Published 18:37 IST, January 29th 2020
Alicia Keys talks about her tribute to late NBA legend Kobe Bryant
Alicia Keys recently opened up at The Ellen DeGeneres show about her monologue at the Grammys 2020 for paying tribute to the NBA legend Kobe Bryant. Read below
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internet was taken by storm as news of Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant's death broke on January 26, 2020. A number of celebrities across globe took to social media to pay tribute to legend and it would be safe to say that whole world was sobbing on Bryant's death on that day.
However, January 26 also marked one of biggest days of year for music industry as 62nd Annual Grammy Awards was held on same day too, just five hours later from Kobe Bryant's demise. Grammys also paid a special tribute to Bryant.
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Alicia Keys' moving tribute to Kobe Bryant
Due to Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash, organizers of Grammys me some last-minute changes in opening mologue of host and Underdog singer Alicia Keys. During her appearance in one of most eminent talk shows of Hollywood, Ellen DeGeneres Show, Alicia opened up about what went backst and how she along with her team were trying to come up with a remarkable tribute to former NBA legend.
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Alicia stated that she and her team freaked out after hearing about Kobe and Gianna's tragic death. She ded that ne of m could believe news until that date as it happened very quickly. She n stated that y h planned on doing something totally different, but after news of Kobe's death broke out, it changed everything. Keys furr ded that it was a crazy feeling for her because literally minutes before y were going to do something else and n h to figure out how y could properly hour Bryant in his house on that night.
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18:37 IST, January 29th 2020