Alicia Keys Opened the Grammys With a Touching Tribute to Kobe Bryant and His Daughter Gianna

Alicia Keys opened the Grammys with a moving tribute to Kobe Bryant and Gianna, who passed away in a helicopter accident this morning.

on social media and the red carpet, and Alicia Keys just gave a moving tribute to Kobe and Gianna as she opened the show., Alicia stepped onstage and said, “Earlier today, Los Angeles, America, and the whole wide world lost a hero. And we’re literally standing here heartbroken in the house [Staples Center] that Kobe Bryant built.”

And in a move that brought multiple people in the audience to tears, Alicia brought out Boys II Men and said, “We never imagined in a million years we’d have to start the show like this. So we wanted to do something that could describe, a tiny bit, how we all feel right now.” Together, they all performed “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” in honor of the victims of the crash.

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