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Andy Nesbitt

NBA fans were not fans of Chaka Khan’s national anthem performance at All-Star Game

The NBA All-Star Game is in Chicago so they had the legendary Chaka Khan sing the national anthem before tip off and, well, it was something.

A lot of fans were not exactly fans of Chaka Khan’s rendition, with many bringing up that unforgettable – for all the wrong reasons – performance by Fergie at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles a few years ago.

Jennifer Hudson kicked off the pregame festivities with an emotional tribute to Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant.

Then Common did an excellent job of celebrating Chicago’s basketball history while introducing the players.

And then Chaka Khan sang the anthem…

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