--- 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There’s a Petition to Make Kanye West the Super Bowl Halftime Performer by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 16, 2016 6:17 PM UTC  Kanye West performs at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2016 at MetLife Stadium on June 5, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Kanye West performs at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2016 at MetLife Stadium on June 5, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.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. However, we have not at this point extended a formal offer to Adele or anyone else.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4454731/kanye-west-petition-super-bowl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4454731/kanye-west-petition-super-bowl/"},"headline":"There’s a Petition to Make Kanye West the Super Bowl Halftime Performer","datePublished":"2016-08-16T18:17:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:32.858Z","description":"\"One of the best performers of all time\"","url":"https://time.com/4454731/kanye-west-petition-super-bowl/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Music","Kanye West"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa3c5df05c1cdc71/6988a0afcf40a825dec444d8/kanye-west-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa3c5df05c1cdc71/6988a0afcf40a825dec444d8/kanye-west-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Hot 97 Summer Jam","caption":"Kanye West performs at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2016 at MetLife Stadium on June 5, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.","creditText":"Johnny Nunez-WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4454731/kanye-west-petition-super-bowl/","name":"There’s a Petition to Make Kanye West the Super Bowl Halftime Performer"}}]}] ```