While "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was not the only song played before "The Star Spangled Banner" on Sunday, many on social media singled out the hymn for criticism, claiming ...

Bastiste says each performance will be "a one-of-a-kind experience—spontaneous, immersive, and deeply personal." Jon Batiste ...

Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.

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Conservatives are up in arms over the Black National Anthem being performed before Super Bowl LIX. Ledisi was among the Grammy Award-winning New Orleans natives who performed national anthems at Super ...

Jon Batiste opened Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans with a rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' kicking off a rematch between ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: Jon Batiste’s rendition of the National Anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl left many NFL fans unimpressed ...

Jon Batiste transformed the Super Bowl stage into a symphony of creativity, debuting new music, reimagining “The Star-Spangled Banner" and shining a global spotlight on his wife's creative vision.

Jon Batiste sang the national anthem ahead of Super Bowl on Sunday, February 9, and the timing of it caused chaos with ...

The seven-time Grammy winner and Louisiana native sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the field at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday.

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Batiste’s emotional delivery of the national anthem followed Lady Gaga’s performance of the Top Gun: Maverick anthem “Hold My Hand,” the Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band and Master P, ...