Jennifer Hudson is channelling Aretha Franklin for her BET Awards performance. The singer/actress, 38, who will play the late icon in the upcoming biopic, performed Franklin’s “Young, Gifted And Black” for the 2020 virtual award ceremony.
Sitting at a white piano in a long velvet green gown, Hudson brought down the virtual house with an emotional take on the track.
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