Black artists carry the torch of the Black Las Vegas performers before them.
Nakylah Carter, Sabina Ghebremedhin and Monica DelaRosaSandy Kenyon speaks on the new one-hour ABC primetime special " Black in Vegas" which honors Black entertainers ruling the historic strip.Las Vegas has been an epicenter for entertainers since the 1950s, but Black performers have always had trouble reaping the benefits of their success in the desert oasis.
"If not for the struggles they endured, there would be no possibility of somebody like me getting to go back to my hometown and perform on some of the biggest stages in Vegas." Ne-Yo talks about performing in Vegas today in the ABC News special,"Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas," airing Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET on ABC, next day on Hulu.
Eight-time Grammy-award-winning artist Usher, meanwhile, has made his mark in Vegas with two previous residencies and another residency debuting this March. The next year, he sold out all 25 of his shows during his second residency at the Dolby Live at Park MGM, a larger venue seating 5,200 people."I'm skating on stage, there's a strip club on the stage, there's Ush-bucks flying all over the place. You got girls literally hovering in the air, almost 30 feet in the air, and this is of some culture that you've never experienced, but you feel like you have," he told ABC News.
"When I hear the story about how the Rat Pack did their thing, and how they would show up at each other's shows and they would support each other," Usher said, "we're kind of like the new Rat Pack."
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