Lil Nas X and Kehlani slam Blackout Tuesday campaign
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peoplemagazine.co.zaLil Nas X and Kehlani have criticised the music industry’s Blackout Tuesday campaign for being a distraction from real activism.
Acts including Rihanna and the Rolling Stones are halting social media promotions on Tuesday to join the protests against police brutality and racism that have swept the U.S.
since George Floyd died after Minnesota policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for eight minutes during an arrest last week.
Record executives, including bosses at the rapper’s Columbia Records, have also backed the campaign, but the Old Town Road hitmaker believes it’s “the worst idea ever”, with him insisting sharing activist messages and information would be more effective than posting a black square on social media. “It’s information
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