Halftime Review: Dre, Snoop and friends deliver epic show
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Dr. Dre & Co. took the weight of the hip-hop culture on the Super Bowl stage, shouldered the pressure from skeptics and delivered a strong halftime show to prove that edgy rap can work at the world's biggest sporting events.
All it took was hip-hop's most controversial figures -- and one knee taken by music's most prominent white rapper.
Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar were headliners along with 50 Cent as a special guest at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. Their collective performance is one of the best since Beyonce and Bruno Mars' halftime set in 2016.
Each performer offered their own element: Dre, Snoop Dogg and Lamar brought their West Coast flavour. Blige -- known as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" -- sang and danced her heart out. 50 Cent hit the musical rewind button with "In Da Club."
When Eminem's turn came, he performed a couple of his hits. But he seemingly defied the NFL by kneeling after performing "One Shot."