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Tidal promoted a series of playlists highlighting rousing speeches, spoken-word pieces, and music.
Dead Prezs Its Bigger Than Hip-Hop made the cut, but the groups more pointed Police State didnt.
Public Enemy was represented with 911 Is a Joke, but N.W.A.s Fuck the Police was nowhere in sight.
Record labels showed support, some more than others.
But labels have known about these issues since long before it became radioactive behavior to stay quiet.
Its one thing to say change is needed but another to set about creating it.
The long tail of the week in pledges to do better by black creativity remains to be seen.
We had a decade to learn from each others experiences, using social media to listen and to advocate.
The training wheels are off now.
