Tremendous Bowl LIX is in New Orleans this yr, so most of the artists set to carry out are NOLA natives.
And that features Ledisi, who performs “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also called “The Black National Anthem” at 2025’s Tremendous Bowl.
Meet Ledisi, an award-winning vocalist and actor
Ledisi is a Grammy award-winning vocalist who started her music profession in 1995. She launched her debut album, Soulsinger, in 2000 and now has practically a dozen albums to her identify. She has been nominated for quite a few awards, accounting for a complete of 46 nominations. In 2021, Ledisi received a Grammy for Finest Conventional R&B Efficiency.
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Nonetheless, these unfamiliar with Ledisi and her music, may know Ledisi from her profitable performing profession. She has acted in quite a few roles since 2008 together with enjoying gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in 2014’s hit film Selma and Patti LaBelle in BET’s American Soul TV sequence.
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” was initially written as a poem within the late nineteenth century by NAACP chief James Weldon Johnson. His brother, John Rosamond Johnson, later put the phrases to music and in 1919 the NAACP adopted it as its official music. Following the 2020 protests towards police brutality within the wake of the killing of George Floyd, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” started following the nationwide anthem throughout NFL pre-game ceremonies.
