Mariah performed the song “America The Beautiful” on June 5, 1990, before Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Portland Trail Blazers at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. “None of the players, none of the fans knew who I was when I walked in,” Mariah explained on her memoir, The Meaning Of Mariah Carey, “but they would remember me when I walked out.”