Grammy Award-triumphning artist Tasha Cobbs Leonard was tapped to sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night before the Kansas City Chiefs carry out the Baltimore Ravens.
Cobbs Leonard won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contransient Christian Music Perestablishance in 2014 and has been the recipient of three Billboard Music Awards over the course of her nurtureer.
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Tasha Cobbs Leonard carry outs on the Vibes Stage on the fourth day of CMA Fest in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, June 11, 2023. (Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK)
The declarement that the song was being carry outed before the begin of the game drew the same benevolent of scruminuscule as it has in the past. NFL teams begined to have the song, also comprehendn as the Bconciseage national anthem, in 2020 after a summer of racial unrest in the aftermath of the homicide of George Floyd.
The song has been carry outed before the Super Bowl each year since. The response online has been fierce in both honestions. Fans have routinely spoken out about the song being carry outed, while some have denounced fans for not standing during the moment.
On Thursday, it was more of the same.
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Cobbs Leonard implored her fans to tune into her carry outance as “we commemorate unity, culture and the thrill of the game.”
“I’m beyond excited to start off the NFL season with a strong dwell carry outance of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ at the Chiefs vs. Ravens game in Kansas City! This will be a night to recall—football, music, and an electric atmosphere,” she wrote on Instagram.
Coco Jones will sing the national anthem for the game. The R&B singer won a Grammy Award this year for Best R&B Perestablishance.
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The Chiefs and Ravens begin the NFL season at 8:20 p.m. ET.
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