50 Cent made a surprise appearance at tonightās (February 13) Super Bowl Halftime Show, joining Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige at the event.
All but 50 Cent from the aforementioned artists had been announced to be performing at the annual sporting event, which took place at LAās SoFi Stadium.
The show began with appearances from Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, who performed from on top of a set of white buildings. After they delivered a version of āCalifornia Loveā, the camera panned to the lower floor of one of the buildings, where 50 Cent was hanging upside down ā a reference to the video for his hit single āIn Da Clubā, which he then launched into a rendition of.
Once his section of the performance ā which he finished standing the right way up amongst a group of dancers ā was complete, the show moved on with appearances from Blige, Lamar and Eminem.
50 Centās entrance quickly became a much-talked-about moment from the halftime show on Twitter, with fans sharing memes riffing on his upside-down performance. See some reactions to the moment below.
50 cent waiting for his part the whole time #HalfTimeShow pic.twitter.com/cSbGcy9DBJ
— Tarun (@Tarun0820) February 14, 2022
50cent when he was upside down waiting for Dr Dre to finish his verse #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/oXs4VcZTsH
— max (@enfermomax) February 14, 2022
50 Cent after hanging upside down for 5 seconds #HalfTimeShow pic.twitter.com/xVMgFNlF5s
— Sohile Ali (@SohileAli) February 14, 2022
50 cent is gonna be light headed through the 3rd quarter
— James (@CaucasianJames) February 14, 2022
No one:
50 Cent: pic.twitter.com/pUpf1CN5ta
— WhitePeopleHumor (@whitememejesus) February 14, 2022
my therapist: upside down 50 Cent canāt hurt you, he isnāt real
upside down 50 Cent: pic.twitter.com/aYJZWdf4CW
— Mike Stephens (@mikeystephens81) February 14, 2022
Speaking ahead of the event, Snoop Dogg said performing at the halftime show was a ādream come trueā. āIām still thinking Iām in a dream because I canāt believe that they will let a real hip-hop artist grace the stage in an NFL Super Bowl,ā he said. āWeāre just going to wait for that moment and put something together thatās spectacular, and do what weāre known for doing and add on to the legacy.ā
Blige also revealed that she was not being paid to perform, but explained that she wasnāt bothered about money because it was āan opportunity of a lifetimeā. āListen, youāre gonna be paid for the rest of your life off of this,ā she said. āPeople are gonna be knocking at your doors. They donāt have to pay me, but if they was paying it would be a lot of money.ā
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