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Ledisi's biological paternal grandfather, Johnny Ace, [2] was an American blues singer who was known for his single "Pledging My Love". Ledisi was raised Catholic and attended local churches in New Orleans. [8] Her mother was raised Baptist. At the age of eight, she performed publicly with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra.
The song was a part of Ledisi's set list for her concert tour The Wild Card Tour in 2021 and performed halfway through the show. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ledisi was unable to tour in the latter part of 2020. On September 12, 2020, she gave on a free virtual concert titled This One's for You: A Night of Ledisi Live. [14]
On December 13, 2019, Ledisi opened her two-week residency show Ledisi: The Legend of Little Girl Blue to Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California. [5] The show was written by Ledisi and her husband Ron T. Young. It was directed by Gregg Field and produced by Billy Porter and Suzi Dietz. The residency show ...
Who is Ledisi? Born in New Orleans and raised in Oakland, CA, Ledisi Anibade Young is a Grammy-winning vocalist, songwriter, music producer, author, and actress. She released her first album ...
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” has been part of the Super Bowl’s pregame performance lineup since 2021, when Alicia Keys sang the hymn. Subsequent performers have included Mary Mary (in 2022 ...
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 ...
On August 21, 2017, Ledisi released the music video for "High", directed by her husband Ron T. Young. "Add to Me" was released as the album's second single on September 22, 2017. The song peaked at number nineteen on the Adult R&B Songs chart. [7] The music video was also directed by Ron T. Young.
Headley was born in Trinidad, the daughter of Hannah and Eric Headley (Barbadian). [2] In 1989, she moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the United States [3] at the age of fifteen with her mother and brother Eric Junior when her father was offered a job as pastor of McKee Street Church of God with headquarters in Anderson, Indiana.