Rihanna to headline Super Bowl LVII halftime show

[Rickyrich]

Guess camel face got her to change hermind
The NFL tried to have Rihanna do just that a few years back, and she was having none of it. Why? Because as she saw it, the NFL blackballed Colin Kaepernick, and that put the league off limits.

“Absolutely,” she told Vogue in 2019. “I couldn’t dare do that. For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There’s things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.”

There was also the complicated matter of the NFL using/not using Rihanna’s music a few years back. From Andscape’s Justin Tinsley:

The origin of the story goes back to 2009, when Rihanna was attacked by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown during Grammy weekend in Los Angeles. Leaked images of her battered face gave new prominence to conversations about spousal and partner abuse. Five years later, domestic violence again became a topic for public analysis when TMZ released video footage on Sept. 8, 2014, of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancée, Janay Palmer, in an Atlantic City elevator in February 2014.
The footage’s release came less than a week after the NFL announced that Jay-Z and Rihanna’s “Run This Town” song would be part of its Thursday Night Football opening segment before the season opener between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. The song boasted of territorial dominance, making it an understandable choice for a football game.
But after the Rice tape was released, CBS announced it would pull “Run This Town,” which won Grammys in 2009 for best rap song and best rap/sung collaboration. Instead, the league would offer the latest developments on the Rice story.
“We thought journalistically and from a tone standpoint, we needed to have the appropriate tone and coverage,” CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said.

 

[Leon'rdo Yung]

Jay a trip

 

[Mr.LV]

Got to change thread title to Rihanna

 

[mike030270]

So it goes from Taylor Swift to Rihanna

I heard that Apple has the rights to the halftime show

 

[Infamous114]

Got to change thread title to Rihanna

Lol a lotta people misspell her name. Thread title updated

 

[Mr.LV]

Thick Rihanna playing “Rude Boy” yes lawdddddd

 

[Shenco]

As long as she play this, I'm good.

Yellow diamonds in the light!

 

[Mr.LV]

“What are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you are willing to do
KISS IT KISS IT BETTER ,BABY “

 

[Agent_Ro]

I’m very excited about this. I love the song shut up and drive

 

[genocide_cutter]

Run this town tonight

 

[Rubato]

So she turned them down before because of Kaep….what changed? She got the nudge from Hov?

 

[Chicity]

Kap don't care, so why should RI?

It's time for her to rejoin the music industry anyway. This gonna be a good look for her. Expect an album before or right after

 

[Iceberg_Taylor]

White folks cryin online

 

[GOAT]

Good

Nice motivation to get that pre baby body back

Been awhile since her Candy Shop thread been bumpin

 

[Big_Ev]

White folks cryin online

When aren't they crying!!!

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Eh.....don't really care for the solo shit.

But her potential guest stars could make me watch.

 

[mike030270]

I wanna hear these and I'll be happy

 

[grYmes]

Fuck it. I’m down for her doing it than Taylor Swift. She’s gonna end up doing it eventually tho I’m sure. I’m tryin to see that ass shake while she’s singing Rude Boy. Guest stars are intriguing too.

 

[IP360]

White folks cryin online

 

[IP360]

Speakin of cryin...where's the fake woke muthafuccas at?

I'm sure they got an issue wit this as well.