The 2021 NBA All-Star Game is in Atlanta -- so it's only fitting organizers booked the woman behind "Midnight Train to Georgia" to sing the national anthem!
The NBA announced the legendary Gladys Knight will do the honors of singing the Star Spangled Banner at the State Farm Arena on March 7, as part of a tribute to HBCUs [historically black colleges and universities].
In fact, the NBA notes Knight graduated from Shaw University in North Carolina -- one of the oldest HBCUs in the country.
Knight has experience singing the anthem at high profile events -- remember when she crushed it at the Super Bowl in 2019?