Justin Bieber for his support of the King Center and its Be Love campaign, amid backlash over the use of MLK samples on his new album ‘Justice’.Released Friday (March 19), the pop star’s latest record opens with a recognisable MLK quote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.
It also features an ‘MLK Interlude’, using samples from King’s 1967 sermon, ‘But If Not’.Hours before the album landed on streaming services, Bieber announced a campaign to raise awareness for social justice organisations, naming Anti Recidivism Coalition, Alexandria House, the Compton Pledge, Baby2Baby, the Equal Justice Initiative, LIFT, Self Help Graphics and Art, This Is About Humanity, the Poor People’s Campaign and the King Center as charities.
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