# Would rap/hip hop/KL fans explain the Superbowl halftime show to me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 10, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131 "2025-02-10T13:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 131
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131/131 "2025-02-15T20:04:28Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > It’s almost entirely about rhythm and lyrics, not melody or music. You’re right. It’s a wheelhouse devoid of melody or music. A completely different form of entertainment. It’s sad that it’s often filled with misogyny and the “N” word. For reasons unknown the rapping industry seems to spawn violence from within it’s ranks. I don’t see the value it adds to a national passtime. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The NFL is more interested in gaining new (younger) football fans, than appeasing a base that they already have locked in and that will never give up their Sunday ritual just because they don’t like the half time entertainment. There is a complete disconnect between watching a sporting event and a once-a-year block of 13 mins for entertainment. As for people who wouldn’t give up watching the Super Bowl they can and will turn off the half time show and the ads that follow it. I turned if off when I saw someone standing on a Grand National. I can only imagine what was done to the car. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131)._