Steve Stoute Says Drake Turned Down Super Bowl Twice Recently, Steve Stoute shared his feelings about people upset with Jay-Z over his choice of having Kendrick Lamar as the Super Bowl performer and revealed that Drake did turn down the offer. Steve said, "As far as I’m concerned, these artists are getting their flowers, and are getting their chance to perform on this stage — these Black artists, Hip-Hop and R&B artists — if it wasn’t for [JAY-Z], this wouldn’t be happening. So how could you come down and criticize this man like that?" He continued, "I will confirm Drake was offered the Super Bowl twice. Drake did turn down the Super Bowl twice. And I’m sure if Drake would have said yes, he would have brought Lil Wayne out at some point. He probably would have brought out Nicki. Which is probably why she’s upset [with JAY-Z], ’cause she’s not onstage." He added, "He turned it down twice, which is fine. He didn’t want to do it. But nobody’s going to say, 'Damn, why’d you turn it down? You could’ve got Lil Wayne on.' Nobody’s going to connect that dot."