Super Bowl

Al Sharpton didn't have a dog in the Super Bowl fight other than rooting for Kendrick Lamar's halftime show -- and he's dropping some historic stats on anyone who says his performance was too Black!

TMZ Hip Hop hooked up with the reverend Tuesday in NYC, just as news broke that Kendrick had broken the NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show record with 133.5 million watching it in real time!!!

Al certifies K. Dot's halftime as the best ever, and will surely buy a mug to hold all those tears conservatives might be shedding over the Super Bowl set.

11:56 AM PT -- C.J. Gardner-Johnson's parents, Brian and Del, joined Harvey and Charles on "TMZ Live" on Tuesday ... and said they're not sweating the cyber attacks one bit.

In fact, they told the guys the joke's on all their new haters ... 'cause King's Grill has actually been closed since late January!

The two say they've become owners and operators of a new restaurant in the Cocoa, Fl. area called Village Bier Garten in wake of King's Grill's shuttering ... and Del's adamant they're "going to be fine regardless of who posts what or says anything."

"We're good," she said.

Del and Brian say they're planning to attend the Super Bowl parade in Philly later this week -- before Gardner-Johnson is honored in Florida with a key to the city.

A restaurant belonging to C.J. Gardner-Johnson's mom was bombarded by an onslaught of negative reviews on Monday ... a short time after the Philadelphia Eagles star took a jab at Travis Kelce's relationship with Taylor Swift.

The Philadephia Eagles will be extra lit at their championship parade on Friday ... Don Julio's sending the Super Bowl champs custom bottles to celebrate!

It started when the Birds celebrated the SB 59 win with DJ 1942 in the Superdome locker room Sunday night ... and the premium tequila maker took notice, and decided they wanted to do something for the team.

TMZ Sports has learned the Eagles will receive 80 bottles of Don Julio 1942 ... each engraved with "Super Bowl Champions" on the amber-colored bottle.

D.L. Hughley is railing against everyone critical of Kendrick Lamar's halftime show ... coming to his defense in a major way!

TMZ caught up with the outspoken comedian on the heels of the rapper's multi-layered performance, which some detractors dissed as boring ... but D.L. sees the whole conversation as a win win for Lamar.

D.L. feels white Americans only pay attention to Black Americans when they speak up as athletes or entertainers -- y'know, running, singing, dancing, or telling jokes.

Drake and his OVO Sound compadre PartyNextDoor are putting Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show shots at them in their rearview mirror ... as they they try to respond to that huge moment in the culture.

Drake and Party unveiled the album cover art Tuesday for their new joint project, "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U," which drops, appropriately, on Friday ... Valentine's Day.

The album cover sets the mood featuring 2 models in fur coats braving the Toronto tundra, and Drake has been teasing some of the songs down in Australia during his "Anita Max Wynn" tour.

Kanye West’s website, Yeezy.com, and all the Nazi-loving hate it housed are now off the grid -- the site’s officially offline.

Just a day before the site went dark, it was selling one thing: a white shirt with a black swastika -- something people saw after Ye dropped $8 mil on a 30-second Super Bowl ad directing them to his site.

The merch dropped right after Kanye’s antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic rant, where he straight-up called himself a Nazi and professed his love for Adolf Hitler -- but Shopify, which handled all sales from the site, bailed due to the content.

Jason Kelce is happy and sad at the same damn time ... saying on one hand, he's thrilled his former team won the Super Bowl -- but on the other?? He's taking Travis' loss hard.

After spending a day to gather his thoughts, the Philadelphia Eagles legend shared how he felt following the Birds' 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs ... laying it out in what he dubbed "the longest tweet ever."

The future Hall of Famer first explained what it was like to essentially root for both sides ... saying he now understands how things were for his parents when they had to watch the two brothers face off in Super Bowl LVII.

GloRilla is sharing the Kansas City Chiefs' grief in losing the Super Bowl -- after betting on Patrick Mahomes and the boys, and coming back more than $100K poorer!!!

A dejected GloRilla revealed she lost her $128,000 wager immediately after SBLIX ended last night ... a complete 180 from her earlier post when she was giddy with Megan Thee Stallion in a luxury suite.

But wait, there's more!!!

Chris Candy has a pretty good feeling about how his legendary dad, John Candy, would’ve reacted to his Dunkin' Super Bowl ad cameo ... and he clued TMZ in.

The late comedy star was also a die-hard football fan -- even co-owning the Toronto Argonauts -- so Chris tells TMZ his father would’ve been immensely proud and blown away by his part in the star-studded commercial during the big game.

Chris admits he had no idea he’d booked a Super Bowl commercial -- only weeks later, after production kept getting delayed by wildfires, did he realize how huge it was when he finally showed up on set ... and stars were all over the place, including Ben Affleck, who also directed the spot.

A whole crew of celebs dipped into the Raising Cane’s Super Bowl LIX suites Sunday night ... and from the looks of it, the only thing hotter than the wings was the party!

It was a Hollywood who's who in the suites -- Jessica Alba, Orlando Bloom, Odell Beckham Jr., Flavor Flav, Shane Gillis, Zach Bryan, Gabrielle Union, Peso Pluma, Kevin Hart, Rich The Kid, and Quavo were among many kicking back with Raising Cane’s owner Todd Graves, soaking in the game and having a cluckin' good time.

The vibes were through the roof with Kai Cenat in the mix, sampling the game and loading up on some snacks.

Jalen Hurts already has a new teammate -- the Super Bowl MVP hit up Disney World on Monday to celebrate the Eagles' big win ... hanging out with Mickey Mouse as he addressed a sea of excited Philly fans!!

Fresh off the dominant night in New Orleans, the superstar quarterback jetted down to Orlando to take the party to the self-proclaimed "Happiest Place on Earth."

Hurts -- who had 221 yards and two touchdowns in the air and 72 yards and another score on the ground against the Chiefs -- didn't look one bit tired from all the postgame festivities ... grinning from ear-to-ear as he went through the park on a float with the Mouse.

The guy even got in some roller coasters during his visit ... so safe to say he took it easy enough with his teammates.

Hurts at one point led the crowd in an "E-A-G-L-E-S" chant ... and they responded by yelling out "M-V-P" in return.

The Philadelphia Eagles had plenty of energy left after routing the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX -- and they spent it partying with star rapper BigXthaPlug and their diehard fans!!!

TMZ Hip Hop and Sports both obtained footage of the Eagles' official SB after-party in NOLA last night ... the "Take Care" rapper commanded the stage in the same fashion he did during his sold-out tour, and the Eagles winners stood in the back like hype men boosting the show!!!

BigX hails from Texas but the Eagles used his music for fuel this season ... they even walked out to his inspirational hit track "Change Me" -- and you can't argue with the results!!!

Kanye West pulled some very expensive, very antisemitic wool over the eyes of FOX when he purchased his Super Bowl Sunday TV ad ... TMZ has learned.

The 30-second spot, which Kanye says he shot on his iPhone, shocked a lot of viewers ... seeing as how the rapper had just gone on a horrible antisemitic rant -- flatly declaring on Friday, "I'm a Nazi."

Sources with direct knowledge tell us FOX actually approved the ad Friday to air Sunday in 3 markets -- L.A., Philly and Atlanta -- but that process was purely based on 2 things ... the content of the ad, and the website it was promoting, yeezy.com.

Kanye West is using his $8 million Super Bowl commercial to sell $20 shirts featuring nothing more than a hate symbol.

The rapper's website, Yeezy dot com, has only one thing for sale at the moment ... a white shirt emblazoned with a black swastika.

Kanye shelled out $8 million for a 30-second ad during the TV broadcast for Super Bowl LIX ... encouraging folks to go to his website ... and anyone following through is now being greeted by a swastika shirt.

Cara Delevingne hit up the Super Bowl, but forget the game -- she was all about some quality buddy time with Machine Gun Kelly.

Check out this vid -- Cara and MGK were kicking it on the suites level at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans Sunday. When MGK did a double take to say hey to a buddy in a suite, Cara just hung back, patiently waiting for his return.

Don’t get it twisted -- these two are just pals! Cara’s dating singer Minke, while MGK’s still recovering from his rollercoaster relationship with Megan Fox.

C.J. Gardner-Johnson had little interest in taking high roads following the Eagles' Super Bowl win ... he danced all over his haters' graves Sunday night in a chat with TMZ Sports -- and Philadelphia fans will no doubt love it.

We caught up with the safety in New Orleans just after he and the Birds crushed the Chiefs, 40-22, and he took more than a few seconds to gloat about the big victory.

CJGJ proclaimed Philly "put belt to ass" on Kansas City ... before he fired off a message to his detractors who he believed shaded him earlier in the season.