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Kentucky’s D’Corey Johnson stuns with ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ earlier than NASCAR’s Daytona 500
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One of many sweetest renditions you’ll ever hear of “The Star-Spangled Banner” was sung on Sunday morning, Feb. 20, 2022, forward of NASCAR’s Daytona 500.
Showing on “Fox & Pals Weekend” on Sunday, D’Corey Johnson, simply 9 years outdated, carried out the nationwide anthem a number of hours earlier than the Sunday race kickoff at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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Johnson beforehand appeared on Fox Nation’s “Patriot Awards” and sung the anthem there as nicely, in November 2021.
He’s sung it on many different events as nicely.
That features on a weekday morning at his personal elementary college in Louisville, Kentucky.
The American flag is proven right here. D’Corey Johnson stated he found his singing expertise very early — at about six years outdated! (iStock)
“No stress,” Johnson stated on Sunday’s “Fox & Pals Weekend” program, in response to the hosts’ heat welcome as he joined them after the efficiency.
“After I was little, 6 years outdated, I used to be within the choir … [And] I actually received to know my voice,” stated Johnson about his early realization that he had singing expertise.
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“It’s, like, actually clean for me,” he stated.
“After I sing, it simply comes up commonly for me.”
The younger man thanked his dad and mom “a lot” for nurturing and supporting his expertise — and stated that “with out them,” he wouldn’t be something.
Right here’s one other video of D’Corey Johnson when he sang the nationwide anthem at Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards in November 2021.
