Kendrick Lamar will perform the halftime current at Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans, the NFL and hip hop well-known individual launched Sunday morning … one among many highest profile gigs on this planet!

The select makes a ton of sense. Kendrick, a 17x Grammy winner, had arguably the monitor of the summer time season in “Not Like Us,” and with Drake, was part of the biggest rap beef in a minimum of a decade.

“What’s the deal everyone, my title is Kendrick Lamar and I’ll be acting at Tremendous Bowl 59,” Okay. Dot talked about throughout the announcement video, as he stood on a soccer topic, in entrance of an unlimited American flag, and fired balls from a Jugs machine.

“Will you be pulling up? I hope so. You understand there’s just one alternative to win a championship. No spherical 2s. Let’s get it!”

Talking of Drizzy, the “spherical 2” reference throughout the halftime announcement might be going a shot on the rapper … who has been teasing a second go-around with Lamar.

As for the timing of the halftime current headliner, the NFL wasted no time this 12 months. The league generally waits until just some video video games into the season, nonetheless this time spherical, spilled the beans on Sunday sooner than week 1 kickoff.

The NFL isn’t any stranger to locking down excessive experience for the SB halftime current. Final 12 months Usher had the respect of performing, whereas Rihanna held down SB 57. 56 was Dre, Eminem, Snoop, Mary J., and 50 Cent … and it was epic.

The current has featured legends like Prince and Michael Jackson.

Performers usually ship out guests … and Kendrick has labored with all people from Em to Travis Scott … so anticipate some buddies.