As early as the 1980s, hip-hop artists have highlighted those who fell victim to violence in America
Perhaps everyone wasn't listening, but long before DaBaby did a Black Lives Matter remix of"Rockstar" or LL Cool J freestyled about George Floyd or J. Cole devoted his"Crooked Smile" video to 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, rappers were trying to tell audiences about lives that mattered. J. Cole performs in London in 2017.Since the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, social justice shout-outs have been commonplace.
paid settlements of $2.8 million to Grant's mother and daughter, CNN affiliate KPIX reported. Amadou DialloAmadou Diallo and Wyclef Jean.Wyclef Jean on "Diallo":"Enemy on the borderline, who'll be the next to fire 41 shots by Diallo's side?/You said he reached, sir, but he didn't have no piece, sir/But now he rest in peace, sir, in the belly of the beast, sir.
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