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Jay-Z Super Bowl halftime show performance

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FIRST ENTRY OCT 27

OCT 28 · Day 2

OCT 28

Forbes puts Jay-Z's fortune at about $2.8bn.

OCT 28

At a concert at Yankee Stadium in July, Jay-Z rapped to the crowd that Kaepernick took a check and signed a non-disparagement agreement with the NFL.

OCT 28

The 'End Racism' slogan had been on NFL fields since 2020 as part of Inspire Change.

“Buddy took a check, I ain’t even mad at him, but along with that check you have to sign a non-disparagement. I’m the one [the NFL] can’t control,”

JAY-Z verbatim

OCT 27 · Day 1

OCT 27

Super Bowl LXI will air on ABC and ESPN.

OCT 27

The halftime show at Super Bowl LVI won the Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding variety special (live).

OCT 27

SoFi Stadium previously hosted Super Bowl LVI in 2022.

“Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world’s biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true.”

JAY-Z verbatim