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After transitioning into a powerful rendition of "Halo," the superstar finished with the added line, "He will be your, she will be your halo," a reference to Kobe and Gianna. Mourners, many of them in Lakers jerseys, watch the proceedings. You are deeply missed beloved Kobe,” the singer wrote on a post featuring the father and daughter together. 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Beyoncé, dressed in gold and bathed in purple light, took center stage at the beginning of the memorial. “That’s the kind of person he was. Earlier at the memorial, Beyoncé opened with a stirring musical tribute to Kobe, wearing a yellow suit in honor of the Lakers’ color and backed by a choir clad in white suits. Oregon basketball star Sabrina Ionescu, whom Bryant mentored, spoke at Monday’s memorial. She changed the line "And I'm crashing into you" to "And I'm laughing into you" and swapped "You kill me boy XO" for "Just kiss me boy XO. The ceremony is being held on aa 24-foot-by-24-foot stage, honoring one of Kobe's two uniform numbers. Beyoncé respectfully changed the lyrics to one of her songs during the memorial that was held Monday in honor of the late Kobe Bryant and his young daughter, Gianna. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The memorial to Kobe and Gianna Bryant began in an inspiring way Monday. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows!Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant's Public Memorial: Stars Attend Celebration of Life She changed the line "And I'm crashing into you" to "And I'm laughing into you" and swapped "You kill me boy XO" for "Just kiss me boy XO. And this was one of his favorite songs,” Beyoncé said as she introduced a spectral rendition of “XO,” from her 2013 self-titled album.“In the darkest night hour (in the darkest night hour) / I’ll search through the crowd (I’ll search through the crowd) / Your face is all that I see,” she sang, surrounded by string players and a small choir all clad in white, before transitioning to “Halo,” a tearjerker from 2008’s “I Am ... Sasha Fierce.”The singer and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, were longtime friends of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant, and the #GirlDad had taken his daughters to see Beyoncé in concert. “He was last in my house on New Year’s and he was just in the greatest space that I’ve seen him in,” Jay-Z said in early February at Columbia University. UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma, among the speakers, said, “I’m here as a father, not as a basketball coach.”