Gladys Knight and Alessia Cara played their respective countries’ national anthems at the NBA All-Star 2021 basketball game taking place tonight at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Knight was in Atlanta to sing “The Star Spangled Banner” while Cara was delivering a remote performance of “O Canada” from Toronto. Check out both performances below.

Last year, Knight took part in a Verzuz fight with Patti LaBelle, in which the two legendary singers sang each other’s songs. Alessia Cara’s last studio album, The Pains of Growing, was released in 2018.

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