Jay-Z dismisses backlash over decision to have Bad Bunny perform Super Bowl LV halftime show

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Legendary rapper Jay-Z came out in defense of Bad Bunny amid controversy over the Puerto Rican recording artist being tapped to perform at the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation co-produces the halftime show for the NFL and reportedly makes the final decision on the headline each year. This year, the selection of Bad Bunny has drawn pushback from fans.

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Bad Bunny performs on the Coachella Stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, Friday, April 21, 2023. (Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK)

But Jay-Z wasn’t buying the outrage.

"They love him. Don’t let them fool you," he told TMZ Sports on Monday night.

Jay-Z didn’t go too much further, telling the TMZ reporter that he "ain’t got no scoops for you."

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended the selection of Bad Bunny, despite the Grammy Award winner’s comments about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the last year.

"It’s carefully thought through," Goodell said of the decision-making process for the halftime show. "I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching."

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Bad Bunny, whose birth name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has caught flak from President Donald Trump and his supporters given his public comments about the president