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. 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 “The Black ‘National Anthem’ is being played at the Super Bowl,” Mila Joy wrote on X. “And with that I’ve decided that I won’t be watching. Black Americans ARE Americans. Super Bowl 59 is in the final countdown. Here is what to know about Ledisi, who will perform the Black national anthem. See key moments 🏈 Sports news, delivered 📪 🏈's best, via 📧 Best 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, according The match will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET and will air on FOX during Super Bowl 59. The inclusion of the Black national anthem may well cause a stir among the MAGA contingent, and is so they will 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. The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will face off in Super Bowl LIX Sunday, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. ET. -- a rematch of Super Bowl LVII -- but before the action begins, there will be some 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. 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 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 It was first performed at the Super Bowl in 2021. An angered individual wrote, “This year we will not be watching the Super Bowl if they’re going to play the black national anthem.” Another 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”. The Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," was performed before Super Bowl LVIII kicked off between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes has played in the Super Bowl five of his first seven will perform the national anthem before Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Batiste is the frontman for Stay Human, which served NFL fans are calling for a Super Bowl boycott after it was revealed the 'black national anthem' will be performed ahead of this weekend's big game in New Orleans. 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 Jon Batiste has been tapped to sing the National Anthem for Super Bowl 59. The singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and five-time Grammy award-winner may call New Orleans home, but he is no The average duration for the song is roughly 1:40 seconds, CBS reports. Neil Diamond sang the shortest national anthem at the Super Bowl in 1987. Neil Diamond's rendition of the national anthem is
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