How #BlackLivesMatter started a musical revolution

Written by Daphne A Brooks, in the Guardian discusses how the #BlackLivesMatter movement has hit the airwaves and is becoming a worldwide phenomenon.
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With a picture of Beyonce heading the article (seen left), she says that we are experiencing a new golden age of protest music and describes Beyonce as the biggest and longest-reigning megastar musician of her generation. Brooks then goes on to say how inspiring and influential Beyonce's half-time performance at the Superbowl was as Beyonce flaunted her signature all-female dance troupe as she executed an insurgent assault on the media.

She also goes on to talk about Kendrick Lamar's topic related single, Alright, which he performed at 2016 Grammy's in February, again also controversial.  Brooks calls this a new age of injustice, one with a heightened awareness of state violence and a national reckoning with the state-sanctioned dispersibility of black lives.  She also goes on to name some of the black lives lost which had sparked and fuelled the movement, for example, Tamir Rice, Jayvon Martin, Micheal Brown etc.

Brooks describes herself as a black Generation X, who has witnessed black violence from as far back as 1991 with the beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers. She is able to relate to the movement and it is quite clear through the use of her language that she is an advocate of the movement. I chose this article as I believe the #BlackLivesMatter Movement is something that has been running for a few years and for international stars such as Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar and others to be having a say and taking part in the movement is showing just how much the black community is coming together to fight the injustice no matter their celebrity status. This would be a good example in relation to the representation of race and issues in my MS1 Media Studies exam whilst mentioning the #Oscarssowhite boycott.