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LL Cool J Talks George Floyd Protests and His BLM Freestyle: 'I Wanted to Speak the Truth From the Heart'

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17.06.2020 - 20:11

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LL Cool J has seen hip-hip react to social justice causes and outrages for more than three decades. From Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions tackling systemic racism and oppression, to Lil Baby and YG standing up for Black Lives Matter and taking on police brutality more recently, Uncle L knows all about the importance of MCs using their mics to push the culture -- and society -- forward.That's what inspired the 52-year-old Rock the Bells boss to drop a searing Black Lives Matter freestyle earlier this month, lashing out at a police officer for putting his knee to the neck of George Floyd, nodding to the protests and riots that followed, and explaining in crystal clear terms why he's sick of dealing with the same nonsense his whole.

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