{"id":658273,"date":"2026-10-27T05:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/658273\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:26:13","slug":"jay-z-to-headline-2027-super-bowl-half-time-show-jay-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/658273\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z to headline 2027 Super Bowl half-time show | Jay-Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">After years of producing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/super-bowl\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl<\/a> half-time show, Jay-Z has announced that the 2027 headline act will be none other than himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">After days of speculation, the NFL, Apple Music and Jay-Z\u2019s company Roc Nation announced on Monday night that the rapper will be the featured performer for the half-time festivities at the Super Bowl LXI on 14 February at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cFrom Reasonable Doubt to standing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, this has been a journey,\u201d said the 56-year-old rapper in a statement. \u201cThirty years of music, work, and culture on the world\u2019s biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Roc Nation has partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/nfl\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> since 2019 to advise on and help produce the league\u2019s entertainment presentations, including the Super Bowl half-time show, beginning with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez\u2019s performance at Super Bowl LIV in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">At the time, Jay-Z said he had told the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, \u201cIf this is about me performing at the Super Bowl, then we can just end this conversation now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Goodell said on Monday that the NFL had wanted Jay-Z to perform for years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWhen 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,\u201d he said. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Monday\u2019s announcement came a week after reports first emerged that Jay-Z would perform, with some observers speculating that it was unlikely due to his lack of recent hits. Jay-Z\u2019s last solo album, 4:44, was released in 2017 while his last collaborative album was made with his wife, Beyonc\u00e9, in 2018, performing together as the Carters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He just closed his Jay-Z 30 concert tour over the weekend at the SoFi Stadium, after performing several dates in New York and London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Born Shawn Carter, Jay-Z has won 25 Grammy awards and received 89 nominations, the second-most in history behind his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2016\/feb\/07\/beyonce-coldplay-super-bowl-50-halftime-show-review\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who has performed at two Super Bowls<\/a>. His catalogue includes the albums Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint and The Black Album, and hit songs such as Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem), 99 Problems and Empire State of Mind, his collaboration with Alicia Keys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">His 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Jay-Z\u2019s career has extended into music publishing, artist management and sports. He co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records and founded Roc Nation in 2008, building it into an entertainment company that works with artists and athletes.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-13\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a>Free newsletter |Every day<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-vf9hps\">Sign up to Headlines US<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-djbwnz\">Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793078773_709_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-gx9601\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-13\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Jay-Z became the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017 and joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Bad Bunny performed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/feb\/10\/super-bowl-bad-bunny-meaning-america-puerto-rico\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at last season\u2019s Super Bowl in February<\/a>, bringing on special guests including Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Jessica Alba, Karol G, Cardi B, Young Miko, and Pedro Pascal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Puerto Rican superstar\u2019s songs had sharp gains across streaming charts, playlists and music discovery platforms in the hours after the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Past Super Bowl half-time show headliners include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2025\/feb\/09\/kendrick-lamars-super-bowl-half-time-show-review-game-over-for-drake\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/feb\/12\/rihannas-super-bowl-halftime-show-a-welcome-return-for-pops-relaxed-queen\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rihanna<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2021\/feb\/07\/the-weeknd-super-bowl-half-time-show-mood-lifting-pandemic-party-music\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weeknd<\/a>, Michael Jackson, the Who, Madonna, Coldplay and the Blues Brothers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years of producing the Super Bowl half-time show, Jay-Z has announced that the 2027 headline act will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":["post-658273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}