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Rihanna To Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show

By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire Rihanna, who refused to perform during the 2019 Super Bowl halftime show because of her stand with Colin Kaepernick, has decided […]

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