The singer, whose full name is Ledisi Anibade Young, said that she is "overwhelmed" and "honored" to sing the hymn ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pregame ceremony at the ...

Grammy-winning R&B singer and New Orleans native Ledisi took the stage at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for a “Lift Every Voice and Sing” performance ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl.

Before Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on Sunday, the Grammy-award winning artist Ledisi performed the song written by James Weldon Johnson in ...

Ledisi just showed the world how it’s done ... years old and I’m the fifth person to sing it here ... that blows me away!” ...

This year, the latter song — also known colloquially as the "Black National Anthem," will be sung by Ledisi. Ledisi was born in 1972 in New Orleans, the site of Super Bowl 59. The 52-year-old ...

(Gray News) - R&B singer Ledisi led the opening of the 2025 Super Bowl with a jaw-dropping performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is known for being the Black national anthem.

Ledisi also has acting credits to boast. She portrayed gospel icon Mahalia Jackson twice in the 2014 biopic Selma and Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story, a 2022 musical drama. At the Apple ...

Ledisi gave a soul-stirring and impassioned performance ... a role she later revived in the Jackson biopic “Remember Me.” She’s also appeared on the small screen in FX’s “Pose” and ...

The Grammys governing body also gave Ledisi three nominations for her 2011 album “Pieces of Me,” which peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot R&B chart. As an actress, Ledisi appeared in George ...