NEW YORK – WEBWIRE – Friday, July 14, 2023
The WNBA announced today that two-time GRAMMY Award-nominated singer-songwriter Kehlani will perform at WNBA All-Star Halftime presented by AT&T during the 2023 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game, which will be played on Saturday, July 15 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. ABC will air the All-Star Game in primetime for the first time (5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET).
Kehlani received their first GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album for their 2015 breakout mixtape, You Should Be Here. They also earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best R&B Performance for Distraction, a 2016 single from their debut studio album, SweetSexySavage, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboards R&B albums chart.
A Bay Area native, Kehlani has also been a nominee at the American Music Awards, BET Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and Soul Train Music Awards. In 2017, they were honored with the Rule Breaker award at Billboards Women in Music.
Kehlani has collaborated with GRAMMY Award-winning artists Cardi B, Justin Bieber, Eminem, and Chance the Rapper. They are featured on the soundtracks of the movies Suicide Squad and The Fate of the Furious. Kehlani released their third studio album, Blue Water Road, last year.