Yello by Hunter Schwarz

Yello by Hunter Schwarz

The NFL tried to solve its halftime show problem by partnering with Jay-Z. Rihanna shows they haven't.

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Hunter Schwarz
Oct 11, 2019
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Rihanna still doesn’t want to play the Super Bowl.

The singer confirmed to Vogue in an interview published Wednesday that she turned down the opportunity to play the halftime show in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.

“I couldn’t dare do that,” she said. “For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler.”

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