Super Bowl: the controversial gesture with which Eminem captured all eyes at the halftime show

As is traditional, during the half time of the final of the American football tournament, renowned artists perform a special number for the event.

This year it was attended by the greatest exponents of American rap and hip hop such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Eminem.

The latter, at the end of his presentation, knelt on stage evoking the highly controversial protest by former player Colin Kaepernick, who in 2016 popularized the gesture during the anthem to demonstrate against police violence against black communities in the country.

Although many sources indicated that the National Football League (NFL) had asked Eminem not to make that gesture, in a statement the governing body of this sport clarified that if it did not exist said prohibition for players, “much less would there be for the musicians who participated in this event”.

In the game, played at the SoFi stadium in Los Angeles, the Rams, who were playing at home, emerged victorious , against the Cincinnati Bengals, by a score of 20-.

The match

With an exciting defensive play by Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald, the local team took the victory during the edition number 56 Super Bowl.

After a difficult goal in the last few minutes and with just under 40 With seconds left in the game, Donald stopped Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow from landing a pass and, well, he gave the city d e California the victory that I had been waiting for since 976.

This victory marks the second consecutive time a local team has won the Super Bowl, after the Tampa Buckaneers had done the same in 2016.

The Rams’ victory also marked a milestone in crowning their coach , Sean McVay, as the youngest trainer to become champion with just 30 year old.

The halftime show

But the celebration in Los Angeles had started with the aforementioned halftime show, in which the names most important hip-hop artists, many of whom had their first steps in music in the Compton district, a few minutes from the stadium where the Super Bowl was played.

The musical halftime show was the first in NFL history in which hip-hop, a musical genre that has dominated the pop music in the US for more than 23 years, he was the protagonist.

Leading the pack was renowned music producer, entrepreneur and performer Dr. Dre, who appeared atop an innovative stage that recreated iconic Compton landmarks, accompanied by rapper Snoop Dogg.

As part of the show, Mary J. Blige was also present, 50 Cent, Anderson .Paak, Kendrick Lamar and Eminem, some of the most representative names in American hiphop in recent years.

Some media in the US, including the newspaper Los Angeles Times, they noted that the halftime show had been a “proud celebration of black Los Angeles.”