Once considered one of the biggest artists in the world, Kanye West has long been a fan-favorite pick to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show. But according to Ye himself, there are three pivotal moments in his career that he believes kept him from ever taking the NFL’s main stage.
Taking to Twitter on Monday (April 7), Ye wrote, “I never was allowed to do the Super Bowl because of 3 moments. George Bush don’t care about Black people. The Taylor Swift moment. Wearing a MAGA hat.”
He continued, “How it feel to be the best living and blocked from the main stage because of being ahead of my time. And I mean all of this before I went full Nazi of course.”
The statement sparked immediate backlash and conversation, as Kanye acknowledged the public controversies that have defined his career — including his infamous post-Hurricane Katrina comments, the 2009 VMAs incident with Taylor Swift, and his support for Donald Trump.
Back in 2015, Kanye co-headlined a pre-Super Bowl concert in Arizona alongside Rihanna, which led to speculation that he might be tapped for the halftime show the following year. Instead, Lady Gaga was chosen to perform in 2016.
While Ye remains one of the most influential — and controversial — figures in modern music, his own reflection suggests he believes his polarizing moments have kept him from some of the industry's biggest stages.
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