Jully is not the first person to publicly change the lyrics in the middle of performing, but she is the first to do so at such a high-profile event.
CANADA - R&B singer Jully Black is turning heads after a lyric change during O Canada.
The Toronto born signer was asked to perform the national anthem NBA All-Star game in Salt Lake City. She buzzed the audience with the first line of the anthem, changing the lyrics from "Our home and native land" to "Our home on native land."
As the discussion quickly evolved on social media, Black reached out to TSN about the change. She said that when she discovered that she will be signing at the NBA game, she reached out to Indigenous friends and asked them the best way to handle the change.
Jully is not the first person to publicly change the lyrics in the middle of performing, but she is the first to do so at such a high-profile event.
The English-language O' Canada lyrics have been legally revised three times. The most recent change to the lyrics was back in 2018 when they changed the line "In all thy sons command" to "In all of us command" to combat the gender specific line. The French lyrics remain unaltered.
Learn more about the history of our National Anthem.
"I really dissected the lyrics, to really sing it with intention."@JullyBlack did her research, reaching out to Indigenous community members, before performing the Canadian anthem. pic.twitter.com/qJezyvdTbG
— THE SHIFT (@theshift_sports) February 20, 2023

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