In February, Los Angeles rapper Kendrick Lamar held a Super Bowl Lix halftime show, but it was 41-year-old protester Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu who stole some headlines. While Lamar was playing, Nantumbu took out the pro-Palestinian and Sudan flags on stage, pushing out the message “Sudan and Frigaza.”
Previously, Nantumbu received an a Federal Judgment He has the alternative name “Adonis Jefferson” over “identification fraud.” (Related: Justin Tucker, who was suspended by the NFL for most of next season after serious allegations)
Fast forward five months, Nantumbu is currently arrested by Louisiana State Police, and they also revealed that he was named a “victim” in the Miami shooting involving former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown.
“In conjunction with the National Football League, the Troopers learned that Nantumbu has permission to join the field during their performance, but Louisiana State Police have said about the Super Bowl halftime incident.
destruction: @lastatepolice Kwame Nantambu gets in the way and arrests @superbowl New Orleans performance. The trooper says he deviated from the role he was assigned as a halftime performer and retrieved the flag containing the message “Sudan and Freegaza.” @fox8nola pic.twitter.com/l20sg5ngxq
– Chris Welty (@chris_r_welty) June 26, 2025
After Nantumbu gave up on himself, his booking process took place at the Orleans Parish Judicial Centre, where he resisted the officer and obstructed the peace charges after security attempting to detain him while fleeing at the Caesars Superdome.
He was found in an investigation he hired to protest as performer Nantumbu left the planned choreography. When you talk Al Jazeera Previously he admitted that he was inspired by Islam.
In another case, former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown was hit with attempted murder charges allegedly fired a gun during a confrontation in May at a boxing event for popular streamer Adinross in South Florida. Nantumbu, who was at the scene of the alleged crime, told police that the bullet “grazing his neck.”