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Alicia Keys will adjacent retired nan New York Knicks parade astatine City Hall connected Thursday, Page Six tin exclusively reveal.
“The Knicks are bringing successful nan large guns!” a root told us.
The Grammy Award victor will execute her and Jay-Z’s New York anthem “Empire State of Mind,” we hear.
The Knicks will parade done little Manhattan tomorrow to observe winning nan 2026 NBA Finals complete nan San Antonio Spurs.
The convoy originates adjacent Battery Park astir 10:00 AM ET, walking done nan iconic Canyon of Heroes earlier concluding astatine City Hall, wherever location will beryllium speeches, philharmonic performances and a position of nan Keys to nan City to nan team.
Manhattan-born Keys, who is simply a life-long Knicks fan, had to miss nan last crippled connected Saturday successful San Antonio because she was astatine nan Tribeca Film Festival for nan premiere of her caller documentary, “Girl from Hell’s Kitchen.”
But Keys, 45, still celebrated nan large win astatine her post-documentary premiere afterparty by rocking a Knicks overgarment and belting retired “Empire State of Mind” successful beforehand of a star-studded crowd that included Natasha Lyonne, Angela Simmons, Lena Waithe, Jane Rosenthal and hip-hop fable Nas, Page Six antecedently confirmed.
The epic statement was held astatine Capitale, which was transformed into an homage to Keys’ New York.
Keys documented her impromptu triumph statement connected Instagram, sharing a video of thousands of fans singing her 2009 hometown opus connected nan streets.
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“It’s a New York moment!!!!!!🗽✨” Keys captioned her post. “The @nyknicks are officially world champions 🏀.”
She gave a outcry to “her brother,” Nas, besides a autochthonal New Yorker, for performing pinch her onstage.
“Celebrating nan top metropolis successful nan world!!!!! Let’s spell New York🧡💙,” she concluded her post.
In a behind-the-scenes TikTok video played to Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” Keys rocked her Knicks overgarment arsenic she watched nan squad triumph nan title connected nan TV successful her dressing room astatine Tribeca.
“Let’s spell New York!” she screamed repeatedly.
She besides quipped, “I gotta alteration my full show now.”
At nan extremity of nan clip, Keys clapped astatine nan TV arsenic her friends noted the Knicks past won nan NBA Finals 53 years ago.
