Lil Nas X Calls #BlackoutTuesday ‘The Worst Idea Ever’ Regarding The #BlackLivesMatter Movement
As the whole nation broke into a protest against police brutality and racial discrimination, many celebrities have joined the cause, extending their support. According to The Los Angeles Times, the elites from the entertainment industry like Oprah Winfrey, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Madonna, and many more have paid homage to the death of George Floyd at the hand of policemen at Minneapolis and expressed their solidarity with the black community and Black Lives Matter activists by participating in the music industry’s Blackout Tuesday on their social media.
According to Executives like Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang, the artists have launched the initiative to help and aid the black community in acknowledging their role as public figures. They also added that the movement was a way of addressing the long-going inequality and discrimination in the society, including from the ‘boardroom to the boulevard.’
Despite its growing popularity and impeccable effects, the ‘Old Town Road’ star Lil Nas X questions the merits and value of #BlackoutTuesday. He took on his social media on Tuesday saying that the initiative started with good intentions, but according to him, not posting anything for a day was the ‘worst idea ever’.
The young actor believes that people need to ‘go hard’ more than ever in these times. And instead of going silent for a whole day, they should be spreading information as much as they can and ‘be as loud as ever.’ Singer Kehlani supports his views claiming the movement has gone ‘counterproductive’. Some artists like Lizzo has asked people to refrain from using the #BlackLiveMatters tag in their #BlackoutTuesday posts and encouraged them to put just the images of the black square instead.
Chance The Rapper has claimed that the excessive use of the hash-tag was making it difficult for the activist community, who made use of it to report the alleged injustices happening by law enforcement system and state officials.
Agreeing with Chance The Rapper, Agyemang clarified how the over-use of the tag was damaging the purpose of the movement as the original intention of the movement was to ‘disrupt’ and not ‘mute ourselves’. Recording companies such as Universal Atlantic, Music Group, BMG, Sony, and many more have participated in the event.
The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter was created as a protest against the tragic death of George Floyd.
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