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Usher Says Super Bowl Halftime Show Will Honor Black Artists Who Came Before Him

"I'm coming through the front door with this one," the R&B singer said of his highly-anticipated performance on Feb. 11.

During an interview with Good Morning America on Friday, the “There Goes My Baby” singer said it was an “adrenaline high” when he first got the call that he was going to be the halftime performer at the biggest NFL game of the year. “I think about what our country has kind of represented for Black artists, you know, having to at some point go through kitchens to even be able to perform for an audience, but they had to leave back through that same door, fear for their lives as they went to the next state to do the same thing.” Usher will perform during the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show on Feb. 11, when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers face off in Las Vegas.

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