--- title: Kanye West: Fans Petition NFL for Kanye West Super Bowl Show description: People really want Kanye West to perform at the Super Bowl. canonical: https://time.com/4454731/kanye-west-petition-super-bowl/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-16T18:17:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:32.858Z og:title: There's a Petition for Kanye West to Perform at Super Bowl og:description: The performance of a lifetime guaranteed og:url: https://time.com/4454731/kanye-west-petition-super-bowl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa3c5df05c1cdc71/6988a0afcf40a825dec444d8/kanye-west-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: 2016 Hot 97 Summer Jam og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's a Petition for Kanye West to Perform at Super Bowl twitter:description: The performance of a lifetime guaranteed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa3c5df05c1cdc71/6988a0afcf40a825dec444d8/kanye-west-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There’s a Petition to Make Kanye West the Super Bowl Halftime Performer > Sponsored content. 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Johnny Nunez-WireImage by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 16, 2016 6:17 PM UTC [Kanye West](http://time.com/3822841/kanye-west-2015-time-100/) fans have a new cause: get the NFL to ask the rapper to perform the halftime show at [the Super Bowl](http://time.com/money/4648824/super-bowl-2017-watch-online-live-stream-free/). So far 884 people have signed a petition started by Brian Sporman urging the NFL to welcome [West](http://time.com/4447076/paul-mccartney-kanye-west-andy-warhol-interview/), who is at his absolute mostest when he has a microphone, with open arms. The petition on [Change.Org](https://www.change.org/p/make-kanye-west-the-super-bowl-51-halftime-performer) borrows the [same terms West](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/) uses to demonstrate his strong sense of self-awareness, obviously. --- > “” --- Since Adele maintains that she declined an invitation to perform at the Super Bowl because her concert is really just all about [the singing](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7469585/nfl-pepsi-adele-super-bowl-halftime-show-offer?utm%5Fsource=twitter), a West show, on the other hand, is always replete with [stunning visuals](http://time.com/3830889/kanye-west-time-100-performance/). In a [statement](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7469585/nfl-pepsi-adele-super-bowl-halftime-show-offer?utm%5Fsource=twitter), NFL and Pepsi said, “We have had conversations with several artists about the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. 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