THE NFL has officially named the Super Bowl LXI halftime performer – which has left fans in rage.

Roger Goodell‘s NFL announced the Super Bowl halftime show during halftime of the Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles.

There were weeks of speculation that Jay-Z had picked himself to perform during the big game.

Finally, it was officially confirmed that the 56-year-old Jay-Z was the headliner for the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI halftime show on February 14 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

During halftime of the Monday night game, an Apple Music advertisement featured Jay-Z and showed the artist seated in the stands of a stadium with ‘Goat’s out of the bag’ written above him.

Since 2019, the legendary rapper and his company, Roc Nation, has helped the NFL in producing and selecting performers for the big game.

Jay-Z has now chosen himself, which has left fans in fury on social media.

“literally zero percent of the NFL/Super Bowl audience wants this, man,” one said on X.

“Nobody asked for this,” a second commented.

“Perfectly awful,” a third added.

Many also made memes mocking his decision to select himself.

There were previous rumors that suggested Jay-Z and Roc Nation were looking to pick between Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, and Harry Styles for the iconic gig.

Jay-Z has never performed at the Super Bowl.

His wife, Beyonce, was the headliner at the Super Bowl in 2013.

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She returned as a special guest with Bruno Mars during Coldplay‘s performance in 2016.

A 25-time Grammy Award winner, Jay-Z hasn’t released an album since ‘4:44’ in 2017, which went double-platinum.

Jay-Z wrapped up his Jay-Z 30 Tour with back-to-back shows at the Super Bowl site, SoFi Stadium, on October 23 and 24.

The four-city tour honored the 30th anniversary of his 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt.