During Thursday’s Red Bull Music Festival, R&B singer Teyana Taylor invited her Atlanta fans in the audience to help her pay tribute to Alexis Crawford, the slain Clark Atlanta University student.
»MORE: Public visitation, funeral set for Clark Atlanta senior Alexis Crawford
The concert took place just blocks away from CAU and Crawford’s apartment, which she shared with her roommate and close friend Jordyn Jones, who is accused along with her boyfriend Barron Brantley of murdering the 21-year-old. Both have been charged with felony murders.
While performing to a packed house at West End Production Park, Taylor paused and affectionately called out to Crawford, referring to her as “Baby Girl Alexis.”
A projector filled with roses and a slideshow of images of Crawford played as Taylor began to sing her track “Rose in Harlem.”
“My prayers go out to the family of Alexis Crawford− killed by her own (expletive) friend,” Taylor said before singing her rendition of the song.
The audience responded with a chorus of disapproving sounds and began to sing along with Taylor as she belted out the song’s lyrics.
It be the ones who say they ride for you
It be the ones, the ones you love, them too
It be the ones who swear they real, not true
It be them ones, it be them ones
Don't get caught up
It be the ones, the ones you closest too
It be the ones, the ones you trust, them too
It be the ones, the ones you look up to
It be the ones
Don't get caught up, young girl"
This evening, a visitation is planned in Athens, Crawford’s hometown, according to Gregory Levett & Sons funeral home. The public visitation will be held from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at Hill Chapel Baptist Church, 1692 W. Hancock Ave. in Athens.
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