Black Lives Matter
Diddy, Timbaland and Ty Dolla $ign have banded together with over 100 other prominent Black male celebs to urge Democratic US presidential hopeful Joe Biden to pick a Black woman as his running mate for the 2020 election. In an open letter published in the Atlanta Daily World, the artists and entertainers cautioned that “failing to […]
US post-hardcore band Slaves, not to be confused with the English punk rock duo of the same name, have announced plans to change their band name, due to its perceived “racial connotations”. In a social media statement announcing the big change, the band said they made the decision after engaging with the Black Lives Matter […]
Justin Bieber is one of the countless celebrity musos who’ve pledged solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement as protests continue to rage across the US and the globe. The popstar has been posting multiple messages on his social channels over the past ten days, speaking out against racism following the death of unarmed black […]
Republic Records — home of artists like The Weeknd, James Blake, Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande — has announced its binning its ‘urban’ genre category, amid the Black Lives Matter movement. The tag has historically been used as an umbrella term encompassing hip-hop, R&B and other music pioneered by black artists, and the team at Republic […]
Just days after releasing their triumphant self-titled comeback album, The Ghost Inside have parted ways with bassist Jim Riley over his use of a racial slur five years ago. The alleged incident happened back in 2015 — the same year that the metalcore act were involved in a horrific tour bus crash that claimed the […]
Kanye West has reportedly donated $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, as reported by CNN. The donation includes legal fees for the families of Arbery and Taylor as well as donations to Black-owned businesses in West’s home city of Chicago and other cities affected. Representatives of Kanye West […]
Lizzo, The Weeknd, and John Legend have each signed an open letter calling for police budgets to be cut, amidst the Black Lives Matter movement, which is working to end police brutality. It follows the death of George Floyd, an African American man who was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last week. […]
Meet Nandi Bushnell; officially the most badass 10-year-old on the planet earth right now. The multi-instrumental punk rock pre-teen queen has just unleashed a cover of Rage Against The Machine’s iconic protest anthem ‘Guerrilla Radio’ in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Not only has Bushnell tracked drums, bass and guitar herself for the instrumental rendition […]
Run The Jewels have just loosed a new track from their forthcoming album RTJ4 and it couldn’t be more thematically poignant with the #BlackLivesMatter protests currently raging across the USA. Dubbed ‘A Few Words for the Firing Squad (Rotation)’, the song sees Killer Mike and El-P deliver a fiery condemnation of racism, with Killer Mike’s […]
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