At 19 years old Ed Sheeran was invited to perform at an LA club with a predominantly black audience and turned the place into a party.
At 19 years old Ed Sheeran was invited to perform at an LA club with a predominantly black audience and turned the place into a party.
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This is fucking phenomenal. I assume this is around the time he was living with Jamie Foxx in LA before he got huge?
[https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-foxx-helped-launch-ed-sheeran-career-couch-open-mic-2017-6](https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-foxx-helped-launch-ed-sheeran-career-couch-open-mic-2017-6)
Wow dude, this is sick. That hippie chick can spit
say what you will that guy is fucking talented. bringing a room down like that is awesome. he’s not my cup of tea but damn if I didn’t get the chills watching that. mad respect for him after watching this.
Helps if you turn the amp on
Damn this is even before A-Team and all that? Guess he had that song in the bag for a while. Dudes mad talented
The first time I “discovered” Ed Sheeran, I spent my entire 8 hour shift at work just going through his various performances.
He does his shows live, no lipsync. He uses that thing at his feet to make the beats on stage. He’s a great talent and has an amazing voice.
He went pop and by that I mean he started making mushy love songs too much, and I don’t fuck with that, but you can’t deny the dudes talent hustle and hard work.
Great performance. Here is a much higher quality recording of the same track (this was my first exposure to Ed Sheeran, been a fan ever since): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV0TJZ7Kp40
[Here is the studio version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV0TJZ7Kp40) for those that want to hear it a bit clearer. Absolutely love it.
Absolutely amazing, he’s a born entertainer and with such quality help from the audience I got goosebumps just watching it.
My girlfriend and I saw him last year and I was pretty neutral on Sheeran, all I had heard was most of his popular, semi-sappy love songs.
Holy shit did he ever make a fan that night, this tune in paricular, especially live, brought the entire place down. Was incredible. Looking forward to catching him again. His music may not be for everyone, although I’d argue he spans quite a few genres, but you cannot deny his talent.
After watching this I am reminded that I have absolutely no question as to why he became the superstar he is.
Implying black people wouldnt find a musically talented white dude entertaining normally?
All black no way
[G. Love and Special Sauce – Rodeo Clowns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWtfXjX-NyY)
Lot of similarities there. Was this a changed up cover?
Hey, it’s that guy from Game of Thrones. Cool.
How do I get to parties where everyone in the audience is a talented musician?
Black people can only like one type of music ?
Should he be arrested for murder? Cuz he killed it
Ok fine but THIS IS THE BEST ED SHEERAN SONG BY A LONGSHOT
I love his talent. You aren’t born with talent like this. You fucking grind for it. He did and it really shows. He deserves his fans. I enjoy his music, but that was something special.
so this is the story that Jamie Foxx said
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This is one of those surreal (straight out of a movie) it’s so good.
[This is Ed a year later playing the same song at a random street party in his hometown.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I1GoEpMdYs) Much better audio quality, great audience reactions and you can just tell that this dude was going to blow up. Was just a matter of time.
I was taken to see him through my work in stockholm a while back. His music isn’t really to my taste but he’s crazy talented, and he managed to have an entire arena of people in the palm of his hand using a guitar and an effects pedal. It was pretty impressive
As others have said in here countless times before. His music now isn’t totally my thing, I can’t say I’ve ever listened to him on Spotify or whatever but the dude is phenomenally talented and entertaining as a live performer. Watching videos of him at HUGE stadiums and festivals up on stage with nothing but a guitar and loop pedal and watching as he owns the audience is just so damned impressive to watch. Even people who aren’t fans of his music can appreciate why he’s just so hugely popular.
I’ve always heard the story of how before he was famous Ed came to the States and played Jamie Foxx’s club and how Jamie was so impressed that he let Ed stay at his home and made sure he got a record made but I didn’t know there was a video!!!
Thanks OP!
It’s so fucking obnoxious that this sub uses black people being black as some type of extra credit for Sheeran being talented. Nobody gives a shit that Prince made a room full of white people enjoy themselves, talent always rises to the top.
That was actually really incredible. Dude’s got some serious talent.
7:25 WAS FYCKING LEGENDARY!!!
This is exactly what makes music the best shit ever. Just brings people together. Reminds me of this vid
https://youtu.be/cUFVR5sgbt0
The song is great but that “thanks, I needed that” right at the end is the kicker. That’s what it’s all about.
Anyone have a list of his good songs like this? I’m not interested in most of his stuff which just seems like love pop love songs
This is most people who aren’t into his musics opinion of him, he’s an amazing musician and songwriter the music just comes down to taste.
The audience is so lucky
Damn, that was fucking amazing.
Im from inglewood…and i have new found respect for Ed
That was fucking incredible
I hope he ended up getting her number. That woman can dance!!! (And rap)
there is a clip somewhere of Jamie Foxx on the Graham Norton show about Ed Sheeran staying at his house (?) and Jamie being the one to take him down to the club i think.
Dewey Cox did the same thing.
Why does it matter that the audience was “predominantly black”?
Lol implying that black people can’t like Ed Sheeran and this is some sort of miracle
It’s nice to see when a famous person has legitimate talent.
Wait.. isn’t this the party Jamie Foxx talked about in the Graham Norton show, where Jamie explained he brought Ed and blew everyone’s mind?
Link : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mk6iugsZZs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mk6iugsZZs)
The title for this is frame quite sceptically, and thats probably because you know Ed as a Brit pop star, so naturally its a bit odd that he could carry a black crowd in the US at such a young age.
However, dig into his roots and how he got started and you’ll see how Ed came up by collaborating in the early Grime scene in London.
Few examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MrGDFMoIiE- Ed & Devlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cicUtSch8WU – Ed & Wiley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdAWc4h98M – Ed & Skepta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6-15Rwt5VU – Ed & Wretch 32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSuxPIh93p4 – Ed & P Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJtPwd7Njhk – Ed & Stormzy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLF5jWsu_Tw – Ed & Big Nastie (he is also godfather to Nasties girl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=temYymFGSEc – And he’s been appearing on channels like SBTV for close to a decade, making his name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQcpCDX5wE – even showing his rhyming ability
Ed is now a certified pop star and fair play to him, but he made his name in the trenches as an unknown collaborating with mainly black artists, being embraced by the community. They gave him a platform and in return he has brought a lot of them through with him.
I’m not the biggest fan of his pop songs, but the way he built his career is impressive, and the fact he is still loved, revered and respected by the Grime industry is testament to his character.