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Will Cardi B Swoop in for the Super Bowl Halftime Show?

The artist is reportedly in negotiations for a solo performance at Super Bowl LIII.
Cardi B performs at a preGrammy celebration in January.
Cardi B performs at the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party in January.By Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Warner Music Group.

Last week, it became clear that we will likely see a Maroon 5 halftime show at the Super Bowl in Atlanta. For the camp that was less than thrilled (or just underwhelmed at the news, there may be a saving grace yet. Per TMZ, Cardi B is in negotiations to perform her song “Girls Like You” along with Maroon 5. She’s apparently in talks for a solo moment. Yes, this means there would be, for a time, no Maroon 5 at all, just Cardi.

The 25-year-old hip-hop artist, who rose quickly and impressively to household-name fame in 2017, is a hot-ticket item these days. TMZ says that she’s getting lots of offers to perform in February, so, in other words, if she’s going to do the Super Bowl, it needs to be worth it.

When the Maroon 5 possibility was announced last week, fans complained that one of the many Atlanta-native musicians were not selected.

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Cardi B is from the Bronx, which is a far cry from Atlanta, but she is married to Georgia rapper Offset, which is as good as any second-degree Atlanta connection gets. And again, she’s not an easy woman to track down these days, so if she makes her way to the Super Bowl stage, the N.F.L. should be pleased with its fate.