Once you’ve been within the music sport so long as Usher has, you make quite a lot of pals. For 30 years, the R&B star has collected collaborators like Pokémon playing cards, and on Feb. 11, as he headlines the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present, it’s going to be time for him to shuffle the deck.

Listed here are the music icons we expect are almost certainly to make an look throughout the 13-minute efficiency.

Lil Jon and Ludacris

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Usher’s “Yeah” is the anthem of nightclubs, frat events, and center faculty dances in every single place. There isn’t any query that Usher will carry out it and, to do it, he’ll want just a little assist from Lil Jon and Ludacris. Whereas Usher’s vocals are a vital factor of the observe, a few of “Yeah’s” most recognizable parts come courtesy of his collaborators. From Lil Jon’s signature growl to Ludacris’ NSFW rap, “Yeah” is a group effort.

Alicia Keys

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Lately, Usher has centered extra on crafting expansive dance tracks and membership bangers however his roots are in R&B. On the Tremendous Bowl, he’s virtually assured to throw it again to his early years, and Alicia Keys may assist him do it. Their duet, “My Boo,” is an early-aughts basic and a particular crowd-pleaser.

Justin Bieber

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If Bieber is sport, a efficiency of “Someone To Love Remix” could possibly be stand-out second from Usher’s Halftime present. Bieber not often makes official public appearances (most photographs you see of him on-line are posted by pernicious paps), so a Tremendous Bowl cameo could be main.

Bieber was already an icon by the point the dropped the “Someone To Love Remix,” however Usher’s characteristic on the observe turned the cross-generational collab right into a popular culture powerhouse.

Pitbull

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Pitbull is without doubt one of the music trade’s most prolific performers of the final 20 years, however he is by no means made a Tremendous Bowl Halftime present look. His collaboration with Usher, “DJ Acquired Us Fallin’ In Love,” may earn him the dignity. The track is Usher’s greatest hit after “Yeah” and we will not think about a set checklist with out it or an look by Mr. Worldwide himself.