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It was a Latino music festival at the Super Bowl Halftime show. The rhythms were irresistible. Shakira and J-Lo sang with exultant voices and danced fiercely through a quick-cutting mix of their mega hits. Guest performers Bad Bunny from Puerto Rico and J Balvin from Colombia accompanied the shimmying pop conquistadoras. It was an exhilarating Puerto Rican and Colombian show all through! Shakira opened the show with "She Wolf", then a medley of her hit songs including "Empire", "Whenever, Wherever", "Chantaje" and "Hips Don't Lie". To the surprise of many, the Colombian songstress launched into Cardi B and J Balvin's "I Like It", singing it with Bad Bunny. Cardi B was in Hard Rock stadium watching live. Shakira sang in both English and Spanish, belly-danced, danced to a variety of Afro-Latin musical genres and crowd-surfed. She also performed a traditional Arab vocal expression known as a "zaghrouta&qu

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez will be joined on stage at the Super Bowl LIV Halftime show by reggaeton superstars J Balvin and Bad Bunny, and Jennifer Lopez's 11-year-old daughter Emme, who has been popping up at J-Lo's most recent tour.  Shakira in a press conference on January 31st confirmed there was a plan to honor the late Kobe Bryant (who died in a helicopter crash on January 26th) at Hard Rock Stadium.  “We’ll all be remembering Kobe on Sunday and celebrating life and diversity in this country. I’m sure he’d be very proud to see the message we are trying to convey on stage that day,” she said. Demi Lovato will sing the national anthem. Shakira and J-Lo have expressed a lot of enthusiasm since being selected to perform at the show in September.  J-Lo shared similar excitement during her and Shakira's press conference, saying: " Ever since I saw Diana Ross fly off into the sky at the Halftime Show, I dreamed of performing at the Super Bowl. "And