Common and his August Greene bandmates, in the meantime, will lead a host of stars performing on 'Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special' to marks the 155th anniversary of the holiday.

AceShowbiz - John Legend and Alicia Keys are staging a piano-off as part of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland's latest Verzus battle on Friday, June 19).

After a series of rap battles and reggae stand-offs between hitmakers in recent weeks, Beatz's wife Alicia and Legend are going head to head as part of the livestream initiative.

The show starts at 5 P.M. ET and fans can tune in on John (https://instagram.com/johnlegend) and Alicia's (https://instagram.com/aliciakeys) Instagram pages.

Meanwhile, Common and his August Greene bandmates, Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins, will lead a host of stars performing a Juneteenth livestream gig.

"Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Special" marks the 155th anniversary of the day slavery was abolished in America.

Hosted by radio presenter Charlamagne Tha God, the show begins at 8 P.M. ET on the LiveXLive digital platform (https://livexlive.com/juneteenth).

The Juneteenth holiday will also be marked by Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad, who is teaming up with the American Slavery Project (ASP) to livestream a series of radio plays.

The event can be accessed from the American Slavery Project website (https://www.americanslaveryproject.org/) and on ASP's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUIAc2_9HNk ) on Friday at 7.30 P.M. ET.

Other Friday highlights include:

  • Eric B. & Rakim (8.30 P.M. ET) - https://www.caffeine.tv/TheLeader.
  • Cypress Hill - https://melodyvr.com/
  • "Greenpeace: Action All Areas" (Billy Bragg, Tim Burgess, Arlo Parks) - https://actionallareas.org/areas/
  • "Save Our Scottish Venues" (KT Tunstall, Fatherson, Wet Wet Wet & more) (3 P.M. ET) - https://www.universe.com/events/save-our-scottish-venues-tickets-edinburgh-307Q9X
  • New Found Glory (5 P.M. ET) - https://songathon.newfoundglory.com/
  • Ben Folds and the National Symphony Orchestra (4 P.M. ET) - https://www.kennedy-center.org/digitalstage/Kennedy-Center-at-home
  • Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (7 P.M. ET) - https://www.facebook.com/belafleckbanjo/
  • Craig Morgan (5 P.M. ET) - https://www.facebook.com/craigmorganmusic/
  • Grateful Dead (8 P.M. ET) - https://www.youtube.com/gratefuldead
  • Diplo and Dillon Francis (11 P.M. ET) - https://www.twitch.tv/maddecentlive/

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