Other musicians have released songs in the last week in the wake of Floyd’s death and those of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
Mickey Guyton, one of the few black voices on the country music scene, wrote the song “Black Like Me” last year about her life story and experiences with racism.
She released the song on Black Out Tuesday, and said that when she hears it now she thinks of “George, Ahmaud, Breonna.”
Like Guyton, Grammy-winning singer Leon Bridges pulled from a song he had previously written about black life and police brutality to relate to today’s grief and pain.
Songz, who has released 20 Top 10 R&B hits, said that while protesting he heard classic black pride songs from James Brown, Marvin Gaye and others working as the soundtrack for activists walking the streets.
