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You have won an Emmy — alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z — for the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show. When the lineup for the show was first announced, your name was not on the list … you came out as a surprise …
They wanted to leave me out of it. They didn’t want me there.
Jackson (top right) at the Dr. Dre-produced Super Bowl LVI halftime show, where he initially was not on the bill: “They didn’t want me there. But Eminem wouldn’t do it without me.” Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Who is “they”?
Roc Nation. Yeah, they didn’t want me there. Eminem wouldn’t do it without me. That’s how I ended up on the show because he was not coming if I didn’t do it. When that happens, you go, “Damn, so you just lost Eminem because you didn’t bring 50? Damn. All right. Bring 50 then.” But if it was up to them, they would not have me there. I’m the surprise. I’m not on the bill at all. But they couldn’t get Em to do it without me.
What are your thoughts on the Grammys?
I don’t care about them. They don’t mean anything. It’s an acknowledgment of the success of the project, and the excitement is to be in the room with your peers. Other than that, what is the acknowledgment? It doesn’t mean anything. I haven’t even seen anyone in a bad financial space where they would sell their Grammys. Then it would mean something that you received this award. It has zero value.
Do you vote at the Grammys?
No. I don’t know who’s voting in that shit. It’s crazy. Whoever they are, they’re off at Beyoncé’s house because she has 30 of them.
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They wanted to leave me out of it. They didn’t want me there.
Jackson (top right) at the Dr. Dre-produced Super Bowl LVI halftime show, where he initially was not on the bill: “They didn’t want me there. But Eminem wouldn’t do it without me.” Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Who is “they”?
Roc Nation. Yeah, they didn’t want me there. Eminem wouldn’t do it without me. That’s how I ended up on the show because he was not coming if I didn’t do it. When that happens, you go, “Damn, so you just lost Eminem because you didn’t bring 50? Damn. All right. Bring 50 then.” But if it was up to them, they would not have me there. I’m the surprise. I’m not on the bill at all. But they couldn’t get Em to do it without me.
What are your thoughts on the Grammys?
I don’t care about them. They don’t mean anything. It’s an acknowledgment of the success of the project, and the excitement is to be in the room with your peers. Other than that, what is the acknowledgment? It doesn’t mean anything. I haven’t even seen anyone in a bad financial space where they would sell their Grammys. Then it would mean something that you received this award. It has zero value.
Do you vote at the Grammys?
No. I don’t know who’s voting in that shit. It’s crazy. Whoever they are, they’re off at Beyoncé’s house because she has 30 of them.
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The rapper and mogul on building a television empire, producing a Netflix doc on nemesis Sean Combs and why he was finally invited to the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show: “They couldn’t get Eminem to do it without me."
www.hollywoodreporter.com