Notable other performances
What NBA player was a central figure in the "I Believe I Can Fly" song by R Kelly?
I Believe I Can Fly
R. Kelly performed the song at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.STS-122 crew heard this song on flight day 10 as a wake up call. Since its release, it has become commonly associated with the NBA, most notably with Michael Jordan. It also the song was in the 1997 NBA Finals on NBC. On December 21, 2011, R. Kelly performed it on X-Factor as a duet with Melanie Amaro. A version of the song, recorded by the Halifax community choir, was used as the backing track to a 2012 UK TV advertisement for the Halifax Bank. On October 13, 2012, when the Space Shuttle Endeavour was being transferred from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center through the streets of Los Angeles, the recording was played as the shuttle left The Forum, and the song was performed live by James Ingram later that day at Debbie Allen's live show celebrating the Endeavour's arrival at the corner of Crenshaw Blvd and Martin Luther King Blvd. (The shuttle was delayed over five hours in arriving there; to keep the crowd entertained, the performance went on only slightly delayed.)