Negro backlash wrapped up in a tasty flour tortilla in her rear-view mirror (here’s to holding on to the YouTube memories), Mary J. Blige performed a rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner for around 150,000 people at the 138th Kentucky Derby over the weekend.
Decked out in head to toe cherry red — a look I now question is worthy of Kanye’s stamp of approval — the Queen of Hip Hop and Soul sprinkled equal amounts of Baptist Church First Lady fever and enunciation on the masses.
Watch Willona take her vocal runs to the races below!
