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Rihanna’s 2023 Super Bowl Music Director Battles Beyonce and Other Stars for a Grammy Award

Published 02/04/2023, 5:45 AM EST

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The Super Bowl LVII is here, and the world is preparing for the epic finale of the NFL. Apart from the game, the main attraction of the day will be a comeback performance by superstar Rihanna. And her team for the day is already in the news even before the performance. Rihanna’s music director for the halftime show is locked in battle with Beyoncé and other stars for a Grammy award.

The world is waiting for the halftime show with a bated breath as it will be Rihanna’s first live performance in years. And she will perform with a team of absolute maestros, taking no chances on the quality.

The Super Bowl LVII music director for Rihanna is in a battle with Beyoncé 

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Popstar Rihanna is teaming up with New Jersey-native Adam Blackstone as the music director for her Super Bowl LVII halftime show, according to Delaware Online. And this isn’t his first gig of the month. The multi-instrumentalist is also battling the likes of Beyoncé for a Grammy award a Sunday before the big NFL finale. Someone is busy for the next two weeks.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Blackstone is an accomplished bassist, musician, songwriter and singer. His entertainment company ‘BASSic Black Entertainment’ has a record label of its own.

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Blackstone got a Grammy best traditional R&B performance award nomination for his song ‘Round midnight’. Megastar Beyoncé got a nomination in the same category for ‘Plastic Off the Sofa’. Mary J. Blige, Babyface and Snoh Aalegra complete the list of nominations.

Rihanna is coming back to the stage for the first time since 2018. And some in the NFL are already talking about it. The two Super Bowl-bound teams are ready to dazzle the world with their plays before the Rihanna and Blackstone frenzy takes over.

A mouthwatering Super Bowl clash 

The Kansas City Chiefs have set up a mouthwatering Super Bowl clash with the Philadelphia Eagles in Arizona. Both the teams are the number one seed in their respective conference and are the two best teams of the season. That makes their clash in the Super Bowl even more exciting.

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The two QBs, Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs and Jalen Hurts of the Eagles, are the league MVP award frontrunners. The Eagles thumped the best defense in the league, the San Francisco 49ers, in the NFC championship game. And the Chiefs overcame the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC championship game.

The game has an extra edge to it as a pair of brothers will face each other for the first time at this stage. Travis Kelce of the Chiefs is standing in the way of Jason Kelce and the Eagles. So many storylines.

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Shivam Pratap Singh

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Shivam Pratap Singh originally hails from Punjab, India. After completing his Master's degree from Jamia Millia Islamia, he joined the world of media with a stint at Opoyi. While he was there, he started to follow the NFL.
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Gideon Mathson