February 2, 2026
She led a gaggle of performers in celebrating each singers
We misplaced two very important voices from the R&B world in 2025: D’Angelo (Oct. 14) and Roberta Flack (Feb. 24). Fugees member, Lauryn Hill, paid tribute to each artists at this 12 months’s GRAMMY ceremony.
Hill took to the stage to honor the 2 singers who had a detailed connection together with her. She recorded a duet with D’Angelo, “Nothing Even Issues,” for her 1998 album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She additionally lined Flack’s 1973 hit single, “Killing Me Softly,” on the Fugees album The Rating.
Based on Billboard, the platinum-selling artist began the tribute with the D’Angelo duet earlier than bringing Fortunate Daye out to hitch her to sing D’Angelo’s breakout single, “Brown Sugar.” Following Daye was Tony! Toni! Tone!’s Raphael Saadiq and Anthony Hamilton, who lent their vocals for “Woman.” One of many newest R&B stars, Leon Thomas, did “Satan’s Pie,” and Hamilton grabbed the mic as soon as once more to sing, “One other Life.” Bilal entered the stage to carry out “Untitled (How Does It Really feel),” and Jon Batiste performed “Africa” on the piano.
A medley of hits from Flack was finished after the D’Angelo tribute. Batiste carried out “First Time Ever I Noticed Your Face,” whereas Leon Bridges and Alexia Jayy sang, “In comparison with What.” Lalah Hathaway, daughter of Donnie Hathaway, who recorded a number of songs with Flack, took the stage with October London, who performed “The Nearer I Get to You,” whereas John Legend and Chaka Khan carried out a duet of “The place Is the Love.”
Hill grabbed the mic to carry out “Really feel Like Makin’ Love” earlier than ending the tribute together with her rendition of “Killing Me Softly With His Tune,” with a shock look from her Fugees bandmate, Wyclef Jean.
Flack and D’Angelo have each collected 4 GRAMMY Awards throughout their profession, whereas Hill has gathered eight of her personal.
The GRAMMY Awards ceremony passed off Feb. 1 in Los Angeles on the Crypto.com Enviornment.
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