Singer Justine Skye kneels during anthem at Magic-Nets game
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Okay first @JustineSkye is brave and I'm proud of her πππ and second the high notes and her voice is just really beautiful π₯π₯πππ© pic.twitter.com/5hVsUu9RD9
β BreshaNila (@BreshaNila) October 21, 2017
Singer Justine Skye took a knee toward the end of her rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to Friday's Orlando Magic-Brooklyn Nets game in New York - the first such demonstration in the NBA this season.
Last year, a singer at a 76ers-Heat game in Miami did the same in solidarity with NFL players protesting police brutality. Skye, an R&B singer signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation label, took to Instagram afterward to explain her actions - saying she probably won't be invited back to sing the national anthem.