R&B vocalist Ledisi performed the black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl matchup ...

Super Bowl LIX is obviously about the high-stakes matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. But it’s ...

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 ...

In the mid-2000s, Ledisi broke out with back-to-back albums Lost & Found (2007) and Turn Me Loose (2009), the latter of which earned her two Grammy nominations. Her 2011 album Pieces of Me ...

With a background deeply rooted in jazz, gospel, and R&B, Ledisi has released 11 studio albums, three live albums, 36 singles, and one soundtrack. Her breakthrough came with Lost & Found (2007 ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ceremony at the Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday. The R&B singer stood on a ...

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 ...