TikTok users will hear a familiar voice among the Super Bowl commercials on Sunday — Christian Shelton, the 19-year-old Las Vegas college student who has racked up millions of likes on the platform for his rousing covers of pop songs. “It’s a song of progress and getting past things — and hope,” Shelton said by phone from his family’s suburban Las Vegas home. AdvertisementAn anthem about conquering adversity, “Rise Up” has special meaning for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas opera student and his family. The social-media company just named him as one of its “Black TikTok Trailblazers” to celebrate Black History Month. “I think it’s really special that people were able to feel something from my videos that made them nominate me,” he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2021 13:02 UTC