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LL COOL J On Juneteenth, “Policing Bad Cops On TV,” George Floyd’s Death As A Catalyst & The Power Of Old-School Hip-Hop

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe lyrics “Don’t call it a comeback/I’ve been here for years” from 1990’s hard hitting Mama Said Knock You Out album are rolled out almost every time LL COOL J gets in the cultural ring. A cliché perhaps, but with the recent TKO of his Black Live Matter freestyle, the hip-hop legend and NCIS: LA star has once again proven that there truly isn’t any school like the old-school.Taking to social media with his new song in the days after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, LL COOL J was very much of the moment in capturing the moment for many especially as protests grew on the streets of the Minnesota metropolis and all across America and the world.

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John Legend, Tessa Thompson And More Come Together For ‘Black Artists For Freedom’ Initiative Aiming To End Racial Injustice

John Legend, Tessa Thompson and 1,000 other Black artists in the entertainment industry are coming together to put an end to the racial injustice.

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Pharrell, Fantasia, Lionel Richie & More Celebrate Juneteenth

In the midst of a national reckoning about systemic racism and the continued killing of Black and brown men and women at the hands of police, the country paused to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday (June 19). The holiday recalls the end of slavery in the U.S., marking the day (June 19, 1865) when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that enslaved people were free; the news came two-and-a-half years after Pres. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863.