Alicia Keys closed out the New York Knicks’ championship parade with a performance of her hit ‘Empire State of Mind’.
The Manhattan basketball team became NBA champions for the first time since 1973 following their win on Sunday (June 14) at San Antonio’s Frost Bank Centre against San Antonio Spurs.
During the championship, Keys’ 2009 track, featuring Jay-Z, became the unofficial fan anthem, with New Yorker’s taking to the streets to play the hit after their big win.
Shortly after the game’s end, NYC Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announced that his office would host a championship parade to commemorate the Knicks’ achievement. “Parade. Thursday. Manhattan,” he wrote on X.
Keys then revealed she would be performing her hit at the parade. “Like, how could I not?” she said in a video on Instagram. “This is my city and the city’s on fire. There’s so much love in the city. It’s crazy. Everybody just united, feeling amazing. I’m excited.”
Yesterday (June 18), the parade kicked off, with millions taking to the streets to celebrate and watch a series of floats go through Manhattan, carrying Knicks members, Mamdani and celebrity fans such as Timothée Chalamet.
