'I can breathe now'... mourners urged to 'stand up in George Floyd's name' at moving memorial service

H.E.R. has shared a powerful new song ‘I Can’t Breathe’ in response to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota last month.

UPDATE (6/9/20 @ 3:15PM ET): Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum were among thousands of mourners who attended George Floyd’s funeral service on June 9, in George’s hometown of Houston, TX. The actors stood with the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Eric Garner and wore white to the somber event. In practicing safety precautions during the COVID-19 outbreak, they also wore face masks.

George Floyd will never be forgotten. The 46-year-old was remembered at an emotional memorial service held in Raeford, North Carolina — his birthplace — on Saturday, June 6.

Mourners filed into a sanctuary in Minneapolis on Thursday for the first in a series of memorials to George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police has sparked sporadic violence and turbulent protests around the world against racial injustice.

Drake, 33, is applauding the charges made against officers Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao for their involvement in the death of 46-year-old George Floyd.

Two small-scale protests are due to take place in Manchester tonight as part of as part of a UK 'stand up to racism day of action' following the death in the US of George Floyd.

In dedication to George Floyd, Jay-Z bought newspaper ads in dozens of publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune and The Philadelphia Inquirer. The full-page ads, which first ran on Tuesday, June 2, will be followed by pages in dozens of more newspapers across the United States on Wednesday, June 3.

JAY-Z‘s Roc Nation has taken out full-page ads in newspapers across the United States in the wake of George Floyd‘s death.

ViacomCBS networks including BET, VH1, MTV and Comedy Central went dark for nearly nine minutes on Monday night (June 1) to make a very poignant statement.

Madison Beer said she was tear-gassed while protesting the death of George Floyd in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday. The singer took to her Instagram Story writing, "was just tear gassed leave santa monica now" over a selfie which showed the 21-year-old wearing a mask.

The famous rapper shared a new statement regarding the senseless killing of George Floyd, pleading with the attorney general for all police officers involved in the murder to be prosecuted! Jay Z also promised to ‘fight for justice’ as well, in his message. Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, confirmed yesterday that Jay himself had called to discuss justice for George Floyd.

All around the world, protestors are showing their support for George Floyd. As thousands of Americans attended protests in major cities across the United States this weekend, social media has proven that this movement has gone global.

Though she's about as far away as physically possible from the heart of the protests around the police-related death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd at her home in New Zealand, Lorde shared some of her decidedly mixed feelings about joining the now-global movement decrying the latest death of a black man at the hands of police in the United States in a weekend note to fans on her email list."I’ve been following this week’s events in the States from New Zealand.