Ledisi released her seventh studio album in 2014, entitled The Truth. The album dropped the same time that she played Mahalia Jackson in the film Selma, a film based on the voting rights marches ...

The singer, whose full name is Ledisi Anibade Young, said that she is "overwhelmed" and "honored" to sing the hymn Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

This year, the latter song — also known colloquially as the "Black National Anthem," will be sung by Ledisi. Ledisi was born in 1972 in New Orleans, the site of Super Bowl 59. The 52-year-old ...

R&B star Ledisi performed on one of the biggest stages in her Grammy-winning career with a compelling live rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during the pre-game festivities for Super ...