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Just Hours After Enjoying Rihanna’s Half Time Show, Shaquille O’Neal Joins Snoop Dogg Choosing Millionaire Rapper for Next Year’s Super Bowl

Published 02/14/2023, 3:00 PM EST

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It’s only been a day since Rihanna’s iconic Super Bowl halftime performance and Shaquille O’Neal already knows who he wants to watch in the next season. While the game itself was thrilling to watch, RiRi effortlessly left fans in awe after her 13-min long medley. The ‘Umbrella’ singer is still a trending topic due to her performance and the delightful news of Baby No. 2’s impending arrival. However, it seems like the Los Angeles Lakers legend and Snoop Dogg are already looking forward to Super Bowl LVIII and they have already chosen their artist as well.

The Super Bowl LVII was held on February 12 at the State Farm Stadium in Arizona, and it was undoubtedly a grand affair. Despite some controversial occurrences, fans thoroughly enjoyed the game and Rihanna’s performance ended up becoming the highlight of the game for millions of fans.

Snoop Dogg and Shaquille O’Neal ‘vote’ for Tony Montana rapper

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Just hours after the world bore witness to a stellar halftime show by 9x Grammy award winner Rihanna, Snoop Dogg posted the classic NFL performance by Future. The clip was from the 2011 season Divisional Playoffs game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints. Also known as the ‘Tony Montana Squad’ by NFL fans, the team ‘recruited’ Future to perform the song that was released in the same year.

 

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As Future began his performance, the 49ers entered the field while grooving to the song, seemingly pumped up with the hype. Much to fans’ delight, San Francisco went on to defeat New Orleans by 36-32 in the playoffs.

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The short video uploaded by Snoop Dogg had a caption that read, ‘Next year halftime show I vote 4 @future’. The post was then reshared by 4x NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal on his social media handle.

Shaq was willing to change his surname for Rihanna

It is no secret that Shaquille O’Neal has a huge crush on Hollywood actress Halle Berry, but it’s not just her for who the Hall of Famer is willing to go through legal changes. In an episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq, the 15x NBA All-Star revealed that he would change his surname for only three specific women. Shaq Diesel even dropped not-so-subtle hints as to who those three ladies were.

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The Lakers legend said that he would change his name to ‘Frank Fenty’ referring to Rihanna’s full name Robyn Rihanna Fenty. In case it was not RiRi then he would either change his name to ‘Cornelius Berry’ for Halle Berry or ‘Thomas Theron’ for Charlize Theron.

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Siyari Debbarma

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Siyari Debbarma is an NBA writer for EssentiallySports. She is currently pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering and previously interned at the Y-East Organization as a content writer. Siyari has played quite a bit of basketball throughout her school years, and started following the NBA last year.
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Vineet Nandwana