Music industry plans blackout in solidarity with Black community following George Floyd death
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nme.comWarner, Universal and Dirty Hit are among the labels joining the movement A host of record labels and other music industry figures are planning a social media blackout on Tuesday (June 2) in solidarity with the black community.
Messages shared by Warner, Universal, Dirty Hit and more set out a plan to “disconnect from work and reconnect with out community” for the day, held as “an urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change.” The decision comes in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota earlier this week.
Floyd was a 46-year-old black man who died on May 25 after being apprehended by a white police officer. Officer Derek Chauvin has since been sacked and charged with third-degree murder and
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