Then she performed her hit song “Free Yourself” and rocked the crowd of politicos, civil rights pioneers, politicians, policy folks, DC Beltway insiders, and of course the Reverend Jesse Jackson who celebrates 30 year anniversary of his running for president of the United States this year.
Fantasia rocks RainbowPUSH awards gala in DC (VIDEO/PHOTOS)
Posted on December 5, 2014
Grammy-Award winning, platinum-selling artist Fantasia Barrino, who we’ve featured often on Bellyitch, performed tonight at the 2014 Annual RainbowPUSH symposium’s Legacy Affair 2014 Awards gala at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, DC
The American Idol champion looked fab in a close cropped tapered pixie with purple accents hair cut, a black peasant blouse with billowy sleeves and a half sequinned pencil skirt with strappy Mary-Jane heels, accented with shimmery wrist cuffs and petite diamond rings.
Check out some videos from the event including a snippet of her interrupting her three-song set to insert some Go-Go music, indigenous of the Washington, DC area, and pay tribute to some of the top DC Go-Go bands: