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Devastated Lil Wayne Admits Super Bowl Halftime Snub ‘Broke’ Him: ‘It Hurt a Lot’


Lil Wayne posted a video admitting that getting passed over for 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in his hometown in favor of Kendrick Lamar 'broke' him.

Lil Wayne has broken his silence about not being tapped to perform at the halftime show at the 2025 Super Bowl in his hometown a week after the NFL announced that Los Angeles native Kendrick Lamar will do the honors. Back in February, mega sports fan Wayne openly admitted that he coveted the halftime slot during what is typically the most-watched TV event of the year. 2025; at press time no additional guests had been announced for next year’s halftime show and Lamar had not responded to the backlash about to the Lil Wayne brush-off complaints.

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