Kendrick Lamar will be the featured performer at the Super Bowl 59 halftime show in New Orleans. Here is what to know about the 17-time Grammy winner.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA will take the stage at the year's biggest football game -- but there's some controversy.

Lamar dropped merchandise ahead of the highly anticipated halftime show. The collection includes a white t-shirt with “foot up on the gas, but somebody gotta do it,” written underneath “Super Bowl LIX.” The shirt retails for $55 and has an official Super Bowl patch on the sleeve.

The enthusiastic response to his music has been driven in part by the perception that he’s a political vessel. But what exactly are his politics?

Find the Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show odds and all the Kendrick Lamar prop bets, including odds for his first song at Caesars Superdome.

Roc Nation’s founder is a rapper, but that doesn’t mean the Super Bowl won’t ever present rock or country. Perez noted that Jay-Z’s wife, Beyoncé, has collaborated with country icon Dolly Parton, and that Reba McEntire sang the national anthem at last year’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas.

Kendrick Lamar and designer Willy Chavarria are teaming up again for a Super Bowl-inspired collection ahead of the rapper's halftime show performance.

The Philadelphia Eagles face two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX (59) at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La. on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025.

Soul and TDE join Kendrick Lamar at Super Bowl LIX? Ab-Soul took to X/Twitter on Wednesday (Jan. 29) with an interesting declaration that appears to tease something related to the NFL’s big game. His post mentioned Dave Free,

The lawmakers suggested that several previous Super Bowl halftime shows were not “welcomed by Louisiana parents.”

The Super Bowl game kicks off at 11.30pm UK time. A game of American Football is split into four quarters of 15 minutes, but a typical game takes between 2-3 hours to complete, so expect the half-time show to take place at some point between 12.30am and 1am.