For the fifth consecutive year, a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was part of the Super Bowl pregame festivities, this time delivered by Grammy-winning R&B singer Ledisi. Backed by the Greater New Orleans High School Choral Collective,

The Grammy winner’s live interpretation marks the fifth time the Black national anthem has been performed at the big game.

Often referred to as the Black national anthem, a pregame performance of the hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has become a tradition at the Super Bowl.