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.@thatonequeen and @Peppermint247 get real on why saying "Black Lives Matter" is importanthttp://blbrd.cm/cYDRHhW 

.@HayleyKiyoko thanks former President Barack Obama for "being a true leader" after he wrote about enacting real changehttp://blbrd.cm/AmCana3 

Tyler, the Creator issued a statement about his beloved GOLF shop on Fairfax Avenue being damaged during the Los Angeles protests over the weekend.http://blbrd.cm/LLGmzSn 

.@MykkiBlanco, @MNEK and more stars start off #PrideMonth by remembering its protest rootshttp://blbrd.cm/qoglmFn 

Young M.A was taped confronting police after a fan was pulled over: "You're not gonna do that to my fans."http://blbrd.cm/mGGVfgH 

In his #BillboardLive At-Home performance, @stonebwoyb honored the protests against racism that are taking place in major cities: "We stand against racism in any case."http://blbrd.cm/fKfNZZF 

How to go global on YouTube: Watch and learn from Africa’s top music starshttp://blbrd.cm/3hVcPHX 

Here are the most-watched homegrown artists across Africahttp://blbrd.cm/adp4jss 

.@ladygaga and @ArianaGrande's #RainOnMe debuts at No. 1 on the #Hot100.http://blbrd.cm/jo5J8BA 

Beach Bunny frontwoman Lili Trifilio apologized after a track she wrote to honor the memory of George Floyd stirred up controversy on social media.http://blbrd.cm/sMSFP3S 

Sony/ATV Music Publishing chairman/CEO John Platt has shared an open letter reflecting on his own experience as the only black CEO of a major music company, and calling on the music industry to help "lead society out of crisis."http://blbrd.cm/TBjlIqJ 

.@1GunnaGunna turned a previously planned 'Wunna' album release rooftop livestream into a benefit for George Floyd.http://blbrd.cm/R1FopYH 

.@ombbloodbath reflects on her friendship with George Floyd: "He was everyone's uncle and godfather."http://blbrd.cm/2bIeFAZ 

SZA spoke out in support of the cancellation of a planned sit-in protest amid "risk factors"http://blbrd.cm/vnK7HMt 

See Lorde's full note below.http://blbrd.cm/E0xEpO0 

.@trvisXX took to social media to share an impassioned plea for accountability and justice in the wake of George Floyd's death.http://blbrd.cm/5Hfwtvf 

Two Atlantic Records executives have issued an impassioned plea that #TheShowMustBePaused in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery & "other black citizens at the hands of police" as part of the "Blackout Tuesday" events.http://blbrd.cm/VzIRaK8 

Broadway On Demand has postponed its Tony Awards celebration due to the ongoing George Floyd protests: "We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter."http://blbrd.cm/Cle8Zmd 

Ariana Grande took to social media to reflect on her experience at the Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles.http://blbrd.cm/U9FzTQi 

Aled Haydn Jones has been promoted to lead one of the BBC’s flagship music-based stations, Radio 1.http://blbrd.cm/UotObqE