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A Virginia State University student performed with Pharrell Williams at the World Series.

Mariah Redd was selected to sing in Williams's gospel choir, Voices of Fire.

The performance on opening night averaged 13.3 million viewers.

Redd is a junior at VSU majoring in communications with a minor in sports management.

Virginia State University student Mariah Redd took center stage with 13-time Grammy Award winner Pharrell Williams at this year’s Major League Baseball World Series opening night in Toronto on Oct. 24. She performed the American and Canadian national anthems as part of Williams's gospel choir , Voices of Fire.

Williams needed singers for the performance, so his manager reached out to Chanell Taylor, director of the locally-based In His Presence Confer

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