Dr Dre paid subtle tribute to Tupac in Super Bowl halftime show

There had been plenty of speculation surrounding a Tupac tribute on the night

Dr Dre. paid tribute to the late Tupac Shakur during his incredible Super Bowl halftime show this weekend.

During the interval at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, Dre was joined by Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and even 50 Cent for a show of wall-to-wall classics and anthems.

And with the show taking place in California and featuring two of Tupac’s friends and collaborators, many had wondered whether there would be any nods to the great rapper who was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1996.

There had even been rumours of a hologram of him appearing during the performance – but in the end, Dre’s tribute to his friend was much more subtle and poignant.

During a slower part of the show, Dre sat down at a piano and played the first few bars of Tupac’s hit “I Ain’t Mad At Cha.”

Anderson Paak on the drums and Dre Dre with a piano tribute to Tupac Shakur at the Super Bowl Halftime show 😤🔥#IAintMadAtYa pic.twitter.com/rCkZbKXhTt

— Dallas Cowboys Collaboration (@mailman_phil) February 14, 2022

It was an emotional moment in a halftime show that many are saying challenges for the title of the greatest Super Bowl halftime performance of all time.

This is it. Right here. Eminem takes a knee as Dr. Dre plays Tupac’s I ain’t mad at cha on the piano. Here’s when I lost it pic.twitter.com/uDIaSYJJB8

— Luis Miguel Echegaray (@lmechegaray) February 14, 2022