As it’s been said, California knows how to party, so who else better to herald the Super Bowl’s return to Los Angeles after nearly 30 years than hometown legends Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar?

The trio of hitmakers, who’ve shaped the course of West Coast hip-hop over the past three decades, lit up the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on Sunday night with a groundbreaking performance alongside co-headliners Eminem and Mary J. Blige.

The show, which is the third to be curated by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company, gave hip-hop and rap music its biggest stage at the game to date. Against the backdrop of a league reckoning with a dismal diversity record and a history of exploiting Black players, the blockbuster quintet packed the event with star power and delivered a performance for the history books.

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Dr. Dre, who rose to fame in the 1990s with the rap group N.W.A., kicked off the show, appearing behind a record booth on top of a stage constructed out of a row of white buildings.

As a hip-hop kingmaker to a slew of proteges — including Snoop Dogg, Lamar and Eminem — as well as a producer on a handful of Blige’s tracks, the rap titan primed the crowd with a rendition of “The Next Episode” off his “2001” album with an assist from Snoop.

After a quick interlude of Dre and Tupac Shakur’s “California Love,” the camera panned down to reveal a surprise appearance from rapper 50 Cent, who began his performance of “In Da Club” while hanging upside down from a ceiling — a call back to the song’s iconic music video.

Next up was Blige in a head-to-toe metallic silver look alongside a crew of blinged out back-up dancers to perform her No. 1 single “Family Affair.” The nine-time Grammy winner, who was the sole singer on the stage, then segued into a show-stopping version of “No More Drama.”https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=coledelbyck&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1493031467487830019&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fdr-dre-snoop-dogg-super-bowl-halftime-show_n_6209545de4b0e224afc8dd10&sessionId=85247bd97c6a1d850c8222e89e06b8c08ddb2812&siteScreenName=HuffPostEnt&theme=light&widgetsVersion=0a8eea3%3A1643743420422&width=550pxhttps://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=coledelbyck&dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-2&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1493033848908619776&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fdr-dre-snoop-dogg-super-bowl-halftime-show_n_6209545de4b0e224afc8dd10&sessionId=85247bd97c6a1d850c8222e89e06b8c08ddb2812&siteScreenName=HuffPostEnt&theme=light&widgetsVersion=0a8eea3%3A1643743420422&width=550px

Then Kendrick Lamar arrived to serve up a taste of “Alright” from his Grammy-winning album “To Pimp a Butterfly” while flanked by group of bleached blonde dancers outfitted in black suits with a sash bearing the words “Dre Day.”

A crowd rushed the stage when Eminem appeared to perform his Oscar-winning song “Lose Yourself” before the entire group of musicians joined forces for a rendition of “Still D.R.E” to close out the show.

Source: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg Lead Super Bowl Halftime Show Packed With Hip-Hop Legends