Dr. Dre Features Tam’s Burgers From Compton During Super Bowl Halftime Show

Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl halftime show took on ample local flair at SoFi Stadium yesterday, February 13, not only by showcasing Long Beach-native Snoop Dogg and Compton’s Kendrick Lamar, but another regional fave: Tam’s Burgers No. 21 on Rosecrans and Central Avenue in Compton as part of the set design. Dale’s Donuts also had a sign showing on the set.

Social media buzzed with the details throughout the performance, including a marquee fashioned after Compton’s legendary dance club Eve After Dark, where Dre got his start in the music business. Tam’s has a special place in Lamar’s music too, the Los Angeles Times observed that on his song “Element,” Lamar raps, “I be hangin’ out at Tam’s, I be on Stockton / I don’t do it for the ‘Gram, I do it for Compton.” LA-born producer Anderson Paak also performed, as did New Yorker Mary J. Blige, and Detroit’s own Eminem and 50 Cent.

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