New Protest Anthems: Songs of the Uprising for George Floyd

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New Protest Anthems: Songs of the Uprising for George Floyd
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Artists from LL Cool J to YG and Hiss Golden Messenger have responded to the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing protests with new music. Hear the latest wave of Black Lives Matter anthems

’s original G.O.A.T., LL Cool J, captured the outrage of a nation in two-and-a-half minutes of a cappella verses, delivered via a teary-eyed Instagram post. Beginning with “For 400 years you had your knees on our necks,” referring to the brutal way Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin took George Floyd’s life, LL holds no punches in addressing the effects of white supremacy. “Watching that man die slow left a hole,” he says.

The song pledges support to Black Lives Matter while lamenting that, at moments like these, that or any other slogan falls short: “Another black man just died on camera/But we can’t even use our hammers/All we can say is, ‘Black lives matter.

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