The GRAMMYs performance commemorated Bryant's passing with a stripped-back rendition of BoyzIIMen's 1991 song 'It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.'
found ways to honor Bryant's legacy over the course of the night, whether in red carpet statements or subtle gestures that graced their performances. But the tenor of the evening was set early on, in the show's moving opener: Host Alicia Keys and Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men commemorated Bryant's passing with a stripped-back performance of the group's 1991 song "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.
"Here we are, together, on music's biggest night, celebrating the artists that do it best, but to be honest with you, we're all feeling crazy sadness right now, because earlier today, Los Angeles, America and the whole wide world lost a hero. We're literally standing here, heartbroken, in the house that Kobe Bryant built," Keys announced at the Staples Center to thunderous applause.
"Right now, Kobe and his daughter Gianna and all of those that have been tragically lost today are in our spirit, they're in our hearts, they're in our prayers, they're in this building," Keys said, before asking the audience to "take a moment and just hold them inside of you, and share our strength and our support with their families."
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