Blackout Tuesday: Rihanna, Quincy Jones, Spotify, others across music industry shed light on racism

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The music industry went silent Tuesday to call attention to the deaths of George Floyd and other black Americans at the hands of police brutality.

SiriusXM music channels will go silent for three minutes Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET, CEO Jim Meyer said in an internal note shared with USA TODAY. The minutes are meant to mark the terrible history of racism, this tragic moment in time and hope for and demand a better future, the statement reads.

"I pray that looking beyond this day we can all work together to overcome this hatred and division and start to heal the pain and suffering that everybody is feeling in the country," he continued."We owe that to future generations."

 

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JusticeForGeorgeFloyd = JusticeForTonyTimpa = JusticeForEricGarner PoliceBrutality is the issue. Making it about blacks is racist against every other brutalized ethnic groups, including Caucasian ethnicity.

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The sad state of our country...arguably the best basketball player of all time pasted away and not a comment from Media!

USAtoday, yet Trump and his Racist Party will not propose reform to Stop Racicial Injustice. That Party will only Gas and Club Peaceful people in their way!

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LMAO. COVID had them all in their MANSIONS anyway. I personally don't give a flying f*ck what an actor/musician/ or old busted AZZ 'model' have to say.

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