Early in the week there was some reports that the NFL warned Eminem that they didn’t want him taking a knee during the halftime show.
Apparently, they saw him do it in rehearsal and didn’t like what they saw.
Dr. Dre has promised some “big surprises” during the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show, but whatever does happen won’t be done without the approval of the NFL. As Eriq Gardner of Puck reports, the league has already nixed several elements of the show, including plans by Eminem to take a knee in solidarity of Colin Kaepernick.
The NFL also rejected an outfit that Snoop Dogg was set to wear due to possible gang ties, and flagged Dr. Dre’s lyric from “Still D.R.E.,” which includes the line “still not loving police.”
According to Gardner, the NFL wants to avoid the Super Bowl becoming a “divisive culture war moment,” but a source close to Dre told Gardner that he was being “disgustingly censored.”
Dr. Dre is putting up his own money — upwards of $7 millions worth — to put on this year’s NFL Halftime Show. He’ll be joined on stage by close associates Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Mary J. Blige.
No word on what else the NFL either attempted to cut or they actually cut.
Whatever the case, Eminem took a knee anyway and there is nothing Roger Goodell can do about it now.
The halftime show is over and it was one of the best halftime shows in the history of the Super Bowl, so in the end it would be their best bet to not even speak on it.
Shout out to Colin Kaepernick who was blackballed by the NFL for kneeling against racism and police brutality love five years ago now.
Flip the pages to see some Eminem, Dre, Mary J Blige, Kendrick Lamar, and a surprise appearance by 50 Cent in the Super Bowl halftime show.
