{"id":2288,"date":"2026-06-17T16:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:09:02","slug":"exclusive-alicia-keys-to-close-knicks-parade-in-nyc-after-nba-finals-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=2288","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Alicia Keys to close Knicks parade in NYC after NBA Finals win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alicia Keys will close out the New York Knicks parade at City Hall on Thursday, Page Six can exclusively reveal. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Knicks are bringing in the big guns!\u201d a source told us.<\/p>\n

The Grammy Award winner will perform her and Jay-Z\u2019s New York anthem \u201cEmpire State of Mind,\u201d we hear.<\/p>\n

The Knicks will parade through lower Manhattan tomorrow to celebrate winning the 2026 NBA Finals over the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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, \u201cGirl from Hell\u2019s Kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Keys, 45, still celebrated the big win at her post-documentary premiere afterparty by rocking a Knicks jacket and belting out \u201cEmpire State of Mind\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

The epic party was held at Capitale, which was transformed into an homage to Keys\u2019 New York.<\/p>\n

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Keys documented her impromptu victory party on Instagram, sharing a video of thousands of fans singing her 2009 hometown song on the streets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a New York moment!!!!!!\ud83d\uddfd\u2728\u201d Keys captioned her post. \u201cThe @nyknicks are officially world champions \ud83c\udfc0.\u201d<\/p>\n

She gave a shout to \u201cher brother,\u201d Nas, also a native New Yorker, for performing with her onstage.<\/p>\n

\u201cCelebrating the greatest city in the world!!!!! Let\u2019s go New York\ud83e\udde1\ud83d\udc99,\u201d she concluded her post.<\/p>\n

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In a behind-the-scenes TikTok video played to Frank Sinatra\u2019s \u201cNew York, New York,\u201d Keys rocked her Knicks jacket as she watched the team win the championship on the TV in her dressing room at Tribeca.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s go New York!\u201d she screamed repeatedly.<\/p>\n

She also quipped, \u201cI gotta change my whole show now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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