January 26, 2017 – The Charlotte Hornets today announced that 1990s R&B star Montell Jordan will sing the national anthem and perform at halftime of the team’s game against the Houston Rockets on Feb. 9 for this season’s final Throwback Thursday game.
Jordan is best known for his 1995 hit “This Is How We Do It,” which spent seven straight weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was the No. 10 song of the year for 1995 and the No. 29 song of the decade for the 1990s. Jordan’s 1998 single “Let’s Ride” and 2000 single “Get It On Tonite” each spent three weeks atop Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, peaking at No.