NEW ORLEANS — The Super Bowl is just a few days away, this year being held in New Orleans-- and a native of the Big Easy will have a place in the spotlight during the pregame ceremonies. Ledisi Grammy winner Ledisi will perform the Black National Anthem at Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Get to know more about her career and impact. February 6, 2025, 5:34pm EST By Abdullah Imran Published February 5, 2025 11:49am Updated February 5, 2025 2:21pm Share this with Grammy-winning vocalist Ledisi will sing the Black national anthem at Super Bowl 59 prior to kick off. The Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” will be performed by Grammy-winning singer and New Orleans native, Ledisi at Super Bowl 2025. This year’s event, held in New Orleans on February 9, 2025, showcases a lineup that highlights the city’s rich musical heritage. Super Bowl 59, a battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, is now just days away, and the excitement is building. The NFL has an impressive starting lineup to officially The Black national anthem at this year's Super Bowl will be performed by Louisiana-born singer Ledisi. Getty/Newsweek. The NFL began to incorporate the Black national anthem into its pre-game The song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which has become known affectionately as the Black National Anthem, has been performed at most major sporting events since 2020. And that will be the case once again when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX. Ledisi & Adam Blackstone to deliver Black national anthem at 2025 Super Bowl. The Black national anthem is a hymn that was written as a poem in 1900 by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson, Kendrick Lamar will take the field on Sunday, Feb. 9, to headline the Super Bowl 2025 halftime show at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, where the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the Jon Batiste (left) will perform the National Anthem on Sunday night ahead of the Super Bowl. Kendrick Lamar (center) will headline the halftime show, joined by special guest SZA (right). The NFL is not ditching the Black national anthem ahead of the Super Bowl, and its most conservative fans are in an uproar. As a result, several football fanatics have expressed plans to boycott Black National Anthem performance before Super Bowl sparks outrage and calls for a boycott. President Trump signed a proclamation on January 31 officially recognizing February 2025 as National Sports; NFL makes decision on Black National Anthem at Super Bowl with Trump attending . Updated: Feb. 05, 2025, 5:02 a.m. | Published: Feb. 05, 2025, 5:00 a.m. The 2025 Super Bowl is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the National Anthem expected to be performed around 6:20 p.m. ET, roughly 10 minutes before the game begins. Follow me on LinkedIn Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem at Super Bowl 2025. Batiste appeared nightly with his band, Stay Human, as musical director on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" from 2015 to 2022. Andra Day (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) The NFL has made an official decision on whether or not the Black National Anthem will be sung ahead of Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans on Sunday. The “Black National Anthem” is set to be performed at the Super Bowl 2025 alongside the official national anthem of the United States. But many NFL fans are not happy about it and remarked that it’s rather “divisive”. One of Batiste's most famous prior national anthem performances was at the 2017 NBA All-Star Game. From the opening of his piano solo (which counts, as FanDuel states the anthem begins on the It's Super Bowl Week and New Orleans is pulling out all of the stops for the big game at Caesar's Superdome on Sunday night, February 9. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will
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