Eminem
came out last and, as always, he was first.
In a succession of rappers that exalted the Los Angeles and
West Coast
scenes , it was the Detroit rapper who added the most tension to the biggest televised performance of the year,
the Super Bowl halftime
.
Eminem doesn't know how to do anything but be human rap, and that's how he used himself to recover
Lose Youself
, before taking
a Kaepernick-like knee
for half a minute and defying the NFL, which had asked to avoid that gesture.
Los Angeles' latest hero,
Kendrick Lamar
, also went supersonic in his rendition of
Alright
, Pure Nerve, in a tribute to West Coast pioneer Dr. Dre, who was the backbone of the show.
As Kanye West furiously typed on his Instagram account on his endless descent into international meme,
five giant rappers and one classic R&B diva
were making
Super Bowl halftime
history .
The great godfather Dr. Dre, his old friend Snoop Dogg, his most scintillating protégé, Eminem, the somewhat more troubled 50 Cent and the great heir to his legacy, Kendrick Lamar, have given
a historic performance
alongside Mary J. Blige, who he already performed in the NFL finals show in 2001.
No swearing, no joints and a
flow
smoother than sweet potato cream,
Snoop Dogg
wiggled his little ass doing a
funky
cover with Dre of 2Pac's anthem
California Love.
Mary J. Blige
gave a lot more screams
singing
No More Drama
with all the drama possible.
Worse was the upside down appearance of a
50 Cent
who has not forgiven the last 3,000 donuts that he has had in front of him.
Black
music stars have often been in the Super Bowl halftime.
From Michael Jackson in 1993 to The Weeknd last year
, going through Diana Ross, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson and her nipple, Prince, Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, Missy Elliott or Travis Scott.
And there was also a year when all the artists were black: in 1998 Boyz II Men were joined by Martha Reeves, Queen Latifah, the Temptations and Smokey Robinson.
What has never been seen before in this performance is
a show entirely dedicated to hip hop
.
In fact, it has been a long time since the NFL reached an agreement with Roc Nation in the summer of 2019 to produce the halftime show: Roc Nation is the company of
Jay-Z
, one of the most successful and recognized rappers in history. , entertainment mogul and, among many other things, an admirer of Colin Kaepernick, whom he defined as "an icon".
That hip hop would take
the Super Bowl
halftime by storm was sung, or rapped, and this year there was a good alibi: the
30th anniversary of
The Chronic
, a masterpiece by Dr. Dre, the rapper and producer who was a symbol and already is a rap legend from Los Angeles.
And
also Angelenos are Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar
, the prodigy who has marked hip hop in the last decade and who is the only artist to receive the Pulitzer for music without coming from classical music or jazz.
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