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  • Jamie Foxx Singing While Joining Protesters in San Francisco

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    The ‘Django Unchained’ actor serenades the Black Lives Matter activists with a popular verse from the Bible while joining the protests in San Francisco, California.
    Jun 3, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Jamie Foxx took the microphone at a rally to protest the killing of George Floyd on Monday, June 1, 2020.
    The 52-year-old actor attended the protest in San Francisco, California and, while talking to protesters, Jamie sang a popular verse from Isaiah 54:17, “No weapons formed against me, shall prosper, it won’t work. No weapons formed against me shall prosper.”
    The actor also said, “If that man can be handcuffed, if that man sit on that man’s neck for that long and feel comfortable about it, that means that he’s not afraid of what’s going to happen,” referring to the police officer, Derek Chauvin, who was responsible for Floyd’s death.
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    The Oscar winner previously joined former basketball player Stephen Jackson at a Minneapolis City Hall press conference on Friday, and revealed he wanted to stand up for what was right following African-American Floyd’s death.
    “We’re not afraid to stand. We’re not afraid of the moment,” the “Ray” star told reporters. “And I think what you saw on television, to watch this man plead for his life… as I sit with my two daughters, my nephews, who had just come from the grocery store, what it does it over complicates everything as a black man trying to tell his son or his daughter how to function in life.”
    “Even the things that we taught them don’t seem to work.”
    Chauvin, the cop who kneeled on Floyd’s neck, ending his life, has been arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter. The other three cops remain free.

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    Lil Nas X and Kehlani: Blackout Tuesday Is Dangerous for Black Lives Matter Movement

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  • Lil Nas X and Kehlani: Blackout Tuesday Is Dangerous for Black Lives Matter Movement

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    The ”Old Town Road’ hitmaker and the ‘You Know Wassup’ singer agree that the Blackout Tuesday campaign by the music industry is dangerous because it could hinder the real Black Lives Matter activism.
    Jun 3, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Lil Nas X and Kehlani have criticised the music industry’s Blackout Tuesday campaign protesting the murder of George Floyd as a distraction from real activism.
    Acts including Rihanna and The Rolling Stones are halting social media promotions on Tuesday, Jun 2, 2020 to join the protests against police brutality and racism that have swept the U.S. since Floyd died when Minnesota policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for eight minutes during an arrest last week.
    Record executives, including chiefs at Nas’ label Columbia Records have also backed the campaign – but the “Old Town Road” hitmaker disagrees, calling it “the worst idea ever” in a tweet.
    The 21-year-old rapper went on to write that it would have been a better idea for stars and labels to share activist messages and information.
    “It’s information that needs to be spread! the movement needs to be pushed forward! not silenced for a day,” he wrote. “I just really think this is the time to push as hard as ever. i don’t think the movement has ever been this powerful. we don’t need to slow it down by posting nothing. we need to spread info and be as loud as ever.”
    Making his own suggestion, he added, “Not tryna be announcing but what if we posted donation and petitions links on instagram all at the same time instead of pitch black images,” before expressing fear the blackout images would take over social media hashtags used to discuss the protests.
    Kehlani also criticised the campaign as costing companies nothing and co-opting the original #TheShowMustBePaused initiative started by two black women, Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang.
    “Tuesdays not a big deal,” she tweeted. “no releases should come out at all for the week s**t maybe for the month. and if they do, these companies need to pledge to giving the Black artists who release ALL THE MONEY MADE FROM IT (sic). f**k it.”

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  • Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes to Stage New Jersey's First Non-Virtual Drive-In Show

    To raise funds for the Count Basie Center and New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund, the rockers are set to perform at Monmouth Park Racetrack on July 11 amid the COVID-19 crisis.
    Jun 2, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Rockers Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes will make history next month (July) when they perform New Jersey’s first non-virtual drive-in show during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    The group will perform at Monmouth Park Racetrack on 11 July to raise funds for the Count Basie Center and New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.
    “The Asbury Jukes and I are so excited that we can play this first of its kind live concert and help get New Jersey started on a quick and healthy return to normal…,” Southside Johnny said in a statement. “We’ll safely see everyone July 11th.”

    Drive-in concerts have become part of the new normal for live music in recent weeks with Keith Urban and DJ D-Nice among the stars who have performed for fans at open-air movie venues.
    Meanwhile, country star Alan Jackson has joined the drive-in concert revolution after announcing plans to play two socially-distanced shows in Alabama this week (June 05 & 06) in Cullman and Fairhope, and the Eli Young Band will make history later this month when they become the first act to perform a drive-in concert at Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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