The NFL choral rendition of the so-called ‘black national anthem’ at the 2025 Draft had fans seething. 

 A Milwaukee-based choir, the James Weldon Johnson Foundation’s ‘National Hymn Choir’, performed ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ ahead of the draft in Green Bay Thursday night. 

The choral arrangement was accompanied by a simple pianist in front of the throngs of fans gathered at Lambeau Stadium. 

But fans back home were left seething over the ‘gentrified’ rendition of the song. 

‘They got whites singing Lift Every Voice and Sing? They done gentrified the Black national anthem,’ one furious social media user posted. 

More to follow.