{"id":43446,"date":"2025-08-11T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/anderson-paak-begged-dr-dre-for-super-bowl-appearance\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:48:49","slug":"anderson-paak-begged-dr-dre-for-super-bowl-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/anderson-paak-begged-dr-dre-for-super-bowl-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson .Paak Begged Dr. Dre For Super Bowl Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/anderson-paak\/\">Anderson .Paak<\/a> has admitted he begged <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/dr-dre\/\">Dr. Dre<\/a> to appear on the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show.<\/p>\n<p>That year\u2019s event saw performances from Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent with Paak making a guest appearance as a drummer.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting down for a chat with <em>Drink Champs<\/em>, the Silk Sonic star revealed how he secured his slot on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThey had already dropped a flyer for the Super Bowl. I was not on that shit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hit Dre direct. \u2018Dre, what the fuck? Let me get on that joint. Let me play drums, something. I gotta get in there some way\u2019. He said, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s all good.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"optanon-category-C0003\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9; width:100%; height:auto; display:block;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sA2kyxjq8IU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paak then recalled what he was thinking while drumming during Eminem\u2019s performance of \u201cLose Yourself\u201d: \u201cThe way they orchestrated it, it went off without a hitch. That was a big moment for sure. I was like, \u2018Should I smile?\u2019 I couldn\u2019t help it. And I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m going to be straight-faced.\u2019 And then, as you can see, I had the biggest fucking smile the whole time. I tried. I was hyped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar would then return to the Super Bowl stage three years later for his record breaking performance which also saw a guest appearance by SZA.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel L. Jackson, who made a cameo in the show, <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-show-revolutionary-samuel-l-jackson\/\">revealed that he believed Kendrick\u2019s performance was \u201crevolutionary\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said on Paloma Faith\u2019s Mad Sad Bad podcast: \u201cI didn\u2019t know what they were doing. It was kinda trippy because it wasn\u2019t until dress rehearsal that when I looked up and I looked on that stage and I go, \u2018Oh shit, that\u2019s a flag. Ah, fuck, we\u2019re being revolutionaries.\u2019 Because I wasn\u2019t listening or paying attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson appeared throughout the performance, playing a version of Uncle Sam, essentially narrating Kendrick\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams and Mustard also made brief cameos during the performance which was highly acclaimed if controversial for its references to Kendrick\u2019s beef with Drake, topped off with a rendition of \u201cNot Like Us\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>During the actual performance of \u201cNot Like Us\u201d, Kendrick self-censored the \u201ccertified pedophile\u201d line but smirked to the camera as he rapped:\u00a0<em>\u201cSay Drake, I hear you like \u2019em young \/ You better not ever go to cell block one \/ To any [bitch] that talk to him and they in love \/ Just make sure you hide your lil\u2019 sister from him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/anderson-paak-begged-dr-dre-for-super-bowl-appearance\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anderson .Paak has admitted he begged Dr. Dre to appear on the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show. 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