*Cardi B was allegedly in talks with the NFL to join Maroon 5 during their Super Bowl halftime show performance in February, as she features on the band’s recent No. 1 hit “Girls Like You”.
But according to multiple reports, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper “is holding out.”
“She doesn’t want to do it unless they roll out the red carpet for her,” a source close to the negotiations said. Cardi reportedly demanded a fee of up to $1 million, plus a solo spot in the halftime show.
Cardi B explains Puerto Rico getaway with Offset: “I just had to get f*cked”. https://t.co/xZSx5hlvGd pic.twitter.com/WIhX39a5MK
— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) December 24, 2018
Other sources close to the Grammy-nominated artist claim she turned down the halftime show in support of Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who protested police brutality and racial injustice by taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem before games.
Cardi said earlier this year that she would perform at the Super Bowl when the NFL lets Kap play again.
A rep for Bronx native told Page Six, “The rumor circulating that she wants a million dollars and she wants her own set is false. There was never a firm offer to begin with for a performance. There [were] talks about it, but she was not particularly interested in participating because of how she feels about Colin Kaepernick and the whole movement . . . But again, there was never a solid offer for her to say yes or no to regarding the Super Bowl. She is already confirmed to do a set with Bruno Mars that weekend.”
Meanwhile, rapper Travis Scott has been hit with backlash after agreeing to hit the halftime stage at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, with Jay-Z said to be trying to talk him out of it.
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