Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, the Kendrick Lamar dancer who held up the flags of Sudan and Palestine during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, has been arrested. On Thursday, Louisiana State Police announced officers had arrested the 41-year-old performer for allegedly “resisting an officer” and “disturbing the peace by interruption of a …
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Lady Gaga is now only one Tony Award away from an EGOT. Last night, the singer was awarded a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction for singing “Hold My Hand” ahead of the Super Bowl in New Orleans earlier this year. The performance was notable as Lady Gaga used the …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If the point of a press tour is to generate headlines, then Bill Belichick’s recent promotion for his memoir, The Art of Winning, is a rousing success. The …
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In February, the Philadelphia Eagles became Super Bowl champions after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs with a score of 40 to 22. The city celebrated with chaos and parades and a few members of the team celebrated with a visit to the White House, where Donald Trump somehow managed to …
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Drake has doubled down on his defamation and harassment claims against Universal Music Group (UMG), filing an amended complaint Wednesday that argues the NFL’s decision to ban the word “pedophile” from Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance supports his allegation that “Not Like Us” is defamatory. “The version of the …
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Lil Wayne said he will never play the Super Bowl after being snubbed for the 2025 halftime show in his hometown of New Orleans: “They stole that feeling,” he tells Rolling Stone in a new cover story. “I don’t want to do it. It was perfect.” For Wayne, the Super …
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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime performance drew 125 FCC complaints, according to several FOIAs filed following the event, including one by The Hill. Some of the FCC complaints expressed moralistic sentiments typically associated with critiques of rap.“The halftime show was terrible with the language and gestures. My younger kids …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Philadelphia sports fans are nothing if not passionate, and they have good reason to be. Not only did the Philadelphia Eagles clinch their second ever Vince Lombardi trophy, …
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When Jon Batiste performed the national anthem in front of millions of Americans watching the Super Bowl LIX broadcast from New Orleans’ Superdome, he paid homage to generations both past and present on the hallowed stage. For the first time in the NFL’s championship history, Batiste weaved a sample into …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Another Super Bowl has come and gone, and for as much action there was on the field, there was a ton more going on off of it. Parties, …
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