Jay-Z Honors George Floyd with a Full-Page Ad in Newspapers Across America

Damian Lillard, the 5-time NBA All-Star who retires his government name when he spits bars under the moniker Dame D.O.L.L.A., spoke openly about the unlawful murders of George Floyd and 99 other Black people due to police brutality in his new track "Blacklist."

George Floyd's family in Houston, Texas, on Monday.Floyd family attorney Benjamin Crump confirmed the meetup via Twitter, posting a photo of himself posing with the Democratic presidential nominee, along with Rev. Al Sharpton and Congressman Cedric Richmond.

Former Vice President Joe Biden flew to Houston, Texas on June 8 to meet with George Floyd‘s family ahead of his massive, public memorial. The Floyd family’s lawyer, Benjamin Crump, tweeted a solemn photo (see HERE) of himself and Biden, 77, standing alongside the Reverend Al Sharpton, Representative Cedric Richmond (D-LA), and Roger Floyd, George’s uncle.

While millions of people all over the world voice their outrage over the death of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers via protests, many are also stepping up to help his family financially after the tragedy. According to GoFundMe, the Official George Floyd Memorial Fund campaign – which was started by Adner Marcelin of Ben Crump Law, with all proceeds going to Floyd’s family – has set a new record on the crowd-sourced funding platform.

As George Floyd protests continue to rage in the US, celebrities are taking a stand to speak up and contribute in their own little way. Selena Gomez is one such star.

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.

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Activists protesting against the death of George Floyd knelt in the middle of Oxford Road during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Manchester.

Nickelodeon went off air earlier this week to play an eight-minute, 46-second video in protest of George Floyd’s police-involved death.

On a day when the music industry took a pause to reflect on Black Out Tuesday, Jay-Z and Team Roc took out full-page newspaper ads across the nation honoring George Floyd. The ads featured a quote from Dr.

JAY-Z and his associates at Roc Nation have spent a fortune honouring tragic Black Lives Matter icon George Floyd in a series of full-page U.S. newspaper ads.

The ads contained a powerful quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.

JAY-Z has taken to the nation’s top newspapers to decry the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis P.D. custody.

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.