Ledisi, a award-winning singer and composer with Grammy Award, sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pre-match festivities of the Super Bowl Lix.
The native of New Orleans sang the song, otherwise known as the Black National Hymn, at Caesars Superdome while the fans planned the start of the match between the chiefs of Kansas City and the Eagles of Philadelphia .
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Ledisi interprets “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the Super Bowl Lix. (AP photo / Brynn Anderson)
She won a grammy for the best traditional R&B performance for the song “Anything for You”.
Jon Batiste interpreted the national anthem and Lauren Daigle interpreted “America the Beautiful”.
The performance of the national black anthem has been a source of dismay for fans since the NFL decided to put the song before the Super Bowl to finish the 2020 season. Fans were not satisfied and made their Voices on social networks.
Ledisi interprets “Lift each voice and sings” before the Super Bowl Lix. (AP photo / Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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Andra Day sang the song at the Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
The NFL began playing the national black anthem in the 2020 season after the death of George Floyd in the hands of Minneapolis police. The incident began a wave of actions against racial injustice across the United States
The pre-match performers of the Super Bowl Lix, on the left, Ledisi, Troy Andrews, known as Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Jon Batiste, during a press conference, on February 6, 2025, at the new -Orleans. (AP photo / Matt York)
The NAACP began to promote “lifting each voice and singing” as the national black anthem in 1917.
