Ledisi took to the sector at Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday to ship a strong efficiency of “Elevate Each Voice and Sing.”
Ledisi, a New Orleans native, was joined in the course of the pregame portion of the sport by 125 youth choir members from the Higher New Orleans Excessive College Chorale Collective to carry out the track in honor of its a hundred and twenty fifth anniversary.
The track, which is known as “The Black Nationwide Anthem,” was written in 1900 by NAACP chief James Weldon Johnson as a poem, with music by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson, in accordance with the NAACP web site. The track was first carried out that yr by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at a segregated faculty in Florida the place James Weldon Johnson served as principal. That efficiency additionally was a part of a celebration of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
Watch Ledisi’s Tremendous Bowl efficiency beneath.
Tremendous Bowl LIX is happening at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans and airing dwell on Fox. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are going through off once more after assembly up within the huge recreation two years in the past, when the Chiefs prevailed.
That is the Chiefs’ their third straight Tremendous Bowl after successful in each 2023 and 2024. The Chiefs triumphed over the San Francisco 49ers final yr. Additionally they gained in 1970 and in 2020.
This marks the second time in three years that the Eagles have made it to the sport, and the fifth time in franchise historical past. The Eagles have one Tremendous Bowl win to their credit score, in 2018.
If Kansas Metropolis triumphs on the recreation, it could change into the primary workforce to win three straight Tremendous Bowls.
Additionally in the course of the pregame leisure, Jon Batiste carried out the Nationwide Anthem, and Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle carried out “America the Stunning.” Different performers included Woman Gaga and Harry Connick Jr. with jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, the Soul Rebels and the Unique Pinettes.
Take a look at The Hollywood Reporter‘s Tremendous Bowl protection right here.
