There’s always a lot of anticipation surrounding the announcement of the Super Bowl halftime show, but we won’t be getting just one this time around. Five hip-hop icons will use the upcoming halftime show to pay homage to West Coast hip-hop, but can you guess who they are?

The Super Bowl bosses announced that the spotlight at the upcoming game will be split five ways—between Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar. The show’s main sponsor Pepsi is promising “an epic, unforgettable celebration of the impact hip-hop has today”, and opting for this theme is a pretty great idea.

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Super Bowl LVI will take place in the Los Angeles area for the first time in three decades, so it makes sense to pick some of the artists responsible for the West Coast hip-hop revolution as headliners. Kendrick Lamar hails from a different generation, but he grew up in Compton, in the heart of California’s rap scene.

Another thing that these five artists have in common is their critical acclaim. They have 43 Grammys and 22 no. 1 albums between them, and this will be the first time they hit the stage together. We can’t wait to see how their joint set will look like when Super Bowl returns to California on February 13th, 2022.

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Over the past few days, rumors have been circling on social media about a possible epic collaboration between Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar. It all started after a recent Twitter post from Grammy-winning producer Fredwreck, who worked with Dre and many other artists.

The producer tweeted an old photo of himself with Dre, Eminem, and Kendrick, captioning the photo “Beats n Rhymes”. He also added a microphone emoji and #shady and #aftermath.

Not long after the post was shared, fans of the three rappers started speculating that it refers to an upcoming collaboration with the rappers and Fredwreck.

“So we’re getting a Dr. Dre album with possible Kendrick Lamar & Eminem on the same track ???? Say ain’t so,” one fan wrote. Another wrote, “if we end up getting that Dre x Eminem x Kendrick track we’ve been waiting since 2017…”.

The speculation comes after Kendrick Lamar’s label, Top Dawg Entertainment, ignited rumors that the rapper was returning with new music in a social media post captioned, “THE WAIT IS OVAH!!!”. The post featured a teaser video of a retro “loading bar” and the date May 7, 2021, appeared at the end of the clip.

While no information was released as to which rapper would be dropping new music, fans speculated that it refers to Lamar who’s been promising new music for a while.

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Some artists spend months teasing their new albums, while others barely do it at all. Both marketing approaches have its pros and cons, but releasing surprise albums has proven to be a successful strategy for several recording artists.

Ariana Grande – Positions

Ariana Grande announced the release of her latest album only two weeks before it hit the shelves, but that didn’t stop her from reaching No. 1 on both Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 chart with the lead single “Positions”.

Taylor Swift – Folklore

Only hours after revealing she has a new album in store, Taylor Swift unleashed Folklore upon the world. After eight weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart, this critically acclaimed album broke several major records and became the first album of 2020 to sell a million pure copies.

Several major artists dropped new albums and back in January after months of teasing them, but they had to take a back seat after Eminem decided to release his next record Music to Be Murdered By with no prior announcement.

The post Surprise Albums are Ruling the Charts in 2020 appeared first on toppoptoday.com.

There’s always a lot of anticipation surrounding the announcement of the Super Bowl halftime show, but we won’t be getting just one this time around. Five hip-hop icons will use the upcoming halftime show to pay homage to West Coast hip-hop, but can you guess who they are?

The Super Bowl bosses announced that the spotlight at the upcoming game will be split five ways—between Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar. The show’s main sponsor Pepsi is promising “an epic, unforgettable celebration of the impact hip-hop has today”, and opting for this theme is a pretty great idea.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by pepsi (@pepsi)

Super Bowl LVI will take place in the Los Angeles area for the first time in three decades, so it makes sense to pick some of the artists responsible for the West Coast hip-hop revolution as headliners. Kendrick Lamar hails from a different generation, but he grew up in Compton, in the heart of California’s rap scene.

Another thing that these five artists have in common is their critical acclaim. They have 43 Grammys and 22 no. 1 albums between them, and this will be the first time they hit the stage together. We can’t wait to see how their joint set will look like when Super Bowl returns to California on February 13th, 2022.

The post Five Hip-Hop Icons Will Be Headlining Super Bowl LVI’s Halftime Show appeared first on toppoptoday.com.

Over the past few days, rumors have been circling on social media about a possible epic collaboration between Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar. It all started after a recent Twitter post from Grammy-winning producer Fredwreck, who worked with Dre and many other artists.

The producer tweeted an old photo of himself with Dre, Eminem, and Kendrick, captioning the photo “Beats n Rhymes”. He also added a microphone emoji and #shady and #aftermath.

Not long after the post was shared, fans of the three rappers started speculating that it refers to an upcoming collaboration with the rappers and Fredwreck.

“So we’re getting a Dr. Dre album with possible Kendrick Lamar & Eminem on the same track ???? Say ain’t so,” one fan wrote. Another wrote, “if we end up getting that Dre x Eminem x Kendrick track we’ve been waiting since 2017…”.

The speculation comes after Kendrick Lamar’s label, Top Dawg Entertainment, ignited rumors that the rapper was returning with new music in a social media post captioned, “THE WAIT IS OVAH!!!”. The post featured a teaser video of a retro “loading bar” and the date May 7, 2021, appeared at the end of the clip.

While no information was released as to which rapper would be dropping new music, fans speculated that it refers to Lamar who’s been promising new music for a while.

The post Fans Can’t Stop Talking About Possible Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar Collaboration appeared first on toppoptoday.com.

Some artists spend months teasing their new albums, while others barely do it at all. Both marketing approaches have its pros and cons, but releasing surprise albums has proven to be a successful strategy for several recording artists.

Ariana Grande – Positions

Ariana Grande announced the release of her latest album only two weeks before it hit the shelves, but that didn’t stop her from reaching No. 1 on both Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 chart with the lead single “Positions”.

Taylor Swift – Folklore

Only hours after revealing she has a new album in store, Taylor Swift unleashed Folklore upon the world. After eight weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart, this critically acclaimed album broke several major records and became the first album of 2020 to sell a million pure copies.

Several major artists dropped new albums and back in January after months of teasing them, but they had to take a back seat after Eminem decided to release his next record Music to Be Murdered By with no prior announcement.

The post Surprise Albums are Ruling the Charts in 2020 appeared first on toppoptoday.com.