The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona as part of Super Bowl XLIX and featured American singer Katy Perry with special guests Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott. The show was streamed on YouTube. The halftime show attracted the largest audience in the history of the Super Bowl, attracting 118.5 million viewers.
Leonard Albert “Lenny” Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and arranger, whose “retro” style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often played all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and percussion himself when recording. He is known for his elaborate stage performances and music videos.
Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer and singer. Stoner is known as Max in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and also for the roles Sarah Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen, Camille Gage in the Step Up series and Caitlyn Gellar in the Camp Rock series. She has been a background dancer for several artists, such as Missy Elliott, Eminem, Kumbia Kings, Outkast and Will Smith. Stoner is also known as Sally from Mike’s Super Short Show that ran from 2002â2007, the voice of Isabella Garcia-Shapiro in Phineas and Ferb and the voice of Tiffany (Experiment #362) in “Stitch!”.
Dominic Newton (August 1977 â February 2, 2015), better known by his stage name The Jacka, was an American rapper from Oakland, California. The Jacka got his start in Pittsburg, California with his group, Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo’s Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. Newton converted to Islam at a young age and changed his name to Shaheed Akbar. On February 2, 2015, he was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman in Oakland. Prior to his death, he owned his own label entitled The Artist Records.
Nissan Motor Company Ltd (Japanese: æ¥ç£èªåè»æ ªå¼ä¼ç¤¾, Hepburn: Nissan JidÅsha Kabushiki-gaisha?), usually shortened to Nissan (/ËniËsÉËn/ or UK /Ënɪsæn/; Japanese: [nisËaÉ´]), is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
Robert Barisford “Bobby” Brown (born February 5, 1969) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper and dancer.
Miss USA 1964, the 13th Miss USA pageant, took place in Miami Beach, Florida on July 29, 1964. This was the last Miss USA pageant to be held as an inclusive part of the Miss Universe event.
Peter “Pete” Hoekstra (born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who is a former member United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan’s 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2011. Hoekstra is a member of the Republican Party.
Warren Carlos Sapp (born December 19, 1972) is a former American football defensive tackle. A Hall of Famer, Sapp played college football for the University of Miami, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American and won multiple awards. Sapp played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1995 to 2007 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders.
Monty Oum (June 22, 1981 â February 1, 2015) was a web-based animator. He was known for his crossover fighting videos and was employed by Rooster Teeth Productions to animate for Red vs. Blue and RWBY. Oum attracted attention within the gaming community after releasing the hit video Haloid in 2007 on GameTrailers, which a Destructoid article called “the most interesting Halo-related fan movie in existence.” The video has received more than 4 million views and is the most watched user-created content on the site. In October of the same year, he released the first video in his Dead Fantasy fan series. He released 5 episodes of Dead Fantasy and a preview of the eighth episode. He also created two music video spin-offs of the series. The music videos were named after the songs the main characters danced to. The first music video showed all the main characters dancing to Mariah Carey’s 2009 hit single, Obsessed. The second music video was similar to the first, but the characters were dancing to the 2009 single Gee by the Korean-pop girl group, Girls’ Generation. After Oum announced that he had started working for Rooster Teeth, the series was put on hold.
