(WVUE) – Lil Wayne spoke out on Friday (Sept. 13) about not being chosen to carry out on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present in his hometown of New Orleans.
This got here every week after the NFL introduced Los Angeles rapper Kendrick Lamar because the headliner for the occasion.
In an Instagram video, Wayne defined his delayed response, expressing how deeply the choice affected him. “To begin with, I wish to say forgive me for the delay. I needed to get energy sufficient to do that with out breaking,” Wayne stated.
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Wearing a pink, white, and blue observe jacket, the rapper, visibly emotional, described the damage he felt after studying he wouldn’t carry out on the halftime present.
“That damage. It damage lots… I blame myself for not being mentally ready for a letdown,” Wayne stated. He admitted he had envisioned himself on that stage and felt the frustration intensely. “I believed that was nothing higher than that spot and that stage and that platform in my metropolis, so it damage.”
Regardless of the frustration, Wayne thanked his supporters, who he stated helped him deal with the information.
“However y’all are f—ing wonderful. It made me really feel like s—t not getting this chance, and once I felt like s—t, you guys jogged my memory that I ain’t s—t with out y’all.”
Wayne additionally acknowledged the general public assist from fellow artists, household, and followers.
“Because of all of my friends, my associates, my household, my homies on the sports activities tv and everyone repping me,” Wayne stated. He emphasised that their encouragement saved him going.
NOLA artists, together with Grasp P and Juvenile, expressed their disapproval of Wayne being handed over.
Kendrick Lamar, who beforehand carried out on the 2022 Tremendous Bowl halftime present, has not publicly responded to the criticism surrounding the NFL’s selection.
He’s set to carry out at Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans on February 9, 2025.
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