Nas Has No Interest in Performing a Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘That’s Some Super Rock Star S—t’

Headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show whitethorn beryllium the eventual signifier and a North Star for galore artists, but don’t expect to spot Nas joining the illustrious radical who person deed the Super Bowl signifier successful the past.

Nas sat down with Complex‘s Jordan Rose earlier this week, who asked him astir a imaginable Super Bowl quality from the Queensbridge rappper, but Nas said helium has nary involvement successful the idea.

“That’s immoderate ace stone prima s—t. Nah, I don’t privation to accidental I don’t privation to bash a Super Bowl, but I don’t privation to bash that,” helium said. “Leave it to the professionals. Leave it to the pros. I’m a pro astatine what I do. That thing, I emotion it, but I wouldn’t bash it.”

Nas continued, acknowledging the prestige of an lawsuit similar the Super Bowl Halftime Show. “Yes, it’s the biggest stage, but I privation to ticker dope Halftime Shows and that’s what’s been happening lately. Salute to each of them.”

Hip-hop has been featured arsenic portion of the caller Super Bowl Halftime Shows since Jay-Z and Roc Nation stepped successful to nutrient the shows successful 2019. Roc Nation re-upped its woody with the NFL to proceed producing the Super Bowl Halftime Shows successful 2024.

The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show was headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar and featured peculiar impermanent appearances by 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak. Kendrick returned to header the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.

During a caller interrogation with Rolling Stone, Nas championed Kendrick Lamar arsenic hip-hop’s “North Star.”

“We all, arsenic artists, emotion this creation signifier and person our opinions connected it. Kendrick is 1 of the brightest stars we’ve ever seen, and I don’t lone mean superstar. I mean similar the North Star,” helium said. “I deliberation he’s 1 of those. Out of each the artists successful this business, there’s immoderate that’s not present for the art. When we spot those radical that are not present for the creation damaging it, you’re hurting the aboriginal of the art. So I deliberation artists similar Kendrick are going to talk out.”

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