Rap phenoms, football icons, and cryptocurrency connoisseurs converged Saturday night at Academy in Los Angeles for a scene that only Rolling Stone could summon. At the Hollywood nightclub, the big game took a back seat for a few hours at least, and pop culture excellence held center stage.
The party was the latest installment of Rolling Stone Live during Super Bowl Weekend, the first to be hosted in Los Angeles in nearly 30 years. This year’s event saw a headlining performance from teenage Australian heartthrob Kid LAROI coming off his first-ever No. 1 hit. Ahead of his set, Tinashe, Lil Jon, and iann Dior warmed up excited partygoers gathered under the strobe lights, which included everyone from hall-of-fame Rams running back Eric Dickerson to a Cincinnati Bengals fan who put his fandom on full display by dying his torso-length beard with the team’s…
