Here's what you need to know about Ledisi, who will be performing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super Bowl 59.

In a move that’s got football fans buzzing, the NFL has confirmed that Grammy-winning artist Ledisi will open this year’s Super Bowl in New Orleans with a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” aka the Black National Anthem.

Photo courtesy of Roland JackThis year's Super Bowl featured R&B singer Ledisi performing the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing." This

In a striking white gown and backed by a New Orleans youth choir, The Root 100 honoree brought the house down with her out-of-this-world vocals, doing incredible justice to the historic and powerful song. Her rendition immediately went viral on the internet moments after it aired, with viewers rushing to social media to praise the singer.

The NFL has done away with the “End Racism” slogan that was painted in the back of the endzone, but apparently that was not enough to make some folks happy. Check out social media and you will see folks promising to boycott Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, still.

Controversy was not to be missed at Super Bowl LIX and before the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles took to the field at the Superdome in New Orleans, Ledisi performed

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a song often called the Black national anthem, was sung before the Super Bowl for the fifth year in a row Sunday.

Grammy Award-winning artist Ledisi sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing," otherwise known as the Black national anthem, in her home city before Super Bowl LIX.

Grammy award-winning vocalist and New Orleans native Ledisi delivered a captivating performance of the "Black National Anthem" at this year's Super Bowl.