Los Angeles Guess who’s going on the Super Bowl halftime stage with Kendrick Lamaron? SZA, the multi-Grammy Award-winning vocalist.
On Thursday, Lamar and Apple Music published a video of him strolling across a football field. SZA then approached from behind and gave the rapper a playful splash.On February 9, Lamar and SZA would host the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for the halftime celebrations.
Lamar’s former labelmate at Top Dawg Entertainment is SZA. She made an appearance on his most recent album, GNX, and was included on a few tracks, such as Gloria and Luther, which also included Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn’s sampled vocals from If This World Were Mine.
The Oscar-nominated All the Stars and Doves in the Wind are among the duo’s prior hits.
This spring and summer, Lamar and SZA will also co-head a tour of 19 cities in North America. The Grand National Tour begins in Minneapolis on April 19 and ends in Washington, D.C., on June 18.
With two nominations for the single Saturn in the R&B song and performance categories, SZA enters the Grammy Awards on February 2. In total, she has received four Grammys.
Like That, which features Future and Metro Boomin, and Not Like Us, which is notably nominated for song and record of the year, are among Lamar’s seven Grammy nominations going into the ceremony. He has received 17 Grammys in all.
The halftime performance will be co-executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins and Roc Nation. pgLang, a creative firm established by Lamar and Dave Free, who have previously directed the rapper’s music videos, will handle the creative direction for Lamar’s performance.
H.E.R., Jermaine Dupri, Lil Jon, Ludacris, and Alicia Keys were among the celebrities who attended Usher’s stellar performance last year.
— AP Entertainment Writer Jonathan Landrum
