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Last week, the musician and actor Janelle Monáe sent a message to her 4.7 million social media followers, offering a remarkable delineation of the responsibilities of modern pop stars. “I do not consider myself an activist or an organizer,” she wrote amid ongoing protests decrying the racist killings of Black victims like George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.

Rapper and activist Killer Mike had an urgent plea for CNN following the vandalism its headquarters faced in Atlanta amid the George Floyd protests. Killer Mike, an Atlanta native, was speaking at a news conference alongside Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Friday night as a violent mob defaced the CNN Center's iconic sign outside the of the building, broke windows, and threw objects inside the lobby.

When Bernie Sanders was running for president in 2016, Vampire Weekend appeared with the senator at multiple rallies. It’s 2020, and both Vampire Weekend and Bon Iver will be performing at Bernie Sanders rallies in Iowa. Bon Iver will appear with Sanders on January 31 at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa. Vampire Weekend will do an acoustic set in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on February 1.