Jay-Z finally takes the stage he’s spent years producing. The NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation confirmed Monday night that the 25-time Grammy winner will headline the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show on February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
The announcement dropped during Monday Night Football on October 26, 2026, with a black-and-white clip of the 56-year-old mogul sitting in a stadium surrounded by goats. The tagline: “GOAT’s out of the bag.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he had one request when the league first reached an agreement with Roc Nation: that Jay-Z take the stage himself “whenever the moment felt right to him.”
“From ‘Reasonable Doubt’ to standing on the Super Bowl halftime stage, this has been a journey,” Jay-Z said in a statement. “Thirty years of music, work, and culture on
Roc Nation has shaped the halftime show since 2019, executive producing sets for Rihanna, Usher, and Kendrick Lamar. This marks Jay-Z’s first time performing on that stage himself.
The timing lines up with his “Jay-Z 30” tour, celebrating 30 years of Reasonable Doubt and 25 years of The Blueprint.
