Three Nigerian superstars have been named as the headlining performers for the NBA All-Star Game halftime show in 2023.
Burna Boy, 2023 Grammy Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated singer and producer Tems, and rapper and singer Rema will anchor an Afrobeats-themed performance this Sunday night (Feb. 19) at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, which will air on TNT.
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Following the performance, the NBA will honor LeBron James for becoming the league’s all-time leading scorer. The NBA All-Star Game will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET. Following the first-ever in-arena NBA All-Star Draft (7:30 p.m. ET), global superstar Post Malone will perform a medley of hits, and Vin Diesel, star of the upcoming “Fast X” film, will welcome fans to the evening.
On Sunday for the NBA All-Star Game, Jewel, a Payson, Utah native and GRAMMY Award-nominated artist, will sing the American national anthem, and Jully Black, a JUNO Award-winning and platinum-selling artist, will sing the Canadian national anthem.
The Bonner Family, a Utah singing group, will perform the national anthem before the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars, which will air on TNT on Friday, Feb. 17 at 9 p.m. ET. The group will also perform the U.S. national anthem and the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice,” as previously announced, at the NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T, which will begin on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 4 p.m. ET on TNT, ESPN2, and NBA TV.
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