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Davido set to perform at CNN’s Juneteenth concert.
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US VP, Kamala Harris set to give speech tonight.
Davido, Others To Perform At CNN’s Juneteenth Concert
Afrobeats star, Davido alongside other African American artistes will perform at CNN’s second annual “Juneteenth: A Global Celebration for Freedom” concert, which will be held at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
The celebration, which is being organized by Live Nation Urban and Jesse Collins Entertainment, will honor the federal holiday that commemorates the liberation of slaves in the United States.
According to CNN, Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver special remarks during the event, which will be broadcast on CNN and OWN at 8 p.m. ET on June 19.
The night’s performers will include Charlie Wilson, Miguel, Kirk Franklin, Nelly, SWV, Davido, Coi Leray, Jodeci and Mike Phillips, with Academy-award winning director Questlove and Adam Blackstone serving as the musical directors.
Also, the show will feature a tribute to the late music legend Tina Turner by singer and “Grown-ish” star Chlöe Bailey.
Although many Black Americans have celebrated Juneteenth with parades, parties, and family get-togethers for years before it was made a federal holiday in 2021. It commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army rode into Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, announcing the freedom of the city’s enslaved African Americans. More than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, slavery was abolished.
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