The grand jury’s decision not to file
any criminal charges against Darren
Wilson, the Ferguson police officer
who killed unarmed teen Michael
Brown, sent shockwaves throughout the country.
The hip-hop community including
Diddy , The Game, and Big Sean cried out for justice on social media, B.o.B called for a Black Friday boycott, and Q-Tip and Macklemore marched in the streets.
The “Thrift Shop” rapper joined demonstrators as he walked with his
hands in the air and declared, “Don’t
shoot!”“Solidarity. It’s about Mike Brown. It’s not about me,” he told a
reporter.
Q-Tip stopped traffic on 7th Avenue
and 34th Street in his native New
York while leading his own peaceful
protest. He asked, “Whose streets?” while the crowd responded, “Our streets.” “No value for black life. But they extrapolate our magic, sweat, our voice our fire… And leave us stripped of our right to exist,” he tweeted.
During his show with Usher in San
Jose on Monday night, August Alsina took a moment of silence and fought back tears while addressing the crowd.
“I’m emotional ’cause I could’ve been that ni**a that they killed,” said a distraught August.
