Anthem Singer Stares Down Heckler After She's Interrupted at Knicks Game — and Has Karl-Anthony Towns' Support!

Mar. 15, 2025

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She briefly smiled and continued her performance. Meanwhile, the camera cut to the Knicks' new big man, who grinned in an encouraging way.

“KAT and the Garden had her back & she crushed it,”the Knicks posted on Xfollowing the game, in which the home team trounced the Charlotte Hornets, 125-101.

The notoriously challenging-to-sing song has made forslam-dunksandairballsin recent NBA lore.

Last year, Public Enemy founding memberFlavor Flav tackled the anthem, surprising fans and others with a memorable a cappella rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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But the Swiftie and U.S. women’s water polo supporter’s performance provided unintentional fodder when his vocal stylings had some scratching their heads.

“It may seem odd for Flavor Flav, a member of Public Enemy to do the National Anthem,” Flav wrote on X afterwards. “But I had family that served in the United States military and I wanted to honor them.”

source: people.com