11/24/2016 12:35 AM PST BY TMZ STAFF
R&B singer Sevyn Streeter says she’s taking the Philadelphia 76ers up on their offer to redo the national anthem … and she’ll proudly wear the ‘We Matter’ jersey that sparked the controversy.
Sixers brass came under fire by activists — and their own players — when Streeter’s opening day anthem performance was nixed because of the jersey … which was an endorsement of Black Lives Matter.
The team quickly reversed its position, apologized and offered Sevyn the chance to sing again, but the question was … would she or wouldn’t she?
We spoke with her (and her good friend boxer Andre Berto) and she told us she definitely WILL … coming back to belt out the song on December 16th … and she’ll be decked out in her convictions.
She had some pretty dope words on the entire situation … saying she sees the redo not as a capitulation, but as an opportunity to make an unfortunate situation into a positive.
