“Shaq Suggests Lil Wayne Could Outshine Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘Let People Decide’”.
The Hall of Fame center posed the question while speaking with fellow Louisiana State University star athlete Leonard Fournette.
Shaq has some advice for Lil Wayne.
In a recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq, the Hall of Famer posed a hypothetical question to fellow LSU alum Leonard Fournette, suggesting that Wayne should consider staging a concert to compete with Kendrick Lamar and the NFL during the upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Show.
“I have a hypothetical question, because you know I’m a businessman… Let’s say the Super Bowl halftime show was from 12 to 1—should Lil Wayne do a concert in New Orleans at the same time and broadcast it?” he asked. Fournette enthusiastically responded, “Definitely. He would sell out.”
Shaq then answered his own question, saying, “I would do that” and agreed when his co-host Adam Lefkoe brought up the time Fox’s In Living Color upstaged CBS and the NFL in 1992, saying, “Stream it and then give people a choice.”During the 1992 Super Bowl XXVI “Winter Magic” Halftime Show, the legendary sketch comedy show aired a special live episode, drawing 20 million viewers away from the the Super Bowl, and led to a new era in Super Bowl Halftime Shows. Michael Jackson performed the next year and the rest is history.
Lil Wayne has found himself at the heart of discussions about Kendrick Lamar being chosen to headline the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show in New Orleans instead of him. The rap legend expressed his disappointment about missing out on the opportunity to perform in his hometown. “I blame myself for not being mentally prepared for a letdown and for automatically placing myself in that position,” he said in a video response at the time. “I thought there was nothing better than that spot, that stage, and that platform in my city, so it hurt. It hurt a lot.”
Shaq’s got a plan for Lil Wayne: a Super Bowl showdown! “Why not throw a concert in New Orleans during halftime?” he quipped. Leonard Fournette chimed in, “He’d sell out!” Meanwhile, Shaq imagined the chaos: fans juggling nachos and beats—who knew the halftime show could be so spicy? Bring on the competition!
