'I didn't have to make a silent protest,' the rapper said, adding that the diverse group of artists that were chosen to perform were 'the biggest, loudest protest of all'
Lopez, 50, brought out a giant Puerto Rican flag during the performance, and she and Shakira, 43, were the first two Latina women to ever co-headline the coveted Pepsi halftime show gig.at the time of his deal with the NFL that the organization was “willing to do some things,RELATED: JAY-Z to Advise NFL on Super Bowl Halftime Show: ‘It Has to Be All-Inclusive’“We don’t want people to come in and necessarily agree with us; we want people to come in and tell us what we can do better.
I think that’s a core element of our relationship between the two organizations, and with Jay and I personally,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told theJAY-Z said at the time that he hoped his work with the NFL could go beyond the protests started by former 49ers quarterback“I think that we forget that Colin’s whole thing was to bring attention to social injustice so in that case this is a success — this is the next thing,” JAY-Z said, according to TMZ.
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