Anderson .Paak and Jay Rock Perform Powerful New Protest Song 'Lockdown' at the 2020 BET Awards

As protesters continue to take to the streets throughout the world, Bon Jovi is supporting the Black Lives Matter movement with a timely new single.

Eminem has teamed up for a fiery new collaboration with Kid Cudi, taking aim at New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, and police brutality towards African Americans.The new song, The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady, dropped on Friday (July 10, 2020), and is their first-ever collaboration.Eminem and Cudi trade topical bars on subjects such as “dirty cops”, and the “debate” over whether or not to wear masks.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady,” a new tag-team single with Kid Cudi, Eminem slams New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, police violence and offers some characteristically intricate rhymes about the coronavirus pandemic, George Floyd, protests and the messed-up state of the world.In a dig most likely inspired by Brees’ comments last month that he’d “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag” by kneeling during the National Anthem — addressing

Eminem and Kid Cudi get a lot off their chests in the “Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady,” their fiery first collaboration.The new track, which dropped at midnight, crams-in all the hot-button topics that are keeping up Em, Kid and the rest of us, from the ridiculous debate over whether or not to wear masks, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, the police killing of African Americans, “dirty” cops and much more."Adventures" is wall-to-wall frustration, rap's sign o' the times.

Alicia Keys has shared a powerful new video for her recent track ‘Perfect Way To Die’.The video doubled up as her performance at this week’s virtual BET Awards – watch it below.The new video, directed by Chris Robinson, sees Keys sat at the piano while images of people killed as a result of police brutality, including George Floyd, are projected onto buildings.Revealing the reasons behind the song on its release last month, Keys said: “Of course there is no perfect way to die.

R&B music sensation Ashanti has been more low-key in recent months and has switched things up a bit after the COVID-19 pandemic started dominating the headlines around the globe. Ja Rule’s frequent collaborator has also turned her focus to social justice and even attended a protest in New York following the death of George Floyd.

DaBaby debuted a controversial pre-taped performance of “Rockstar” on Sunday’s 20th annual BET Awards in which he reenacted George Floyd’s death.The show went entirely virtual for the first time ever due to concerns over the coronavirus, which has shut down major film, TV and music productions and forced award shows to reassess how and when they’ll air.

The Black Lives Matter movement took center stage at the2020 BET Awards. The Sunday night awards ceremony, hosted by comedian and actress Amanda Seales, saw a number of impactful musical performances and moving acceptance speeches from the evening's winners.

Public Enemy opened the 2020 BET Awards last night with a powerful rendition of ‘Fight The Power’, which saw them joined by the likes of Nas, Rapsody, YG and The Roots’ Black Thought and Questlove.Updating the track with timely verses, the performance saw the group referencing the Black Lives Matter movement and nationwide protests across the US after the death of George Floyd.“They say a suicide when dead bodies are swinging / Cowards are hunting Black men that’s what I’m seeing,” Nas rapped,

this year's BET Awards to deliver a performance with a powerful message.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“All American” showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and series executive producer Greg Berlanti joined Variety‘s Virtual TV Fest on Wednesday for a discussion on COVID-19 and race in entertainment.Speaking with moderator Elaine Lowe, Carroll addressed the current climate in the U.S.

Hit U.S. TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine has scrapped four new episodes following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police officers.

Russell Wilson, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird may not be in the same place — due to social distancing -- but they kicked off this year's ESPYS together nonetheless.

Beyoncé is celebrating Juneteenth weekend with the release of a timely new track.

Noname just dropped her new track “Song 33”.

Eric Diep Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States — June 19, the day in 1865 when Texas was the final Confederate state to be notified of the Union victory and, thus, the freeing of all slaves in the U.S.

Anderson .Paak has announced he’s releasing a new single tomorrow (June 19) titled ‘Lockdown’.The Aftermath musician took to Instagram earlier today (June 18) to share two pieces of artwork along with the caption: “Dropping Juneteenth #LockDown.”In the first of the two images, .Paak is seen sporting a face mask while holding a sign that reads, “The people are rising.” It also features a list of names of people killed at the hands of the police, including George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Breonna

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