Big Sean took to social media on Monday (June 1) to express his feelings about protesting with the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s death and his identity as a Black man in America. “Clearly we got the whole world’s attention, obviously,” the rapper said in a video posted to his […]

The Late Late Show with James Corden was appropriately somber on Monday night (June 1) in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests happening across America in response to the death of George Floyd. After opening the show with an impassioned plea for viewers to focus on the message “of the protestors who have […]

The acts are posting black boxes on this day (June 2) of disconnecting from work to focus on community. 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 […]

“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 […]