The NBA announced today that multiple award winner John Legend will perform the national anthem on Thursday, June 2 prior to the start of Game 1 of The Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The performance will air live on ABC at 6 p.m. PT from Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.
About John Legend
Legend is a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter, film and TV producer, philanthropist and activist. His musical work has garnered him ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe and the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, among others. Most recently, he won his first Oscar, Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice Award for his song “Glory,” that he wrote and performed with Common, for the film Selma. He is currently working on a new album, while also actively supporting his #FREEAMERICA campaign touring prisons, jails and immigrations detention centers, and producing a variety of projects via his Get Lifted Film Co.
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