2023 NBA All-Star Game: What To Know About Burna Boy, Tems, Rema's Performances

On Wednesday, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that three Nigerian superstars, Burna Boy, Tems, and Rema, will be the headline performers for an Afrobeats-themed halftime show at the 72nd NBA All-Star Game in 2023.

The announcement also mentioned that the NBA family will pay tribute to LeBron James, who recently became the all-time scoring leader in the league.

The game will take place at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City and will air on beIN Sports, Canal+, and ESPN across the continent at 8:30 p.m. ET (3:30 a.m. CAT).

Before the game, Post Malone will perform a medley of his hits after the first-ever in-arena NBA All-Star Draft, and Vin Diesel, the star of the upcoming movie ‘Fast X’, will welcome fans.

The U.S. national anthem will be sung by Grammy Award-nominated artist Jewel, and the Canadian national anthem will be sung by Juno Award-winning and platinum-selling artist Jully Black.

In addition, Utah singing group The Bonner Family will perform the U.S. national anthem before the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars game, which will be held on Friday, Feb. 17.

The group will also perform both the U.S. national anthem and the Black national anthem, ‘Lift Every Voice’, at the NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T, which will begin on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. ET on TNT, ESPN2, and NBA TV, as previously announced.