Here are the Super Bowl performers before Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show

Here are the Super Bowl performers before Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show

They don’t like us!

Four musicians have been announced as part of the Super Bowl pre-game performers ahead of Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated halftime show in the Big Easy next year.

Grammy-winning singer Jon Batiste, 38, Christian recording artist Lauren Daigle, 33, R&B singer Ledisi, 52, and jazz musician Trombone Shorty, 38, have been added to the lineup for Super Bowl LIX on February 9th in New Orleans added.

The NFL and Roc Nation announced the news on Thursday, November 28, revealing that Batiste will perform the national anthem at Caesars Superdome.

Jon Batiste. Amy Harris/Invision/AP

Daigle and Shorty will combine their musical talents to sing “America the Beautiful.” Ledisi is expected to lend her powerful vocals to the audience on “Life Every Voice and Sing.”

Ledisi. Getty Images
Lauren Daigle. WireImage

“The Super Bowl is a rare moment to unite fans around the world, and this year’s artists will bring the region’s energy, soul and vibrant sounds to a global stage as we celebrate Super Bowl LIX with an unforgettable celebration open.”

The game will be broadcast live on Fox.

Both the pregame performances and Lamar’s halftime show will feature Stephanie Noguera’s performances in American Sign Language. According to the Hollywood Reporter, she will be signing the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful.”

Trombone Shorty. Getty Images for Dayglo Presents

Otis Jones IV will handle “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” while Matt Maxey will do the ASL rendition of Lamar’s performance. Alexis Kashar of LOVE SIGN and Howard Rosenblum of Deaf Equality will also support the ASL pregame entertainment and the ASL halftime show.

The 17-time Grammy winner’s halftime show sparked controversy after New Orleans-born rapper Lil Wayne expressed disappointment at being left out of hosting the career-changing performance.

He spoke about his injury in an emotional Instagram post.

Kendrick Lamar. Amy Harris/Invision/AP

“First of all, I would like to apologize for the delay. I had to muster enough strength to do it without breaking,” a dejected Wayne said in September after Lamar was announced as the headliner.

“That hurt. It hurt a lot. You know what I’m talking about – it hurt a lot,” the wounded rapper explained of the snub. “I blame myself for not being mentally prepared for disappointment – and mentally automatically putting myself in that position, as if someone told me that was my position. That’s why I blame myself.”

Wayne isn’t the only one feeling the heat from Lamar’s halftime show.

Kendrick Lamar to headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. NFL/Instagram

Drake filed a preliminary lawsuit in a Manhattan court earlier this week against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, claiming the companies devised a “plan” to boost the success of Lamar’s dissident track “Not Like Us.”

He also accused them of using “bots” to “artificially inflate” the song’s streams and claimed UMG “deceived consumers” into thinking Lamar’s track was more popular than it actually was.

A spokesman for UMG rejected Drake’s allegations.

“The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine one of its artists is offensive and untrue. We apply the highest ethical practices in our marketing and advertising campaigns,” they told The Post. “No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this preliminary motion can obscure the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”

Drake’s filing is not yet a full lawsuit because New York law recognizes the petition as a goal to preserve information before filing a lawsuit.

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