Read more“I think it would be cool if Maroon 5 backed out of Super Bowl like Rihanna did,” comedian Amy Schumer wrote on Instagram last year. “I personally told my reps I wouldn’t do a Super Bowl commercial this year. Beyoncé referenced the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter movement during her half-time show at Super Bowl 50 in 2016. Ticket resellers are asking in excess of $15,000 each for some Super Bowl seats – an amount that represents six months’ income for many households. “We’re welcoming the NFL and Super Bowl to our city,” Bernice King, his youngest child and CEO of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, said during a panel discussion this week.

Source: The Guardian February 01, 2019 06:01 UTC