Coi Leray, Miguel, and several other big names will kick off Juneteenth this year at the Global Celebration For Freedom Event.
The 2023 Juneteenth: A Global Celebration for Freedom will occur at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on June 19 at 8 p.m. EST, with a global live simulcast on all CNN platforms and nationally on the OWN network.
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Pre-show coverage will begin at 7 p.m. EST. Besides Coi Leray and Miguel, Kirk Franklin, Davido, SWV, and Jodeci will also be in attendance, according to a press release.
Last year’s celebration featured a wide range of Black music artists, including Billy Porter; Earth, Wind & Fire; Jhené Aiko; Yolanda Adams; Lucky Daye, among others.
Grammy and Emmy Award-winners Adam Blackstone and Questlove — both of whom also contributed to the Grammys’ Hip Hop 50 celebration — will serve as musical directors for the event.
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CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Chris Licht spoke about the upcoming event in an official statement.
“We are proud to once again partner with Live Nation Urban to broadcast this powerful Juneteenth event on our platforms,” Licht said. “We want to be a destination for people to both understand and celebrate a holiday of this magnitude.”
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He added: “OWN is honored to simulcast this year’s concert. Juneteenth continues to be deeply important to our audience and it’s this deep significance that makes this simulcast really feel like an opportunity to be of service.”
Juneteenth is historically the oldest celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. In June 2021, Congress passed “The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act,” just a day after the Senate passed the bill unanimously. The bill was signed into law shortly thereafter by President Biden.
In other related news, Coi Leray recently had to answer critics who questioned her artistic talent, and wants folks to know she’s “that girl.”
A few weeks back, the young rapper fired off a series of tweets addressing people who questioned her credibility, as well as applauding herself for not caring what haters say — whether on or off stage.
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“lol I’m that girl. Real life. Offline. In the booth. On the stage. On the red carpet. On the radio. Overseas. And that’s just what it is. Shout out to my bitches who stay true to them selves and dgaf what nobody has to say!” she tweeted.
The situation started after the “Players” rapper posted a cryptic tweet the day before, about the music industry being “oversaturated.”
