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Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. When I was dreaming about

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Speaker 1: doing this or having a career in music, I didn't

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Speaker 1: This is the Process. Let's go, Hey, what's up? This

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Speaker 1: is your guy named Burlison, and you are listening to

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Speaker 1: my new podcast, The Process with Nie Burlison and my

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Speaker 1: first guest, if someone we're familiar with. We're sitting down

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Speaker 1: with the one, the only Rihanna here in Arizona during

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl Week. Of course she's gonna rock out during

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Speaker 1: the halftime show, but there is so much more to

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Speaker 1: this woman. She came into game as an artist and

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Speaker 1: then transition to a mogul, and she has done everything

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Speaker 1: from music, fashion, cosmetics, and so much more. I hope

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Speaker 1: you enjoy our first guest because she was a big

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Speaker 1: into it. You have done concerts all over the world.

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Speaker 1: Your Savage X fifty shows have been viewed by millions,

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Speaker 1: but the Apple Music super Bowl halftime show is as

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Speaker 1: big as it gets. What was it like when you

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Speaker 1: received that call that you would be headlining the halftime show?

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Speaker 1: It was so scary because it was kind of unexpected.

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Speaker 1: so this was one of those things. It was are

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Speaker 1: like seven years, right, twenty eighteen. I think the GRAMM

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Speaker 1: I didn't know what to think, but then that that

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Speaker 1: and that that gets me excited, and I think that

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Speaker 1: noticed a little something that's talk about the Clarne Foundation

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Speaker 1: in a little bit, Okay, but you know, I want

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Speaker 1: to talk about the moment the Internet reacted to your announcement.

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Speaker 1: It almost broke the internet. People went crazy, just like

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Speaker 1: It was real nice to see people get excited about

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Speaker 1: because I don't I wouldn't say I've veered away from it,

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Speaker 1: but it has been neglected to a degree because I've expanded,

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Speaker 1: ask some questions about music. This is the NFL's biggest stage.

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Speaker 1: The world will be watching. Yeah. Does this add a

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Speaker 1: And once I said yes, said there was only one

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Speaker 1: I want to enjoy it. I want to. Now you

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Speaker 1: it was a perfect marriage with Black Panther Wakonda Forever.

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Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned Barbados and it's near and dear

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Speaker 1: My son? My son? My son, my son, my son?

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Speaker 1: I want to give a huge thank you to Rihanna

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Speaker 1: don't know what it is, but that's what we're here

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Speaker 1: to do, to motivate, to encourage, inspire. I mean, this

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Speaker 1: Process crew tapping in with me, and we're gonna do

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