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Dec 7, 2020 · 2020 was defined by the sounds of rage, resolve, mourning and solidarity. Here are 20 songs and albums that represent the best protest music of the year.
Within days of Floyd's death, prominent Black musicians across a variety of genres began to write and release songs that expressed grief, rage, exhaustion and resolution in the face of America's...
Jan 25, 2020 · As pop music diversified, “within each of the styles grew a desire to sing about and to listen to music of social change, whether that was hip-hop, rap, reggae, country or rock,” Noel Paul...
One of the most surprising protest songs of 2020 came from roots, bluegrass, and country artist Tyler Childs, a musician whose songs often chronicle the plight of white working-class Southerners. In “Long Violent History,” Childs protests the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Jan 11, 2021 · American protest music, now over 100 years old, remains among the most vital, proactive and participatory forms of music produced, spurring to action people from all positions in life to improve their world and the lives of others.
The group is a collective of rappers and record producers that includes East Coast rappers Joey Badass, CJ Fly, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, Dyemond Lewis, Aaron Rose, Dessy Hinds, Dirty Sanchez 47, and Rokamouth, along with producers Chuck Strangers and Powers Pleasant.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Music in its broadest sense has served, across centuries and cultures and in a recurrent manner, as a source of revolutionary inspiration; as an expression of self-identity and collective power, especially for culturally, politically, and racially marginalised groups; as an insistent voice of resistance against dominant narratives and agendas.
