Super Bowl LIX Black national anthem performance creates social media frenzy

Ledisi, a Grammy Award-winning vocalist and songwriter, sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" arsenic portion of Super Bowl LIX’s pregame festivities.

The New Orleans autochthonal sang the song, different known arsenic the Black nationalist anthem, astatine the Caesars Superdome arsenic fans anticipated the kickoff for the crippled betwixt the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

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Ledisi performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing" astatine Super Bowl LIX. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

She won a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the opus "Anything for You."

Jon Batiste performed the nationalist anthem and Lauren Daigle performed "America the Beautiful."

The show of the Black nationalist anthem has been a root of consternation for fans since the NFL decided to inset the opus earlier the Super Bowl to extremity the 2020 season. Fans were unhappy with it again and made their voices heard connected societal media.

Ledisi performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing" earlier Super Bowl LIX. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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Andra Day sang the opus astatine Super Bowl LVIII successful Las Vegas.

The NFL started to play the Black nationalist anthem successful the 2020 play aft the decease of George Floyd astatine the hands of Minneapolis constabulary officers. The incidental started a question of actions against radical injustice crossed the U.S.

Super Bowl LIX pregame performers, from left, Ledisi, Troy Andrews, known arsenic Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Jon Batiste airs astatine a quality conference, Feb. 6, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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The NAACP began to beforehand "Lift Every Voice and Sing" arsenic the Black nationalist anthem successful 1917.

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