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Lil Wayne Says Losing Out on the Super Bowl Halftime Show ‘Broke Me’

Lil Wayne opened up after he was passed over for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show, saying the decision 'hurt a whole lot.'

Lil Wayne said it “hurt a whole lot” to be passed over as headliner for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show, especially since the big game will be taking place in his hometown of New Orleans. Earlier this year, he made his ambitions clear in an interview, acknowledging that he hadn’t received a call yet but stressing: “We’re praying, we’re keeping our fingers crossed, and working hard… I just wanna make it hard for them not to highlight the boy.” The decision to pick Lamar over Wayne for Super Bowl LIX felt especially pointed this year, not just because of the New Orleans connection but because it seemed to tap into several strains of longstanding and, in some cases, ongoing beef.

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