Let the rejoicing rise. R&B vocalist Ledisi performed the black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ahead of the ...

In 1900, NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson penned the poem that would become the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Gaining ground as a rallying cry during the civil rights movement of the ’50s and ...

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year ...

most recently with 2021’s “Ledisi Sings Nina” and last year’s “Good Life.” With jazz and soul inflections, her music has established her as a perennial force in contemporary R&B ...

By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Ledisi took to the field at Super ... by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson as a poem, with music by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson, according ...

After her Super Bowl performance, Ledisi announced she will be hitting the road with former Floetry front woman Marsha Ambrosius for her "Love You Too" tour. The two vocalists will perform in ...

Super Bowl LIX is obviously about the high-stakes matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. But it’s also about much, much more. The Super Bowl is a sporting event, sure. However ...

Here's what time the 2025 Super Bowl pregame show starts, who's singing the national anthem, "America the Beautiful" and the Black national anthem.

But before all of that happens ... more than two decades thanks to a blend of R&B, gospel and jazz music. In the mid-2000s, Ledisi broke out with back-to-back albums Lost & Found (2007) and ...

The singer, whose full name is Ledisi Anibade Young, said that she is "overwhelmed" and "honored" to sing the hymn Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The 52-year-old wore all white and was joined ... (L-R) Apple Music Radioâs Ebro Dardenartists, Nadeska Alexis along with artist Ledisi, Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Jon Batiste participate ...