50 Cent hangs upside down, Guyton slows it down

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – 50 CENT SURPRISES WITH ‘IN DA CLUB’ AT HALFTIME

There was about as much hip-hop as a stadium can keep at Super Bowl halftime, with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar spitting a fiery medley of their hits as anticipated, and a shock physical appearance by 50 Cent.

It was a uncommon Tremendous Bowl halftime clearly show performed in the daylight, but it nonetheless had a emotion of a nightclub at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, with a established built up to look like the homes of nearby Compton and South LA.

Dre and Snoop opened the present with “Next Episode” and “California Really like.”

50 Cent, not amongst the announced performers, began his “In Da Club” while hanging upside inside one particular of the rooms.

Blige was decked out in silver sparkles and surrounded by backup dancers as she sang a medley of her hits.

Eminem was surrounded by a rock band as he executed “Lose Yourself,” at one level using a knee in apparent tribute to Colin Kaepernick’s protests.

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The set was surrounded by what looked like a lit-up cityscape from over, with vintage convertibles and replicas of the Tam’s Burgers stand and the sculpture exterior the Compton Courthouse.

The group experienced lanyards with LED lights that flashed in coordination with the show’s beats, turning the total stadium into a light show.

An explosion of fireworks lit up the sky as the solar set outdoors and the display ended with Dre’s “Still DRE”

AN Average ANTHEM, IN Duration ONLY

“Quickie Mickey” slowed it down for the Super Bowl.

Mickey Guyton, who told The Related Push this week that she’d attained the nickname for singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in a restricted 1:30, sang it in about 1:50 on Sunday right before the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals took the field.

Oddsmakers experienced put the more than/under on the anthem length at 1:35.

“I really do not want to ruin anybody’s sports bets, but let’s just say it is the Tremendous Bowl, so it most probable won’t be as rapidly,” the Grammy-nominated country singer explained to the AP.

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She delivered a soaring, emotive edition of the anthem with a minimum of frills that was largely acapella at 1st just before a compact choir and piano joined her.

She was nevertheless a lot quicker than the average Tremendous Bowl anthem of around two minutes.

Guyton did not seem to fall or flub a term, one more propositional bet that was supplied. And these who bet on her outfit currently being blue can funds in. She wore a royal blue gown.

The 38-year-previous Texas native, ideal identified for her strike “Black Like Me,” manufactured historical past as the 1st Black woman to get paid a Grammy nomination in a place classification and 1st Black solo woman to host the ACM Awards. She’s a four-time Grammy nominee — up for three at the impending ceremony in April.

ROCK ROLLS OUT THE KICKOFF

Dwayne Johnson introduced out “The Rock.”

Standing on the area, the actor grabbed a mic and place on his aged wrestling persona to introduce the teams just ahead of kickoff, in the type of an announcer in advance of a massive struggle.

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“Finally! The Super Bowl has arrive again to Los Aaaaangelesssss!” Johnson explained, cocking his eyebrow as he did when he was WWE star prior to he became a film star.

He launched the Rams as a group with a “a soul-crushing, unrelenting protection” and “a head-spinning onslaught of an offense,” and the Bengals as “a staff that has risen from the ashes to develop into just one of the most feared, dominant, definitely electrifying groups in the NFL.”

Johnson played soccer himself for the College of Miami, where by he received a nationwide championship in 1991.

“It is time for all of us right here and tens of millions all over the planet to bear witness to these incredible players, who will depart each and every ounce of sweat, guts, satisfaction and legacy out in this article on this hallowed field, because that is what champions do,” he mentioned. “Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to say: ‘Finally, it is time for the Suuuper Boooooowwwl!’”

OTHER ANTHEMS

Guyton’s “Star Spangled Banner” was seriously the ultimate component of a trilogy of anthemic pregame songs.

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About 40 minutes right before kickoff, the Rams and Bengals lined the close zones and seemed up at the major screen while outside the house, next to SoFi Stadium’s lake, gospel duo Mary Mary and the LA Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles performed “Lift Every single Voice and Sing,” a track which is known as the unofficial Black national anthem.

The duo, sisters Erica Campbell and Trecina Atkins-Campbell, grew up in the identical community as the Super Bowl stadium.

And down the subject from Guyton, singer Jhené Aiko introduced a novel mix of R&B and harp to her rendition of “America the Gorgeous.”

NBC’s telecast briefly misidentified Guyton as Aiko just as Aiko started singing.

Actress Sandra Mae Frank carried out both of those “The Star Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” in American signal language.

STARS ON THE Huge Monitor

Celebs in the stands of the first Hollywood-adjacent Tremendous Bowl in practically 30 yrs delivered a lot of the enjoyment at SoFi Stadium during professional breaks.

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The group cheered as Kevin Hart blew kisses, Chris Tucker and Charlize Theron danced and Doja Cat and Danny Trejo waved.

Jennifer Lopez did not appear to notice she was on the enormous 360-diploma display at all.

And a shot of a guy in a hoodie whose face was absolutely covered by a black mask who was seated with NFL participant Antonio Brown set off social media speculation on his id.

The loudest cheers came for neighborhood Los Angeles sporting activities heroes, like Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and former Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal, who wagged his tongue at the digicam.

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Comply with AP Leisure Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton