Rihanna will take middle stage at February's Tremendous Bowl halftime present.
The singer, who declined to carry out within the 2019 Tremendous Bowl halftime present out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, will headline the 2023 Tremendous Bowl, the NFL introduced Sunday together with Jay-Z's Roc Nation and Apple Music. Rihanna posted a picture on Instagram of an arm outstretched holding an NFL soccer.
"Rihanna is a generational expertise, a lady of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at each flip," Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, whose Roc Nation is an govt producer of the present, mentioned in a press release. "An individual born on the small island of Barbados who grew to become probably the most outstanding artists ever. Self-made in enterprise and leisure."
The Tremendous Bowl will happen at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12. After years of Pepsi's sponsorship, the upcoming halftime present will probably be sponsored by Apple Music.
Rihanna earlier mentioned she turned down an identical alternative for the 2019 Tremendous Bowl that was finally headlined by Maroon 5. On the time, many artists voiced help for Kaepernick, the previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback whose 2016 nationwide anthem protests sparked debate all through soccer.
"I could not dare try this. For what?" Rihanna informed Vogue in 2019. "Who features from that? Not my individuals. I simply could not be a sellout. I could not be an enabler. There's issues inside that group that I don't agree with in any respect, and I used to be not about to go and be of service to them in any method," she mentioned of the league.
With gross sales of greater than 250 million data worldwide, Rihanna ranks as one of many best-selling feminine artists ever. Her final album was 2016's "Anti."