Watch AndersonPaak perform his new song 'Lockdown' with jayrock for the first time at the BETAwards
for the first time on Sunday at the BET Awards, which are being held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Released earlier this month amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racial inequality, the funk-inflected song reflects the current moment, with lyrics touching on systemic racism, the current pandemic and the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police officers in May. In the poignant first verse, Anderson .
During the streamed performance, the singer, rapper and musician first appeared at his drum set with a painted-on black eye, his face blotched with fake blood. Rapping through a microphone shaped like a flashlight, he then passed by a team of Black dancers and a mural depicting police officers at a protest before approaching Jay Rock, who popped in to deliver his own hard-hitting verse.last year, is up for best male R&B/pop artist at the 20th BET Awards. Watch his performance below.
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