Beyoncé Knowles-Carter featuring Kendrick Lamar sang and rapped Freedom released in 2016 and Niggas Wit Attitudes consisting of: Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, The D.O.C, and Arabian Prince, also known as N.W.A composed Fuck Tha Police released in 1988 both songs protesting police brutality against African-Americans in the United States of America. Both Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kendrick Lamar and N.W.A express their disfavor towards the justice system through their music. Police brutality persists against blacks today this includes: mothers, daughters, fathers, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles, sisters, grandmothers, and grandfathers; most unarmed. In 2015, statistics show unarmed African-Americans versus armed whites were five
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Knowles-Carter and Lamar remain among the most listened to in today’s music industry that being said, their words have a tremendous impact on the emotions of their listeners. The artists hold no punches when it comes to presenting the truth to the white man even though their forms of expression are different the same message lives through their songs. N.W.A struggled to have their music played on the radio because their music consisted of vulgar language, drugs, sex, violence, guns, and women, things the radio barred to be played on their airways because it ceased “good” music. N.W.A’s name subsistent with gang bangers when they told their stories dealing with the Los Angeles Police Department. Knowles-Carter/Kendrick and N.W.A express their inclination on the system and both songs released incited different …show more content…
Zimmerman called 9-1-1 though he was told to discontinue his pursuit he continued to hunt Marin, following him and eventually ending his life. Finally, March 19, 2012, an investigation opened to further scrutinize the events that took place. Almost a month later April 11, 2012, George Zimmerman was arrested and charged for second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin. However, the case went right back to court and on July 13, 2013 George Zimmerman was exculpated from his crime (Younge, G. (2013). George Zimmerman 's Way Is the American Way. Nation, 297(14), 1-3.). After the final verdict made the news, workers’-right activist Alicia Garza posted to her Facebook, “Black People. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter.” Alicia’s friend, Patrisse Cullors, eventually added the hashtag thus inadvertently giving birth to #BlackLivesMatter (COBB, J. (2016). THE MATTER OF BLACK LIVES. New Yorker, 92(5), 34-40). Carter observed the peoples’ emotions involving innocent black men, women, and children being gunned down by authority because authority felt threatened. Knowles-Carter/Lamar used their music, Freedom in particular, as platform to say they’re aware of what has occurred, they’re
Knowles-Carter and Lamar remain among the most listened to in today’s music industry that being said, their words have a tremendous impact on the emotions of their listeners. The artists hold no punches when it comes to presenting the truth to the white man even though their forms of expression are different the same message lives through their songs. N.W.A struggled to have their music played on the radio because their music consisted of vulgar language, drugs, sex, violence, guns, and women, things the radio barred to be played on their airways because it ceased “good” music. N.W.A’s name subsistent with gang bangers when they told their stories dealing with the Los Angeles Police Department. Knowles-Carter/Kendrick and N.W.A express their inclination on the system and both songs released incited different …show more content…
Zimmerman called 9-1-1 though he was told to discontinue his pursuit he continued to hunt Marin, following him and eventually ending his life. Finally, March 19, 2012, an investigation opened to further scrutinize the events that took place. Almost a month later April 11, 2012, George Zimmerman was arrested and charged for second-degree murder of Trayvon Martin. However, the case went right back to court and on July 13, 2013 George Zimmerman was exculpated from his crime (Younge, G. (2013). George Zimmerman 's Way Is the American Way. Nation, 297(14), 1-3.). After the final verdict made the news, workers’-right activist Alicia Garza posted to her Facebook, “Black People. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter.” Alicia’s friend, Patrisse Cullors, eventually added the hashtag thus inadvertently giving birth to #BlackLivesMatter (COBB, J. (2016). THE MATTER OF BLACK LIVES. New Yorker, 92(5), 34-40). Carter observed the peoples’ emotions involving innocent black men, women, and children being gunned down by authority because authority felt threatened. Knowles-Carter/Lamar used their music, Freedom in particular, as platform to say they’re aware of what has occurred, they’re