New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys: Queen Latifah sings national anthem before Sunday Night Football game

Grammy-winning rapper and Oscar-nominated actor Queen Latifah sang the national anthem ahead of the Sunday Night Football’s New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys game on Sunday night at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. She rendered the national anthem through a moving jazz and musical theater-informed arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner". She delivered a pitch-perfect performance eliciting cheers from the packed stadium by the final note.



The New Jersey native is a superstar in the hip-hop genre of music and she has produced the Grammy-winning 'U.N.I.T.Y.'. Her song 'All Hail the Queen ' was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress earlier this year. She has also tried jazz, film and television.


Her 2004 album 'The Dana Owens' reached number 16 on the Billboard 200 and earned a Grammy nomination for best jazz vocal album. It was followed by a second jazz album Trav'lin' Light in 2008. It also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Queen Latifah was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in 2002’s 'Chicago'. She won an Emmy in 2016 for the acclaimed 'Bessie' television movie. She currently stars in the television show 'The Equalizer' on CBS.

FAQs:

For which movie Queen Latifah was nominated for an Academy Award?
Queen Latifah was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in 2002’s 'Chicago'.

When did Queen Latifah win the Emmy Award?
Queen Latifah won an Emmy Award in 2016 for the acclaimed television movie 'Bessie'.