Mickey Guyton.Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty
Mickey Guytonis taking her talents to the football field.
Guyton, 38, has now joined a prestigious list of national anthem performers that includes stars likeLady Gaga,Carrie Underwood, Beyoncé and Whitney Houston.
Mickey Guyton.Kevin Mazur/Getty/Roc Nation
This year’s Super Bowl LVI will see the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams face off for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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When Guyton first learned that she was performing, she shared her excitement in a message to social media.
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“👏🏾Look👏🏾at👏🏾God. I am shook, I am grateful, I am praise dancing…” she wrote on social media. “So excited to be singing the national anthem at #SBLVI on February 13th!”
“My God…what is my life right now!” the surprised star said in the clip.
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The trailblazer, who last year became the first Black woman to be nominated for a country solo performance at the Grammys — and is nominated three more times this year — previously told PEOPLE that upon carving out a place for herself in country music as a Black singer, she’s ready to open doors for others.
“I truly feel that people have been wanting this change,” shesaid in September. “I feel like that includes the industry, as well, and it feels incredibly good. It’s not enough for just one Black person to make it every 10, 25, 30, 40 years. It has to be consistently. The same with women in country music.”
The upcomingPepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Showperformers are Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. Super Bowl LVI is airing live from Los Angeles on NBC.
source: people.com
