Life is nice. This previous week, Apple Music, the NFL, and Roc Nation formally introduced Rihanna is taking part in the 2023 Super Bowl halftime present. Rihanna is an icon, and there’s no one higher to make a boring sports activities recreation thrilling. Over the course of her profession, RiRi has bought 250 million information worldwide and gained 9 Grammy awards, all whereas turning into the wealthiest feminine musician and second-best-selling feminine artist of all time. Along with her music, the 34-year-old famous person is an entrepreneur and humanitarian with a number of magnificence and style manufacturers together with Fenty Magnificence and Savage x Fenty. The adored artist and enterprise mogul has taken a hiatus from music, however we’re thrilled to have her again. 

The Super Bowl halftime efficiency clocks in at round 15 minutes and is understood to be demanding and exhausting. In consequence, most headliners carry out mates, idols, and collaborators as cameos all through the present. In anticipation of the massive efficiency (and the foolish little recreation that goes alongside it), listed here are a couple of artists and celebs we’d love for Rihanna to carry out as her visitor performers. Whereas we nonetheless must undergo via a full soccer season till then, keep tuned for the Super Bowl on February 12 to see which, if any, of those particular company really seem. 

A$AP Rocky

It is a fairly straightforward prediction to begin with. RiRi and Rocky started relationship in 2020 after upgrading their friendship into one thing a bit extra, and so they welcomed their first youngster collectively earlier this yr. The couple has been going sturdy, with a supply noting that A$AP has been “so supportive of her in serving to her to make the choice” to carry out on the Super Bowl. Given this, it wouldn’t come as a lot of a shock if the rapper joined Rihanna on stage to carry out her songs or his personal music. If A$AP Rocky does seem on the Super Bowl, although, I hope he brings their new child son with him too. Perhaps it’s a harmful thought, however it might nonetheless be completely lovable. 

Jay-Z

Jay-Z was one of many first folks to find Rihanna’s expertise, so it wouldn’t be stunning if he joined her on stage on the Super Bowl to have fun one of many greatest moments in her profession. After signing her to his report label Def Jam in 2005, the influential rapper has maintained a powerful friendship and mentorship with Rihanna to at the present time. Jay-Z’s leisure company Roc Nation is in partnership with the NFL to provide the Super Bowl, so clearly he’s thrilled with the selection. In a press launch following the Super Bowl announcement, Jay-Z stated “Rihanna is a generational expertise, a girl of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at each flip. An individual born on the small island of Barbados who turned some of the outstanding artists ever. Self-made in enterprise and leisure.” These two artists have collaborated on a number of hit songs, so it might be wonderful to see “Umbrella” or “Run This City” included within the present.

Adele

Adele on the Super Bowl. Sufficient stated. The British singer and Rihanna are identified to be mates, so this might really be a actuality. In 2018, Adele raved about Rihanna when she wrote Rihanna’s TIME 100 profile. When describing Rihanna within the article, Adele referred to as her “essentially the most gracious, loyal and humorous goofball of an icon”. Adele herself turned down the Super Bowl halftime present in 2017, however she by no means stated that she wouldn’t make an look throughout one other performer’s set. Like, simply think about a “Take A Bow” and “Simple On Me” mashup in the course of the large recreation?? It might be a dream come true. 

Drake

Rihanna and Drake have had a lengthy historical past collectively. From romance rumors to quite a few chart-topping songs, they’ve been via all of it since 2005, when Drake first appeared as an additional in Rihanna’s “Pon de Replay” music video. Over the previous 17 years, they’ve been noticed kissing, getting (and overlaying up) matching tattoos, and professing their love for each other on the general public stage. Their tumultuous relationship has been accompanied by a Grammy efficiency, quite a few awards, and collaborations together with “Work”, “What’s My Title?”, and “Take Care”. On condition that Rihanna is unquestionably not single now, a Drake look won’t be within the playing cards… however what if it was?

Lisa Rinna

Somewhat-known reality about Rihanna is that she is obsessed with the Actual Housewives franchise. She’s expressed assist for Beverly Hills, New York, Potomac, and Salt Lake Metropolis solid members together with Heather Homosexual, Erika Jayne, Karen Huger, and Kathy Hilton. Given her love for the Bravo universe, she merely should carry a Housewife out on the Super Bowl, and there’s no one higher than Lisa Rinna. The RHOBH star as soon as posted a video of her dancing to Rih’s music “S&M” after Rihanna despatched her a set of Savage x Fenty black lingerie, plus Rinna is understood for her dance strikes, so there isn’t any one else extra certified to supply some backup strikes throughout a halftime cameo.

Nicki Minaj

It’s time for Rihanna’s Navy and Nicki’s Barbz to assemble! Each of those fan bases have a number of ardour and energy, so it’s time to place it to work to get Nicki on stage on the Super Bowl, ten years after her first look throughout Madonna’s efficiency. Rihanna and Nicki have a historical past of friendship, as evidenced by their Instagram posts when reuniting after pandemic lockdowns. Their friendship, along with their collaboration on the music “Fly”, makes Nicki one of many extra real looking speculations for a halftime present cameo. Fingers crossed it really occurs.

The Forged of Ocean’s 8

We’d be remiss to debate Rihanna with out mentioning her position within the iconic movie Ocean’s 8. She starred as hacker 9 Ball within the 2018 spin-off of the Ocean’s trilogy, a couple of diamond heist on the Met Gala. The movie was nice, however the solid was even higher. It might be completely epic if she introduced out her costars Anne Hathaway, Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, and Awkwafina for a Super Bowl reunion dance occasion.

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