{"id":948058,"date":"2026-10-27T10:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948058\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:50:12","slug":"jay-z-to-headline-apple-music-super-bowl-lxi-halftime-show-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948058\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z to headline Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jay-z-young.jpg\" alt=\"Jay Z on MTV Unplugged\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, set for Feb. 14, 2027. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Jay-Z is headed to the Super Bowl stage.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">The music mogul will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show, the company announced during halftime of Monday\u2019s Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Super Bowl LXI is set for Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1538769\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/super-bowl-lxi-gets-pat-mcafee-treatment-espn-adds-alternate-broadcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">SUPER BOWL LXI GETS PAT MCAFEE TREATMENT AS ESPN ADDS ALTERNATE BROADCAST<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"affiliate-disclaimer\">This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;GOAT\u2019s out of the bag,&#8221; Apple Music wrote in a post on X, tagging Jay-Z.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The announcement comes after reports that Jay-Z was in the running for the coveted performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;From Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey,&#8221; shared in a statement with the official announcement. &#8220;Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world&#8217;s biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Puck News previously reported that the rapper had been selected over Miley Cyrus and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1538770\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/justin-bieber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Justin Bieber<\/a>, as OutKick reported last week.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">TMZ had also reported that Harry Styles was among the frontrunners.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1538771\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/irish-rock-legends-u2-nod-perform-nfl-thanksgiving-eve-halftime-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">IRISH ROCK LEGENDS U2 GET THE NOD TO PERFORM DURING THE NFL&#8217;S THANKSGIVING EVE HALFTIME SHOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Jay-Z and his entertainment company, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1538772\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/jay-z-past-political-statements-wont-help-perception-nfl-politicizing-super-bowl-halftime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Roc Nation<\/a>, have helped produce and select performers for the Super Bowl halftime show since 2019.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;For several years, we\u2019ve had the privilege of working closely with Jay-Z and Roc Nation, and I\u2019ve seen the extraordinary impact he has had on the Super Bowl Halftime Show,&#8221; said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;When we first reached an agreement with Roc Nation to produce the show, I had just one request: that Jay-Z take the stage himself one day, whenever the moment felt right to him,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I couldn\u2019t be more excited for fans around the world to experience the artistry, creativity and cultural impact he will bring to the Super Bowl stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The 56-year-old rapper is no stranger to the stadium where he\u2019ll take the Super Bowl stage. He wrapped up his Jay-Z 30 Tour with back-to-back shows at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23 and 24.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jay-z-30.jpg\" alt=\"JAY-Z30 installation\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>JAY-Z30 installation in Trafalgar Square in London. (James Willoughby\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The four-city tour celebrated the 30th anniversary of his 1996 debut album, &#8220;Reasonable Doubt.&#8221; Puck reported that three consecutive shows at Yankee Stadium in July grossed more than $42 million, according to OutKick.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Jay-Z has won 25 Grammy Awards and was the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His last album, &#8220;4:44,&#8221; was released in 2017.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jay-z-and-beyonce.jpg\" alt=\"Jay-Z and Beyonc\u00e9\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jay-Z and Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles-Carter attend Sean Combs 50th Birthday Bash presented by Ciroc Vodka on December 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for Sean Combs)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">While the rapper has never <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_outkick-sports_article_main-content_article-body_6_1538774\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/pro-palestine-protester-interrupted-super-bowl-lix-halftime-show-found-guilty-court-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">performed at the Super Bowl,<\/a> his wife, Beyonc\u00e9, headlined the halftime show in 2013 in New Orleans. She returned to the Super Bowl stage in 2016, joining Coldplay and Bruno Mars in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">OutKick Sports&#8217; Mark Harris contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stepheny Price is a Writer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fox News <\/a>with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, set for Feb.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6359,49,48,75,341,514,82],"class_list":["post-948058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-betting","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}