Babyface Performs the National Anthem at 2024 NBA All-Star Game

[@xart23x]

Dude still got it…so smooth and unique.

[@carvingsgilot8715]

Shout to babyface… he has been doing this for years… the 🐐 goat

[@gaylecolebrook1008]

Simple yet stunning performance I luvvvvvv me some BABYFACE ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@marellamofo]

Babyface is so amazingly talented. Classy as always. And the epitome that black do not crack. The man is 65 years old.

[@dub88acc]

This is definitely a top 10 performance

[@_gr1nchh]

Very good rendition. So glad it wasn't overdone.

[@ItwasjustAJOKE]

Excellent rendition.

[@midorimiller4166]

Picked the right artist to do this❤️

[@angelajohns2853]

Baby Face national anthem was so nice , reminded me of his whip appeal song !

[@ashleytait4834]

One of the best renditions I've ever heard... 'Face is, and always has been, unbelievable.

[@carneymedical]

Very nicely done..

[@kmjr2400]

Amazing ! Beautiful. version babyface .. God bless him and America 🇺🇸

[@johnc4182]

This was insanely good!

[@king_m_eazy__008]

Babyface is the goat, man did that sound amazing

[@TheKensultant]

Whitney, Chris, Marvin, Babyface..........👏

[@RTDavis0503]

Smooth as butter

[@dianejohnson2644]

Right up there with Whitney. Great job, BabyFace.

[@blackhornet25]

Up there with Whitney🤔 She was the best to ever do it. Babyface's rendition was ok at best. I would say Celine's or Chris Stapleton comes a close second. His version puts me in mind of Marvin Gay's version.

[@dianejohnson2644]

@@blackhornet25 Oh absolutely Chris Stapleton on top. Didn't hear Celine Dion but she's awesome so I'm sure she was great. I like the calmness of babybface.

[@blackhornet25]

@dianejohnson2644 babyface style continued with his rendition. He is very talented and it was better than a lot of artists but nowhere close to Whitney. Imo.

[@Em4gdn1m]

You forgot Fergie

[@blackhornet25]

@Em4gdn1m No I didn't.

[@mastapeace593]

Best anthem I've ever heard

[@bonakidgaming1861]

Listen to Chris Stapleton’s rendition

[@dianejohnson2644]

​@bonakidgaming1861 YEP his wad great too.

[@_Story-scape_]

This is so beautiful!!!! This was the best part of the broadcast!!!! Outstanding

[@sallykidwell8817]

That was absolutely beautiful. Thank you babyface

[@cindyvazquez4333]

Loved it!❤

[@TheGeniuschrist]

Fingerstyle in front of 40 thousand. What a monster.

[@iamlyrics9118]

Baby Face cant do no wrong. He knew this song can either make you or break you. He kept it simple and it was a powerful rendition 💯💪🏼👏🏼🤎

[@Mayancinnamon]

that was sweet 🔥

[@danaehernandez6794]

Perfect ❤️🤍💙

[@eugenawoodson3816]

Is it me but, he's playing the guitar upside down?... GENIUS!!!! Just Saying

[@grandma651]

He’s left handed, so that’s why he’s playing it upside down.

[@jr-ii1918]

1:37 🤩

[@henriettaward2417]

Mr. Smooth ❤

[@nanettelamb1519]

Simply beautiful performance!❤

[@leilagomulka5690]

I adore baby face …

[@juicewar1]

Damn so smooth with it love it

[@christinmitchell6743]

All these kids too young to know about that! And it makes me sad that I was single digits when he was wrecking the charts. As a late 80s baby, we were spoiled with lots of musical legends in their prime.

[@cherilynbrown3482]

That was so smooth❤ love u baby face. Fan 4 life

[@pennygibson3963]

Beautiful ❤

[@Em4gdn1m]

Very well done. And only the 2nd person I've ever seen play with an upside-down right-handed guitar lefty like that. edit: oh wait... the cutout. Yeah so it is a left-handed guitar, he just has his strings upside-down.

[@danielberg7644]

It's that tune that unites us. Performed beautifully.

[@javiermori1710]

Marvin Gaye 83 nba all star star spangle performance unmatched but this was pretty nice same kind of feel.

[@ericreeves5893]

This is why he is Babyface!

[@4biz]

GOOD JOB BABYFACE.

[@bulldogneon]

excellent with some jimi hendrix upside down guitar thrown in

[@Em4gdn1m]

Difference is Jimi played with the heavy string on top, though it was an upside-down right-handed guitar that he plays lefty.. Babyface is playing with the heavy string on bottom. Only other person I've seen do this is The Flashbulb (Benn Jordan)

[@Typicaldawgsfan]

Love this rendition!

[@AntonioWilliams-uz2rs]

Everyone else in the NBA was talking about it like he did a bad job but this is way better than Fergie's doing

[@Thomas-fk3cw]

Really? Players said thsa? Who could possibly say this was bad? Absolutely incredible performance.

[@timothypaulino8454]

His voice maybe decline a lil, the guys is 64. But he kept it relatively smooth and respectful

[@rfwalls423]

Simply ❤ Beautiful 🇺🇲

[@andrewcrawford4635]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Awesome performance!!!!!

[@erikapayne6306]

Love love love it!

[@denverwood5290]

Babyface is the man!!!

[@dodokayz]

Just loved it ALL ❤

[@Chocolate-w2t]

Babyface did a great job know extra 👏 👍 👌 😊

[@zondrastennis3426]

Beautiful

[@jamesbondkwon]

Is he playing the guitar upside down?!?

[@lojickse7en]

It's a lefty guitar

[@jamesbondkwon]

@@lojickse7enI’m not sure about that. Look at the strings

[@nealtircuit9373]

@@lojickse7en​​⁠ It is strung for a right hand player but he is playing it left handed, so the strings are reverse from a normal left handed guitar. It is somewhat common for a left handed musician whose primary instrument is not the guitar. He did the same thing last year for America the Beautiful at the Super Bowl.

[@lojickse7en]

Fair point... Just to be clear the guitar is still made for a left-handed person. I play guitar and actually have the exact Taylor guitar he is playing but in a different color. Definitely lefty guitar. But yes, checking out the gauges of the strings, it does look like they are in reverse order. Good observation on that. Jimi Hendrix I believe (who's also a lefty) does something similar.

[@nealtircuit9373]

@@lojickse7en Thanks for pointing that out. I never even noticed the cutaway. Guess I was too busy looking at his chord shapes trying to figure out if he was in standard tuning.

[@JabbarDrakeford-x6b]

One of the greatest to ever to do it

[@jeffreyross71]

That was beautiful

[@marilynbreed8082]

Beautiful.

[@Angel-810]

Wow. Beautiful

[@TonyaHaskins-q9r]

Beautiful Nice guitar too

[@richzimmerman1986]

Awesome!

[@kertinakimbrough3474]

Just here to see the full performance the IG of Spike Lee 😂😂😂😂

[@bogeyman-bv4wg]

Way better than what was done at the super bowl

[@MRIVERA4396]

Phenomenal job 👏🏽👏🏽🫡🇺🇸

[@DeignsByPrincess]

Very nice 😊

[@Ybislvdsvdblssd]

Aaron Neville vibes ❤

[@mikelilly7285]

Yes

[@denisejulien4841]

"Wow" he is so amazing in a class by him self yes that my FACE Never disappoints ❤

[@EddieTheGentleman]

✊🏿

[@racin468]

Awesome

[@cliffordleon5422]

❤🎉

[@richarddoobay1470]

The fact that you guys sing your anthem 100 different ways as a pop song ...... 😅😅😅

[@greenhornet8262]

What country are you from?

[@Sanderson331]

what agreat performance

[@kertinakimbrough3474]

😂😂😂😂😂 IDK I’m with Spike.

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Luke 8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

[@DarkTempler1]

an upgrade from.... Fergie lol

[@itzwop3306]

WHO ELSE THOUGHT THEY MEANT BABYFACE RAY ? 😂

[@raymondwilliams4811]

To see nobody kneeling was awesome. Even see Crybaby James even stand was ok. One Nation Under God

[@DominionAnako-bb7ry]

Go west

[@deancooper3783]

They talked like this was comparable to Whitney Houston's National Anthem...Not even close, not in my top twenty

[@paulmcguirk1290]

😅

[@OGMillyMillz_]

Where’s the black national Anthem?

[@M85619]

In your mother's bedroom

[@catfan5576]

Huh?

[@vick1898]

BRO STOP

[@ericaadkins3383]

I don't even watch football and I know that's the NFL.

[@turk3ysandw1ch81]

I dont even now what that is

[@Alebaca10]

Desafinado

[@MikeHawk-u7l]

You know this is eating LJ up. He wants to sit so bad during this anthem? 😮😮😮😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😮😮😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andresmiranda7875]

😂😂😂

[@OrangeWastePaste]

Dude wasn’t playing guitar live

[@user-eh2ty4mv3e]

You’re weird

[@floresfive8615]

He played it live, his guitar is strung upside down with the small E up above and the low E on the bottom. So it looks weird as if he’s not playing it because the strum looks reversed from what is actually being picked.

[@RTDavis0503]

Uhh YES HE WAS! he is one of the greatest guitarist from the Midwest ever

[@RTDavis0503]

He also plays the guitar upside down because he's left handed

[@fangal12]

Lol, you must not know who Babyface is 😂

[@leonardlong3835]

Got the lyrics wrong. Sorry bud

[@johnw2954]

No that was word for word

[@reverse_swed3n]

This sucked and sounded nothing like the national anthem

[@Hansens1289]

all due respect to a successful artist but that rendition does not exude the strength and prideful grit of the American spirit. That was an absolute snowflake version of the national anthem

[@Turhon-in4pk]

Cry baby

[@M85619]

Prideful grit lol....this guy 😂

[@davidgaskins2589]

Your mom likes it

[@user-eh2ty4mv3e]

Better than your fave

[@darrylbrown8253]

then go watch Kid Rock's version hillbilly.

[@AndreInThe416]

So awful, his guitar skills just aren't there.

[@delclifton6096]

Loved the performance fuck the nba however

[@Figun-Villy]

Still did not match whitney houstons. No.

[@landeno]

Beautiful.