Who is performing at the Super Bowl? Kendrick Lamar, Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, Ledisi, Lauren Daigle, SZA
The countdown is on to the Super Bowl LIX, with the Kansas City Chiefs set to face the Philadelphia Eagles at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Before kickoff, the Super Bowl’s Pregame Show will celebrate the “rich musical legacy of New Orleans and the entire state,” said Seth Dudowsky, head of music at the NFL.
A lineup of Grammy and Academy award-winning artists from New Orleans are set to perform during the Pregame show. Jon Batiste will perform the national anthem. Trombone Shorty will perform “America the Beautiful” alongside artist Lauren Daigle.
Ledisi will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing. The acclaimed artist will be the fifth person to perform the song– widely known as the Black national anthem– during the Super Bowl pre-game show.
“It’s American history. If you love Black people, if you love people. If you love the home of jazz, which is New Orleans. I think “Lift Every Voice and Sing” fits right into that. It’s a hymn– 125 years old. And I’m the fifth person to sign it here. That blows me away, I can’t wait for more,” Ledisi told Entertainment Tonight.
Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, taking the stage a week after winning two Grammy awards–song and record of the year — for his diss track “Not Like Us.”
“Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date. And I’ll be there to remind the world why,” Lamar said in a statement last year. “They got the right one.”
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Lamar, the first solo hip-hop artist to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, will take the stage with SZA as his guest. However, other details of Lamar’s show haven’t been revealed. Samuel L. Jackson will reportedly narrate a part of the performance. When asked what the audience should expect from the halftime show during a Feb. 6 press conference hosted by Apple Music, Lamart replied “storytelling.”
“ I think I’ve always been very open about storytelling through all my catalog and my history of music,” said Lamar, reports the Associated Press. “And I’ve always had a passion about bringing that on whatever stage I’m on.”