Jay-Z to headline Super Bowl LXI halftime show in Los Angeles

The music mogul will headline the Super Bowl LXI halftime show, Apple Music announced during halftime of Monday’s Dallas Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles game.

Super Bowl LXI is set for Feb. 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

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"GOAT’s out of the bag," Apple Music wrote in a post on X, tagging Jay-Z.

The announcement comes after reports that Jay-Z was in the running for the coveted performance. Puck News previously reported that the rapper had been selected over Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, as OutKick reported last week.

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Jay-Z’s entertainment company, Roc Nation, has partnered with the NFL on the halftime show since 2019.

The performance will come months after the 25-time Grammy winner wrapped up his Jay-Z 30 Tour, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of his debut album, "Reasonable Doubt."

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His wife, Beyoncé, headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2013 and joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars during the 2016 performance.

Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.