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09-15-2016, 11:40 PM
Gun violence takes center stage in 'Empire' single 'Need Freedom'
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#SayHerName (http://www.aapf.org/sayhername/) was the hashtag shaking up twitter starting in 2015, a movement to begin restitution for victims of gun violence by the simple gesture of talking about them. In a new song from Empire's upcoming Season 3 premiere, Jamal Lyon will be doing just that and singing to spotlight the many lives lost to fatal shootings.
SEE ALSO: Colin Kaepernick's protest is the latest from athletes in the era of Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/)
"My heart cries out," sings Jussee Smolett as the pia** swells in the background, "for Orlando, Philando, Alton, Sandra, Mike Brown, Garner, Trayvon – why? Too many people gone too soon." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/empire-need-freedom-song/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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#SayHerName (http://www.aapf.org/sayhername/) was the hashtag shaking up twitter starting in 2015, a movement to begin restitution for victims of gun violence by the simple gesture of talking about them. In a new song from Empire's upcoming Season 3 premiere, Jamal Lyon will be doing just that and singing to spotlight the many lives lost to fatal shootings.
SEE ALSO: Colin Kaepernick's protest is the latest from athletes in the era of Black Lives Matter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/sports-protests-black-lives-matter/)
"My heart cries out," sings Jussee Smolett as the pia** swells in the background, "for Orlando, Philando, Alton, Sandra, Mike Brown, Garner, Trayvon – why? Too many people gone too soon." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/empire-need-freedom-song/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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