The Super Bowl Pepsi Halftime Show went down on Sunday (February 13) with maestro Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar taking centerstage.
Right before Dr. Dre played the few first notes from 2Pac’s “I Ain’t Mad At Cha” on the white baby grand piano, Slim Shady took a knee in solidarity with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Rumors the National Football League had forbade Eminem from doing it started to spread like wildfire on social media, but The New York Post confirmed no such rule had been imparted on the musical talent nor any of the players. Even so, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani didn’t appreciate the gesture and called out Eminem during his radio program, the Rudy Giuliani Show.
“Let’s get right to Eminem taking a knee,” Giuliani said on Monday (February 14). “Why doesn’t he go to another country? I mean, go take a knee someplace else. You know how many cops were defending him and protecting him at that game yesterday? I mean crime is way out of control in Los Angeles.”
“He thinks that all happened because everybody loves Eminem?” the former New York City mayor continued. “The simple reality is the NFL has made a mockery of law enforcement, particularly with its support for the cop-killing Black Lives Matter.”
Rudy Giuliani may not have liked Eminem’s socio-political stance at the Super Bowl, but there were plenty of people who applauded him for it. There were other moments during the show that likely infuriated Giuliani, too.
The roughly 15-minute performance ended with “Still D.R.E.” and the controversial lyric, “still not loving police,” which The Puck suggested made the organizers “uncomfortable” as did Snoop Dogg’s blue rag sweatsuit that could possibly be perceived as “gang-related.” But they reportedly decided not to censor either to avoid a “divisive cultural moment.”
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However, Dr. Dre admitted the NFL did implement a few adjustments to the set while speaking to TMZ earlier this week.
“There were a few things that we had to change, but it was really minor things,” he explained. “Em taking a knee, that was Em doing that on his own. There was no problem with that. I think the beginning of Kendrick’s set, he says ‘If Pirus and Crips all [got along].’ They had a problem with that so we had to take that out. No big deal, we get it.
“But all in all, everybody came in, we were professional, everybody was on time and everybody really felt the magnitude of what this thing was and what we were going to be able to accomplish. It was a fantastic experience.”
Kendrick Lamar’s line from 2015’s “Alright” where he says “and we hate po-po” was also censored, but Dr. Dre didn’t clarify why that was muted during the performance. Whatever the case, the set seemingly went off without a hitch.
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people hate Rudy FOR PLAYING DUMB they know overqualified for everything
another i can send rudy back iran two will with his investor since so certain he fits in
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Does anyone really give a crap about Rudy’s opinion ?! He’s a freaking pathetic joke of a man.
Em took the knee in reference to Tupac. That is why it was done before Dre started to play His sing on the piano.
Rudy can go fuck himself.
This MFer tried to over throw our
Government for the Fat Orange Festering Pile of $h!+ Who f****ng cares what his old white lying ass has to say?!
Good for em ,love him …Rudy is a pos and should take his sorry ass out of our country
Why do people are taking this out of hand… stop starting shit. It has no barrier about the NFL
This from a man that supported an insurrection at the nations Capital.. lol the hypocrisy is ludicrous ? go choke on a fish bone already dude. Intelligent people don’t care what you think you greasy toad.
Who cares what Rudy says? He is a hired liar for sale to the highest bidder. Majority of this nation population still don’t understand the meaning of the kneeling! Damn shame!
The same Rudy Fooliani who tried to disrupt a free and fair election and assisted in having terrorists storm the capital to kill the then-Vice President? The same Rudy Fooliani who held a press conference at a landscaping business? The same Rudy Fooliani who remembers 9/11 like Al Bundy remembers scoring four touchdowns in a single game back in high school? The same Rudy Fooliani who dressed in drag and got felt by Trump? The same Rudy Fooliani who sweats hair dye and shaves while he eats? That guy?!! Really?!!
i suppose it was a real opportune moment.
Or maybe he the hair dripping sexual predator should take his own advice. Gross old man should keep his mouth completely shut if you ask me.
It was a classy move by Em – the cherry on top of a legendary performance that will go down in history as one of hip-hop and NFL’s iconic moments.
Doesn’t Rudy have a subpoena that he needs to honor?
Yeah from a lying ignorant politician that had nothing but election lies I hope karma catches up with you ..