With the NFL playoff season in full swing, Super Bowl LIX is just around the corner. The Washington Commanders will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday (Jan. 26) for the right to play for the title. Later that day, the Buffalo Bills must defeat two-time defending champs the Kansas City Chiefs for a shot at the franchise’s first-ever Lombardi Trophy. It all comes to a head Sunday, Feb. 9, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Grammy-winning hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar is set to hype up the crowd during this year’s halftime show. And with SZA recently announced as a special guest, it promises to be an electrifying performance.
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SZA Will Take The Stage in the Big Easy
Solána Imani Rowe, who goes by the stage name SZA, indirectly owes her career to Kendrick Lamar. She met members of the “euphoria” star’s former label, Top Dawg Entertainment, during the CMJ New Music Report in 2011. Her boyfriend’s clothing company was sponsoring a show in which Lamar was performing.
Generating buzz with four EPs, SZA finally broke through the hip-hop scene with her debut studio album, Ctrl. Now—four Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe nomination, and an Academy Award nod later—the “Kill Bill” singer, 35, will share one of the world’s biggest stages with Lamar.
Lamar announced his “All the Stars” collaborator’s appearance Thursday (Jan. 23) in a joint effort with Apple Music. In the video, the Compton-born artist is taking a phone call as he walks the field at Caesars Superdome. That’s when he’s surprised by SZA.
KENDRICK LAMAR
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) January 23, 2025
SZA
SUPER BOWL HALF TIME SHOW 🏈
🚨FEBRUARY 9TH🚨 pic.twitter.com/gjpizURRPG
The excitement was instant. “GOAT COMING,” one fan wrote on X/Twitter.
Post Malone Teases Bud Light Commercial
In addition to the SZA announcements, NFL fans also got a sneak peek of a Super Bowl ad featuring none other than Post Malone.
Alongside comedian Shane Gillis, the “Pour Me a Drink” hitmaker is shown standing on a porch ringing a doorbell, Bud Light case in hand.
The pair end up cracking open a cold one while waiting for an answer. Finally, Gillis receives a text alerting him that the party is out back.
another year another Post Malone Super Bowl commercial! pic.twitter.com/FBaf3djXeG
— Post Malone Fans (@PostMalone_Fans) January 23, 2025
Of his third Bud Light commercial, Malone said, “We created something truly epic and pretty damn funny together that I know the fans will love.”
(Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
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