Rihanna States Kendrick Lamar ‘Deserves’ to Heading Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Program: ‘It’s Meant to Be’

Rihanna is remaining devoted to Kendrick Lamar and hyping him up before he headings the Super Bowl halftime program next year.

Home Entertainment Tonight‘s Kevin Frazier asked the Fenty magnate in an interview released Thursday (Oct. 24) her ideas about the “Not Like United States” hitmaker taking control of the phase throughout the huge video game.

” It’s a diamond on a ring finger, honey. It’s suggested to be!” the “Diamonds” vocalistexplained “It’s Kendrick Lamar! Kendrick Lamar is the one that’s expected to do it today. He’s gon na squash it. We ought to never ever question him. He’s a remarkable artist, top-tier. He had an extraordinary year. He really brought many individuals together. It’s to be commemorated. That’s what culture is. He deserves it. I can not wait to see it. Kendrick, thank you.”

RiRi did the honors at the 2023 Super Bowl halftime program, where she exposed she was anticipating child No. 2 with A$ AP Rocky– their now-1-year-old kid, Riot. At the time, her efficiency was the most-watched halftime program of perpetuity, with 121 million audiences, according to a Nielsen report. Usher’s efficiency previously this year went beyond RiRi’s record, drawing in 123 million audiences.

Rihanna was consisted of on Signboard‘s dream halftime reveal visitor list for Lamar’s set, considering they collaborated on “Commitment” from Dot’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning album Damn. Their partnership reached No. 14 on the Signboard Hot 100 and won the Grammy for finest rap/sung efficiency at the 2018 awards reveal. They carried out the tune together at Lamar’s previous label TDE’s yearly Christmas show and toy drive in 2017.