Alicia Keys will close out the New York Knicks parade at City Hall on Thursday, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
“The Knicks are bringing in the big guns!” a source told us.
The Grammy Award winner will perform her and Jay-Z’s New York anthem “Empire State of Mind,” we hear.
The Knicks will parade through lower Manhattan tomorrow to celebrate winning the 2026 NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs.
The procession begins near Battery Park around 10:00 AM ET, traveling through the iconic Canyon of Heroes before concluding at City Hall, where there will be speeches, musical performances and a presentation of the Keys to the City to the team.
Manhattan-born Keys, who is a life-long Knicks fan, had to miss the final game on Saturday in San Antonio because she was at the Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of her new documentary, “Girl from Hell’s Kitchen.”
But Keys, 45, still celebrated the big win at her post-documentary premiere afterparty by rocking a Knicks jacket and belting out “Empire State of Mind” in front of a star-studded crowd that included Natasha Lyonne, Angela Simmons, Lena Waithe, Jane Rosenthal and hip-hop legend Nas, Page Six previously confirmed.
The epic party was held at Capitale, which was transformed into an homage to Keys’ New York.
Keys documented her impromptu victory party on Instagram, sharing a video of thousands of fans singing her 2009 hometown song on the streets.
“It’s a New York moment!!!!!!🗽✨” Keys captioned her post. “The @nyknicks are officially world champions 🏀.”
She gave a shout to “her brother,” Nas, also a native New Yorker, for performing with her onstage.
“Celebrating the greatest city in the world!!!!! Let’s go New York🧡💙,” she concluded her post.
In a behind-the-scenes TikTok video played to Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York,” Keys rocked her Knicks jacket as she watched the team win the championship on the TV in her dressing room at Tribeca.
“Let’s go New York!” she screamed repeatedly.
She also quipped, “I gotta change my whole show now.”
At the end of the clip, Keys clapped at the TV as her friends noted the Knicks last won the NBA Finals 53 years ago.
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