{"id":18650,"date":"2019-01-18T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2019\/01\/18\/even-with-rappers-set-to-perform-super-bowls-halftime-show-remains-tone-deaf\/"},"modified":"2019-01-18T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T10:01:00","slug":"even-with-rappers-set-to-perform-super-bowls-halftime-show-remains-tone-deaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/even-with-rappers-set-to-perform-super-bowls-halftime-show-remains-tone-deaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Even With Rappers Set To Perform, Super Bowl's Halftime Show Remains Tone-Deaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Normally, the bookers of the Super Bowl Halftime performance don’t have a lot of trouble finding talent for the big show. Superstars like Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Beyonc\u00e9 have all performed. But for this year’s upcoming game, nailing down a halftime act hasn’t been so easy.<\/p>\n

In the months leading up to the February game, one high profile act after another \u2014 Jay-Z<\/a>, Rihanna<\/a>, Cardi B<\/a> \u2014 rejected the NFL’s offer to perform. Each artist rejected the gig to stand in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick<\/a>, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who knelt during the National Anthem in 2016 in protest of racial injustice in America and subsequently filed a grievance<\/a> against the NFL in 2017 alleging that they colluded to keep him out of the league because of his protests. The NFL confirmed<\/a> on Jan. 13 that pop band Maroon 5<\/a> would be the halftime performers and would be joined by rappers Travis Scott<\/a> and Big Boi<\/a>.<\/p>\n