LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guess who’s becoming a member of Kendrick Lamar on the Tremendous Bowl halftime stage? None aside from multi-Grammy winner singer SZA.
Lamar and Apple Music launched a trailer Thursday of him strolling on a soccer subject earlier than SZA walked up from behind and playfully splashed the rapper. Lamar and SZA would lead the halftime festivities from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 9.
SZA is Lamar’s former Prime Dawg Leisure labelmate. She appeared his current album “GNX” and was featured on a pair songs together with “Gloria” and “Luther,” which additionally options sampled vocals from Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn by “If This World Were Mine.”
The duo’s earlier hits embody the Oscar-nominated “All the Stars” and “Doves in the Wind.”
Lamar and SZA may even co-headline a 19-city North American tour this spring and summer season. The Grand Nationwide Tour kicks off April 19 in Minneapolis and concludes June 18 in Washington, D.C.
SZA heads into the Feb. 2 Grammys with two nominations for the one “Saturn” in the most effective R&B track and R&B efficiency classes. She’s received 4 Grammys total.
Lamar enters the upcoming Grammys with seven nominations, together with for “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin, and “Not Like Us,” which is notably up for track and document of the yr. He is received a complete of 17 Grammys.
Roc Nation and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will function co-executive producers of the halftime present. The artistic route of Lamar’s efficiency can be supplied by pgLang, a artistic firm based by Lamar and Dave Free — who has beforehand directed the rapper’s music movies.
Final yr, Usher shined with a star-studded present and visitors together with H.E.R., Jermaine Dupri, Lil Jon, Ludacris and Alicia Keys.
