Jay-Z is reportedly trying to persuade Travis Scott to withdraw from 2019’s Super Bowl halftime show, where Scott is to appear alongside Maroon 5 as a special guest. Maroon 5 secured the entertaining bid for event, hosted at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 3. Both Jay-Z and Rihanna refused offers to play the halftime show, to show “solidarity” to prior San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick.
Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the National Anthem in “protest against police brutality” in 2016. Jay-Z has sought to bring attention to the issue of police brutality in the nation for many years preluding Kaepernick’s on-field opposition and notably dedicated a song to Kaepernick during his 2017 performance at The Meadows Music and Arts Festival. Prior to his appearance at the New York festival, Jay-Z attended the Trayvon Martin Peace Walk in Miami in February 2018. The rapper additionally announced his support of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s initiative to improve police-community relations in 2015.
Jay-Z is now said to be actively “attempting to talk Scott out of performing” at the Super Bowl. Both of the Carters were spotted at Scott’s December 19 show in Los Angeles. Jay-Z, however, is not the sole hip-hop artist voicing opposition to Scott’s Super Bowl guest slot — Meek Mill took to Twitter on December 20, writing that Scott “don’t need that [the halftime billing] he on fire already!” Meek urged Travis to “stay strong in this sh*t.”
He don’t need that he on fire already! Stay strong in this shit!
— Meek Mill (@MeekMill) December 20, 2018
H/T: NME
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