Shirtless Usher rocks (and rolls) at Super Bowl 2024 with Alicia Keys, H.E.R, Ludacris and more special guests

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was the special guest of the Black Eyed Peas — the freaking Black Eyed Peas — when the “I Gotta Feeling” foursome headlined the Super Bowl XLV halftime show in 2011.How will.i.am, Fergie and crew could ever relegate Usher to a backup role on the biggest stage in music is enough to make anybody go “OMG”?But 13 years after Usher swooped in and upstaged the Peas, justice was finally served when the singer had his own career moment on Sunday.This time around — midway through the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — it was will.i.am.

who made the quick cameo during “OMG” as Usher Raymond IV reminded us about the superstar that he is 30 years after he made his self-titled debut at 15.Now 45 — and in the midst of a killer comeback that was jump-started by his sold-out “My Way” residency that made him the biggest stud in Sin City — Usher is still Usher, baby.And hot on the heels of his smoking new album “Coming Home,” which was released on Friday, Daddy sealed his return to the top of pop with a performance full of fancy footwork and soulful vocals as he smoothly grooved through hit after hit.Making his very Vegas-y entrance to a somewhat surprising “Caught Up,” he veered into “U Don’t Have to Call,” “Superstar” and a marching-band take on “Love in This Club,” while giving the sweetest of shout-outs to his mother in between: “Hey mama, we made it!”Then Usher welcomed the first of his guests: Alicia Keys, who took the piano for a bit of her own “If I Ain’t Got You” before they duetted on “My Boo.”As great of a performer as Usher is all on his own, it was the kind of moment that reminded you about the power of A-list special guests on the Super Bowl stage —.