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Toronto’s Jully Black to sing ‘O Canada’ at NBA all star game

Click to play video: '‘Our home on native land’: Why Jully Black changed an O Canada lyric'
‘Our home on native land’: Why Jully Black changed an O Canada lyric
WATCH: Canadian singer Jully Black is being praised for swapping out one word in O Canada lyric singing the anthem at the NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City. Instead of "Our home and native land," she sang "Our home on native land." Farah Nasser speaks with the award-winning artist – Feb 21, 2023

Toronto’s Jully Black will sing “O Canada” at the NBA All-Star Game.

The Juno Award winning and platinum-selling R&B singer was named to the star-studded show on Wednesday.

Black joins Burna Boy, Jewel, Post Malone and others in the festivities.

Malone will perform a medley of his hits following the first-ever in-arena all-star draft on Sunday.

Actor Vin Diesel, star of the upcoming “Fast X” movie, will welcome fans to the evening.

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Grammy Award nominated artist Jewel will sing the American national anthem after Black sings the Canadian anthem.

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Grammy Award winning and Oscar nominated singer Burna Boy will headline the halftime show.

The All-Star Game will be contested Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hamilton native Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam will also be participating as all-star reserves.

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