Daily Dose of Protest: Letter to the Free – Common featuring Bilal

Later today there will be a Senate election in Alabama. The Republican nominee Roy Moore is not only an accused child molester, but he has a long history of promoting racist and homophobic behavior. One example was when asked by a black man during a September campaign rally when he thought that America was last great and he responded with:  […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: No Lives Matter – Body Count

In this tune, Ice-T starts off with a spoken word intro,  discussing why Black Lives Matter instead of All Lives Matter. From there he goes one step further and states that in the eyes of the elite, “No Lives Matter”. Then the rest of the band kicks in, and over an aggressive beat, Ice-T takes a no hold barred approach […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Mosh – Eminem

On October 10, 2017, Eminem performed an anti-Trump freestyle during the BET awards entitled “The Storm”. On December 7th, Eminem furthers attacks Trumps and tackles systemic racism in the polarizing “Untouchable”, the second single to his upcoming album, Revival.  For those commenting on this supposed new-found “wokeness” and him suddenly becoming political, this isn’t his first foray into political commentary. For example, […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Miniskirt – Braids

Time Magazine just named the Silence Breakers, connected with the #MeToo movement as their Person of the Year. Because of this, “Miniskirt” from the Canadian indie experimental pop band Braids was an appropriate selection. In a 2016 Pitchfork interview, front woman Raphaelle Standell-Preston mentioned that the lyrics deal with her being molested by her stepfather.  It a real life inspiring story of […]

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Daily Dose of Protest: Gatekeeper – Jessie Reyez

Ever since women started to come out against Harvey Weinstein, the floodgates started to open up with multiple sexual predators finally being outed. Giants in every industry have fallen.  Also the hashtag #MeToo helped embolden victims to come forward. “Gatekeeper” by the Colombian-Canadian Singer-songwriter perfectly encapsulates the  #MeToo movement. The song relates Reyez personal experience with a music producer. The producer is […]

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