When Colin Kaepernick pronounced in an now famous Nike commercial, “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything,” Rihanna listened.
According to Us Weekly magazine, Rihanna incited down a eventuality to be a Super Bowl LIII halftime uncover given she doesn’t determine with a NFL’s diagnosis of Kaepernick.
Kaepernick has been an unsigned giveaway representative given a finish of a 2016 season, and that seems directly associated to him kneeling during a inhabitant anthem to move courtesy to amicable issues. Kaepernick has filed a collusion protest opposite a NFL.
“The NFL and CBS unequivocally wanted Rihanna to be subsequent year’s performer in Atlanta,” a source told Us Weekly. “They offering it to her, yet she pronounced no given of a kneeling controversy. She doesn’t determine with a NFL’s stance.”
If Us Weekly’s source is accurate, that’s utterly a matter from a famous singer. It might not be “sacrificing everything” given her career is going impossibly good with or yet a Super Bowl, yet a Super Bowl halftime uncover is a singular opportunity.
Super Bowl halftime uncover is seen by a outrageous audience
The Super Bowl halftime uncover is an definite bonus for many any artist on a planet. The Super Bowl customarily is a many watched radio module in a United States each year, and a NFL has incited a halftime uncover into a must-watch eventuality for many.
Some of a biggest acts in a song industry, like Michael Jackson, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Katy Perry, and Bruno Mars have finished a halftime uncover even yet a performers aren’t paid. It’s only an investment in their careers — a bearing from doing a halftime uncover in front of that many people is priceless. There’s zero else utterly like it.
When Rihanna incited down a offer, a NFL got Maroon 5 to be a halftime uncover performer during a Super Bowl in Atlanta in February.
Rihanna isn’t a initial to spin down Super Bowl
There was a identical story final year. Jay-Z reportedly incited down a Super Bowl halftime uncover and it was rumored to be in support of Kaepernick, according to a Los Angeles Times.
Rihanna doesn’t need a exposure. According to a Forbes story in April, she has sole 124 million digital singles in a United States, 10 million some-more than any other artist. She has money, celebrity and commend as a mixed Grammy-winning artist.
Still, it can’t be easy to contend no to a Super Bowl and a 100 million-plus viewers. But, according to Us Weekly, Rihanna had a good reason.

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