welcome to hollywood! where an epic party is getting started. the stage at the historic greek theater will soon light up with an extraordinary list of musical talent all taking part in a global celebration for freedom. i am sara sidner. i am sitting next to my man van jones. he s here to celebrate juneteeth on cnn. we are so excited to be with you. this is america s newest federal holiday, commemorating the end, the true end of slavery in this country. folks heading to the greek theater, here in hollywood. and all of you at home are going to see an incredible concert with an amazing all-star lineup of black singers and songwriters. we re going to enjoy a show-stopping tribute to the queen of rock and roll, tina turner. we lost her this year. it was devastating for all of us. but you re going to see something you haven t seen before, y all. so stick around. actress chloe will give us her rendition of one of turner s greatest hits what s love got to do with it? she is going t
had. that inner voice that we so often push down because the world is loud. and i wasn t distracted myself. often times when silence goes, you pick up your phones or whatever your addiction is. some people smoke, drink something, eat something, whatever. for me, i think that s probably the first time in my adult life i actually thought of, like, legacy and what is it that i want to do, and how can i help, blah blah blah instead of, like, let me get this money and this house and a private plane. transformation. but you re as famous or more famous now. you probably have more money now. and still purpose. that s the thing. the thing is that i m not one of those we re often taught to think small and money s the root of all evil. i m not one of those people at all. however, i do think that the moment that you do go inside and sort of open yourself, all those things come.
around pyro and all those type of productions. because i haven t had the best success with those. [ laughter ] but i want to thank you guys for having me. so, yeah. what does it mean to you to be performing on this day of all days on juneteeth? oh, it s awesome. it s incredible. i m truly honored that i would even be thought of to come out and help celebrate this wonderful occasion. yeah, man, i know my granny s excited. it should be nice. part of the thing i think for us is that music, the celebration has been such a part of our community being able to persist and to overcome and entertainers like yourself, when you add your voice and you add your presence to something like this, it just lifts everybody up. do you feel that? are you aware of what it means to us? for us to have nelly here is a
love you, girl! [ laughter ] i love you too and i know what you re thinking about. we re going to check back with you as we get closer to the concert. joining us now, one of the biggest names performing tonight, the grammy award-winning hip-hop artist nelly. nelly in the house. my first question to you is, is it hot in here, van? i think it s getting hot. i think it s getting hot. how ya doing? it s definitely pretty warm out here. i m good. how are you? i m good. i can t wait to see what you do. when you were first getting started, i was at the b.e.t. awarts and you came out and you did the thing. and you had flame throwers or something. you almost burned the place down. there s no telling what you re going to do tonight. we re just happy to have you here. do you remember that? yeah, man. yeah, definitely. i m always a little nervous
i can teach you a couple things chloe will hit the juneteeth stage as one of today s hottest stars. this may be a spoiler alert. but chloe s going to do a tina turner tribute. you re simply the best she was inspired by her. her voice is amazing, and we re excited for her to come pay homage to such an amazing artist. also artists like mike phillips who s played with prince, stevie wonder, and michael jackson. even michael jordan and nike signed him to a shoe deal. playing an instrument, it s almost like a sport. tonight phillips will pay tribute to his legendary collaborators. what does it mean to you to come on that stage and be part of the celebration? what we celebrate in contemporary culture is all based off of the pain of the negro spiritual. so, to take time to celebrate the root of the music i think is a great thing. and it s all happening here