YouTube Reschedules 2020 Graduation Event With BTS, Taylor Swift & More Due to George Floyd Memorial

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Taylor Swift has joined calls for Juneteenth, the date which marks the official end of slavery in the US, to be made a national holiday.

Hollywood actors Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum were among the hundreds of mourners packed into a Houston church for the funeral of George Floyd.

Selena Gomez to Ariana Grande are making sure their fans are getting their ballots in.Grande and Camila Cabello partnered with HeadCount, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works with musicians to help register their fans to vote and participate in democracy.

Taylor Swift has more in common with the class of 2020 than some might think. The 30-year-old pop star appeared during YouTube's star-studded special to give a minute-long speech to this year's graduates.«I wanted to say congratulations to all the graduates this year.

The graduating class of 2020 may not have been able to celebrate their achievements in person due to the coronavirus pandemic, but they did get one last send-off on Sunday by a star-studded cast!

Lady Gaga urged high school graduates to help fight systemic racism in America as she delivered a heartfelt speech on Sunday. The 34-year-old singer was just one of the famous names taking part in YouTube’s Dear Class of 2020 graduation special, and told viewers that while she had recorded her initial speech two weeks ago, she was inspired to re-record her message following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers on 25 May and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests.

Making this year’s graduation ceremony extra special, some of the biggest celebrities in the entertainment industry joined YouTube’s virtual graduation and celebrated the Class of 2020. The long list of stars included Beyoncé, BTS, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Barack and Michelle Obama, Lizo, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, and many more.

Beyoncé delivered a special message to graduates during YouTube's Class of 2020 broadcast.She spoke about starting her own business as a Black woman, and paid tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement.YouTube's Class of 2020 streamed on June 7, 2020, and featured appearances from Barack and Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Yara Shahidi, Billy Porter, Kerry Washington, Lizzo, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry.

“I know this probably wasn’t the type of graduation you thought you’d have,” said Taylor Swift in a video sent out to all the quarantined graduates of 2020. She spoke to her young fans and people around the world through Youtube’s global virtual commencement ceremony, which hoped to bring together newly graduated people in a way that couldn’t happen this year because of the coronavirus.

YouTube‘s 2020 Graduation event is being rescheduled.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube’s star-studded pomp and circumstance will be streaming 24 hours later than originally scheduled.The video giant’s “Dear Class of 2020” — a four-plus-hour commencement event bringing together more than 70 celebrities, influencers, music artists including BTS and Beyoncé, and leaders including President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama — will now kick off on Sunday, June 7, at noon PT.YouTube rescheduled the event, previously set for this Saturday, in

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorUPDATED, 9 AM: YouTube has moved the date of its global virtual commencement ceremony Dear Class of 2020 to June 7 from its previous date of June 6 in honor of George Floyd’s memorial service, which will be held Saturday in Raeford, NC.

Rihanna and Taylor Swift were among the stars taking part in Blackout Tuesday to protest against the death of George Floyd.

The death of George Floyd while being under police custody under broad daylight has created public outcry all over the world. People have been protesting against the police brutality, racial discrimination and all other heinous crimes that led to the loss of lives like that of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many other victims. A day back, the entertainment industry observed ‘Blackout Tuesday’ in solidarity with the protests against George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis.

Over the weekend, Ariana Grande, Halsey and more marched in the George Floyd protests. Hundreds of thousands of people across the world took the streets of their local cities to protest the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man, who was murdered in Minneapolis on May 25 after a white police officer placed his knee on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes.