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The Nigerian star will become the first African artist to headline the show at an international NFL game.
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Beninese-born Nigerian singer (born 2002)
Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, known professionally as Ayra Starr, is a Beninese-born Nigerian singer-songwriter and producer.
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier American football league in the world.
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London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.4 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries.
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The Nigerian star will become the first African artist to headline the show at an international NFL game.
Ayra Starr makes NFL history in London, performing Rush and Heaven Baby during the Eagles-Jaguars halftime show Sunday.
Ayra Starr makes history as the first African artiste to headline an NFL international halftime show at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during the Philadelphia Eagles vs Jacksonville Jaguars game on October 11, 2026.