Ruth B has released her new track, “If I Have A Son”, about racism and the death of George Floyd.
05.06.2020 - 17:39 / etcanada.com
NFL players are asking, “What if I were George Floyd?”
On Thursday, football stars, including Patrick Mahomes and Odell Beckham Jr., released a video showing their support for the Black Lives Matter protests and calling on the NFL to do better.
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“It’s been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered,” the players say. “How many times do we need to ask you to listen to your players?”
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Ruth B has released her new track, “If I Have A Son”, about racism and the death of George Floyd.
George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and subsequent protests have further ignited a passion in artists inspired to use their music as a sounding board for change. Check below for 10 protest songs that highlight the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement.1. Trey Songz — “2020 Riots: How Many Times” Trey Songz sheds light on the injustices faced by the black community at the hands of police brutality and institutionalized racism on the compelling new single, “2020 Riots: How Many Times.” Songz
K-pop superstars BTS have underscored their support for the Black Lives Matter movement with a $1 million (£800,000) donation.The Boy With Luv hitmakers have teamed up with label bosses at Big Hit Entertainment to pledge the sum, according to editors at Variety, just days after declaring their backing for protesters worldwide demanding an end to racial and social injustice.In the online statement, the bandmates wrote: “We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence.
In an attempt to combat the racial inequality in the USA, Michael B. Jordan called for Hollywood to invest in black staff during a protest.
Odell Beckham Jr., Patrick Mahomes and more NFL players united against racism in a powerful video and demanded support from their organization.“It’s been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered,” Michael Thomas began the message, which was shared by multiple athletes on Thursday, June 4, and referenced the death of Floyd last month.
Billie Eilish kept a low profile when she attended a protest for George Floyd and Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles on June 4. She kept her presence at the protest off of social media, aside from one video, which she posted to her Instagram Story. Billie doesn’t appear in the video herself, as she’s filming the hundreds of other protesters who are joining her to fight against racial injustice.
Black Lives Matter movement with a powerful video calling for everyone to speak up. Honey Joseph, 20, posted a video to her Facebook encouraging her white friends to engage with the movement and said "silence is so loud right now." The video, which has now racked up over 17,000 views, was in response to the tragic death of George Floyd, 46, who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck for eight and a half minutes in Minneapolis on Monday.
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is speaking out about the killing of by police officers in Minneapolis.The Duchess of Sussex gave a powerful commencement address via video to the graduating students from her alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, and she directly addressed Floyd's death, the ensuing protests, and Black Lives Matter.
BTS members RM, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, V, Suga, and J-Hope have come forward to show their support towards the Black Lives Matter movement. The members issued a unanimous statement condemning the death of George Floyd.
Abby Lee Miller earned a long-running show that centered around exactly how tough she was on her dance students. The reality star posted-and-deleted a black square in support of #blackouttuesday after the murder of George Floyd; however, she is being called out for being a hypocrite.
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx‘s real-life legal drama Just Mercy has been made free to stream online in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
During the June 1 episode of Logan Paul’s podcast, Impaulsive, he addressed George Floyd’s death, as well as racism in America. For a full hour, Logan and his co-hosts took a “hard stance on the cataclysmic injustices taking place in the land of the ‘free.'” Logan got incredibly passionate as he condemned racism, and he further supported the Black Lives Matter movement by marching in a protest with his girlfriend, Josie Canseco, on the evening of June 2.
George Clooney has called for a drastic overhaul of law enforcement in America in an effort to combat the racism “pandemic” raging in the country.
The music industry silenced its sound on “Black Out Tuesday,” putting a full stop on all business amid widespread protests.
If you’re someone that has been following social media over the past several days, you are probably well aware that numerous celebrities have been posting Black Lives Matter content, supporting the movement and encouraging folks to donate their time and/or money to the cause. And because it’s 2020 and there’s a large portion of the US that is awful, posting a simple message saying “Black Lives Matter” can be deemed controversial, as Seth Rogen experienced.