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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police in May, an organization formed by music industry execs Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang under the name #TheShowMustBePaused began with a call for a single day shutdown soon grew into a movement that called for change across the entire industry.

On Tuesday, the music industry shut down in a show of solidarity with protesters calling for justice in the case of George Floyd, the black man who died after being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer for over eight minutes.

The Los Angeles Times reported today that some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and many others, went silent on social media for the music industry’s Blackout Tuesday in which the artists paid tribute to the death of George Floyd and expressed their solidarity with the black community and Black Lives Matter activists.

If social media looks a bit different today, there's a reason.

Celebrities are taking part in Blackout Tuesday. Social media users are taking to Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to post pictures of black squares as symbols of solidarity with the black community.

The racism and police brutality we've seen across the country in recent weeks has been devastating — and even more punishing in what was already a terrifying time of health and economic crisis.

The music industry is taking a day to reflect on Tuesday (June 2) as part of Blackout Tuesday/#TheShowMustBePaused, an industry-wide effort to "disconnect from work and reconnect with our community."In conjunction with the day of reflection -- which was coordinated by Atlantic Records executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang in reaction to the police-involved killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others -- the Movement 4 Black Lives, a coalition of 100 black-led organizations, is

Following the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis last week, protests have swept the nation and social media has become a hub of activism.

The music industry is taking a pause today (June 2) to observe what is being called "BlackOut Tuesday" (as well as #TheShowMustBePaused), an effort calling for "a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with our community" as well as an "urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change." The effort was created by music industry executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang in

The music industry is taking a pause today (June 2) to observe what is being called "BlackOut Tuesday" (as well as #TheShowMustBePaused), an effort calling for "a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with our community" as well as an "urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change." The effort was created by music industry executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang in

TV Guide, which is owned by the ViacomCBS corporation, will be participating in Blackout Tuesday.

Billboard will be taking part in #TheShowMustBePaused, or "Blackout Tuesday," in solidarity with the nationwide protests demanding justice.

Two Atlantic Records executives have issued an impassioned plea that #TheShowMustBePaused in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and "other black citizens at the hands of police" as part of tomorrow's (June 2) "Black Out Tuesday" events.

By Jem Aswad