Joe Budden believes Kanye West could make a surprise appearance during Jay-Z's upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance , despite his and his former collaborator's controversial past.

During a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast , Budden and his co-hosts discussed potential guests for Hov's Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show, scheduled for February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

While Beyoncé, Rihanna and Justin Timberlake were among the names mentioned, the conversation eventually turned to Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. "Now that he's been announced officially, I don't know if I'm willing to 100 percent close the door on Kanye coming out," Budden said.

Several of his co-hosts were even more confident about the possibility.…