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#TheShowMustBePaused Organizers Detail Black Out Tuesday Impact as Initiative Prepares for Next Phase

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On Tuesday, the music industry shut down in a show of solidarity with protesters calling for justice in the case of George Floyd, the black man who died after being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer for over eight minutes.

That shutdown was led by the #TheShowMustBePaused initiative launched by Atlantic Records executives Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas, who billed it as “a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with our community" and “an urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change.”Now, Agyemang and Thomas are sharing the results of that challenge.

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