ET spoke to Ledisi tonight on the Grammy Red Carpet where she talked about the controversy over her Grammy performance snub.
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What I will say and what I’m excited about is that I had the pleasure of playing an iconic figure in Selma, and the song, ‘Take My Hand, Precious Lord,’ it’s been going on forever – starting with the queen Mahalia [Jackson], the queen of soul Aretha Franklin,”
“Then, I was able to portray and sing my version of the song, and now we have Beyonce. Her generation will now know the song, so I’m a part of history,”
John Legend also spoke to ET and revealed that Beyonce went to him and Common and asked to partake in the performance.
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We were actually approached by Beyonce. She wanted to do an intro to our performance and introduce us. You don’t really say no to Beyonce if she asks to perform with you."
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