Lil Nas X Questions The Merits And Value Of #BlackoutTuesday
The Los Angeles Times reported today that some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, including Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and many others, went silent on social media for the music industry’s Blackout Tuesday in which the artists paid tribute to the death of George Floyd and expressed their solidarity with the black community and Black Lives Matter activists. Executives such as Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang claimed the initiative was launched as a means for artists to reflect on how they could do their part to help the black community.