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Throughout Tremendous Bowl LVI’s halftime present extravaganza, that includes the likes of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent, rapper Eminem took a knee in solidarity with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
The transfer by Eminem got here after he carried out “Lose Your self” in entrance of the sold-out crowd on the Los Angeles Rams’ SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. When you recall, Kaepernick led a sequence of protests meant to spotlight the injustice of police brutality towards Black Individuals that concerned gamers kneeling throughout video games because the nationwide anthem performed. He was subsequently pushed out of the league and acquired a large settlement from the NFL.
Early studies claimed the NFL had denied Eminem’s request to kneel throughout the efficiency, however he did so anyway in defiance of their decree. Additionally they tried to forestall Dr. Dre from rapping the road “nonetheless not loving police” in his music “Nonetheless D.R.E.,” however he didn’t hear both.
Nevertheless, the NFL claimed it was in on all of it alongside, even signing off on Eminem’s mimicking of Kaepernick’s career-ending gesture after watching it in rehearsals all week.
“We watched all components of the present throughout a number of rehearsals this week and have been conscious that Eminem was going to do this,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy stated, in line with ESPN.