Mixtape Mixup
Today, June 2, individuals and organizations throughout the music industry are observing a “blackout” in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other Black citizens at the hands of police. #TheShowMustBePaused is an opportunity to disrupt the work week for an industry that profits massively from Black art and culture. It’s not a day to disconnect from the issue […]
“Many artists and people around the world get so much inspiration by black culture and music including me. We have a duty to respect every race.” Some of the most influential K-pop and Korean artists are speaking out after the death of George Floyd for justice and showing their solidarity with the black community. As […]
Ty Dolla $ign voiced how apparent police brutality in America continues to be after George Floyd, a Black man from Minnesota who died after a white cop knelt on his neck (the independent autopsy recently ruled it a homicide due to asphyxiation), in a new song he recorded last night (May 31). The R&B crooner […]
Between his fan-favorite GOLF store getting damaged during the Los Angeles, Calif. protests and the four white cops who murdered an innocent Black man named George Floyd last week in Minnesota, Tyler, the Creator is only condemning one of these acts. Graffiti marked up the local rapper’s avant-garde flagship store located on 350 N Fairfax Ave. while […]
Rapper Young M.A was taped getting into a heated discussion with Atlanta police over the weekend after she claimed that they pulled one of her fans over for no reason. In a video of the incident reposted by DJ Akademiks, M.A. can be heard asking a white police officer, “What did she do?” as he […]
After announcing a Los Angeles rooftop livestream to support his recently released Wunna album, rapper Gunna shared on Saturday morning (May 30) that that’s night show would shift its focus to be a fundraiser for the George Floyd Memorial Fund. “This live performance has been scheduled weeks , I was goin to cancel it due […]
On Memorial Day (May 25), George Floyd pleaded for his life as a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck. A nearly nine-minute viral video of the encounter showed Floyd declaring he couldn’t breathe and eventually going limp. As a result of his death, and the recent deaths of others such as Breonna Taylor and […]
SZA spoke out on Monday (June 1) to support the cancellation of a planned sit-in protest in Los Angeles in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “JUST FOUND OUT TOMORROW[‘]S CANCELLED!” she wrote on Instagram. “AFTER PROPER DUE [DILIGENCE] THERE ARE MANY RISK FACTORS I CAN NOT ALIGN WITH . MOST IMPORTANTLY A NEW 4pm […]
Over the weekend Gunna live streamed a special concert benefiting the family of George Floyd, the man who was murdered by Minneapolis police on May 25. The 26-year-old rapper performed his new album, Wunna, on the terrace of a Los Angeles mansion. Gunna informed that the live concert had been planned for weeks, but as […]
Travis Scott took to social media on Sunday (May 31) to share an impassioned plea for accountability and justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “As I pace around, thinking, trying to find something to ease the pain… there are almost no words that I can think of to properly express, or I can […]