LOS ANGELES (AP) — Executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced today that music superstar Rihanna will perform the Oscar®-nominated song "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at the 95th Academy Awards®.
Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Goransson composed the music for "Lift Me Up," and Tems and Ryan Coogler wrote the lyrics. Rihanna has received her first Academy Award nomination.
Rihanna is a nine-time Grammy Award winner who has eight multi-platinum albums and 14 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In the coming weeks, the producers will continue to announce new cast members for the show.