lamar: ‘It broke me’
nypost.comLil Wayne is big-time bummed.The rap superstar had been actively campaigned to headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in his native New Orleans.But instead, it was announced last Sunday that another hip-hop giant, Kendrick Lamar, would be running the biggest stage in the game on Feb.
9 at the Caesars Superdome.While this week everyone from Nicki Minaj and Drake to Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman and New Orleans Ambassador of Entertainment Master P has been criticizing the choice of K-Dot — a Compton, California native who previously appeared at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show as part of the Dr.
Dre-led hip-hop blowout — Wayne himself didn’t break his silence until an Instagram post on Friday morning.“First of all, I want to say forgive me for the delay.
I had to get strength enough to do this without breaking,” said a downcast Wayne 41, sitting on a coach in front of a framed “Making of Carter 6” poster.“I must say thank you to every voice, every opinion, all the care, all the love and support out there.
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