Maroon 5 made a big announcement over the weekend regarding the band’s Super Bowl LIII halftime performance. On Sunday (January 13), the pop group shared an Instagram video revealing Outkast luminary Big Boi has joined the lineup.
Daddy Fat Sax will perform alongside both Maroon 5 and Travis Scott at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 5.
Scott’s participation yielded a healthy dose of pushback from those boycotting the NFL for its treatment of former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick. JAY-Z reportedly tried to talk Scott out of participating, while Meek Mill took his concerns to Twitter.
Big Boi’s involvement has already elicited similar results. But, it looks like the ATLien is looking forward to being able to represent for his hometown. He posted Maroon 5’s video as well with the caption, “#SBLIII ATL let’s get it!”
According to a 2015 interview with ESPN’s The Dan LeBatard Show, Outkast once turned down an offer to perform at the Super Bowl. Big Boi revealed it was ultimately André 3000 who decided against it.
“We were supposed to perform at the Super Bowl,” Big Boi said. “But we had two songs, ‘The Way You Move’ and ‘Hey Ya’ and Dre didn’t want to split the songs up. He didn’t want to cut the songs. He wanted to do both songs. They was like, ‘Y’all can’t do it.'”
Maroon 5, Scott and Big Boi follow in the footsteps of Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé and Madonna who have all previously performed during the famed halftime show.
Twitter is lighting up with reactions to the announcement. Some fans wish organizers would just ditch Maroon 5 for Outkast, while others are upset Big Boi signed on at all.
Check out some of the reactions below.
The halftime show will be my bathroom break. The performances are usually ass anyways.
People are ignorant. Most of the ones bitching about the halftime show don’t even watch football. Since when is it the NFl’s fault for the shit people got against the police? If you have a problem with cops, go park your fat ass outside a police station and cry. Football fans don’t buy tickets to see liberals on their knees.
Georgia is a Football State as well !
so big boi is gonna be part of a massive occultic ritual placed in front of then whole world
Stfu queer
Socialism has no place in hip hop.
Big Boi is a legend. This will actually be a decent half time show. Fuck BLM, it’s statistically a lie. Cops will stop shooting black people when black people stop shooting black people and others. I don’t see anyone taking a new for the 1.2 million blacks stuck in prison.
Black people kill more black people and white people kill more white people. Period.
White people listen to Rap. Black people listen to R&B. (Look at the concerts). Now I can see why. Rap id basically Negger Porn. That’s why White people love it.
Forget m5, should be BB an some one else from GM, preferb Gipp, take CL tho. Git up!
Big boi and Travis are dump asses. We have a bunch of serial killers posing as cops and these idiots acted like the police wouldn’t shot them too because their celebrities. They don’t live in the real world any more. Colin deserves our support. He gave up a career to bring attention to this problem. Colin is a hero! Boi Travis is a disgrace. All cops ARE NOT bad cops. I support the police when they do the right but too many acted like this is the early south. The kkk got away with black murders and so r the police. In my opinion, black on black crime is a separate issue. If we stop killing ourselves, do you really think the cops will not shoot unarmed black men and kids, no. The system is set up to deny blacks to succeed. We try to set up businesses in the past but were stop by the laws. If whites were taken from their home countries and treated as sub humans, they would have the same problems that blacks are facing today.
No, you are the dump ass.
Bro go back to kindergarten where you belong. This is a deep subject matter and all you can say is dump ass. Bro have some cookies and milk then take a nap.
February 5 that’s not Superbowl sunday….or am I tripping
Funny that peeps call out musicians for performing at the Super Bowl halftime yet they are going to be watching the game with their friends and family. A bunch of wannabe online activists.
It’s called going beyond the call of duty. Which, people today seem to not understand. It’s easy AF to say yes to the check. Its what you stand for that speaks volumes. Shit like this is the reason why these people can dangle the fucking carrot in our face. SAD…
SHOUT OUT CARDI FOR BEING A REAL ONE.
This is why we aint shit! So much for unity on this matter! Im definitely not supporting big boi in any of his future endeavours.. Sell out!!
WACK AF! Andre 3000 is my favorite Outkast member anyway…..Big Boi is so lame for this. NFL don’t give af about black people or social justice causes anyway. Travis is also a fool thinking that if he makes the NFL donate to a social justice charity that this will be acceptable and show that they care, LMAO……..NFL basically owns black people and tell them what to do and how to do it, smdh….
Sown. You’re really stupid. NFL doesn’t give AF about blacks? They pay them over a billion a year. I’m sorry, but did the NFL start shooting black people? If I take a knee at work at the beginning of my shift when I’m supposed to clock in, in honor of Native American genocide, when my job isn’t negatively affected Natives, how will my employment seem in the future? I’m sure cops will stop shooting blacks when blacks stop shooting other blacks. I don’t see anyone taking a knee for the 1.1 million black people in our prison systems due to mandatory minimums and forced plea bargains. BLM has been proven to be statistically innacurate. No one is repping it anymore, because it’s bullshit. Now Big Boi, half of OutKast, THE group that brought us southern Hip-Hop, one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time, is a sellout for performing at the biggest exposure for any artist ever, in his home town? Dude, you don’t live in reality, and people like yourself are the reason Trump was elected. Please read up and stop being a sheep controlled by the people trying to segregate us. Your protest should be in front of a police station. I know you aren’t going there…