Rapper Jay Z and singer Beyoncé could no longer take it as they broke their silence on the recent killings of two black men in two separate incidents that took place in Louisiana and Minnesota last week.
The Guardian reported that a certain Alton Sterling was reportedly shot by a white Louisiana police officer outside a convenience store. Multiple gunshots caused the death of 37-year-old Sterling on Tuesday. On the other hand, a black man named Philando Castile was reportedly killed by a policeman inside his car in Minnesota on Wednesday.
Both incidents were caught on camera and have gone viral and have outraged the black people. The fatal killings even captured the attention of Jay Z and Beyoncé who strongly condemn the police brutality.
Following the recent killings of the two black men, rapper Jay Z released his single entitled, "Spiritual," a song that speaks about his resentment on incidents like these, HNGN reported.
"Yeah, I am not poison, no I am not poison / Just a boy from the hood that / Got my hands in the air / In despair, don't shoot / I just wanna do good, ah," Jay Z sang in the chorus.
Despite some interpretations linking the newly-released song to the recent killings of black men, Jay Z cleared out that the conceptualization of "Spiritual" happened in 2014. Jay Z also expressed, "I'm saddened and disappointed in THIS America - we should be further along. WE ARE NOT."
Meanwhile, Beyoncé called out to her followers to take a stand on these issues and asked that war between people of different races and all the marginalized should stop.
"We're going to stand up as a community and fight against anyone who believes that murder or any violent action by those who are sworn to protect us should consistently go unpunished. These robberies of lives make us feel helpless and hopeless but we have to believe that we are fighting for the rights of the next generation, for the next young men and women who believe in good," Beyoncé wrote on her website.
During her "Formation World Tour" concert in Glasgow last July 7, the 34-year-old singer offered a moment of silence for all the victims of police brutality. A list of names was also displayed on the big screen inside the concert venue. The list of was concluded with a statement, "AND COUNTLESS OTHERS."