Musicians should do this one thing for us this year - or go and die! - By Odega Shawa

20 years ago I would not have to beg musicians to do what I am about to beg them to do for us this year. It was what they did by default. But times have changed. American rapper Lil Wayne marched out the goof troop in a recent interview where he disconnected completely from the Black Lives Matter movement currently sweeping black consciousness in the US.

The BLM movement started as a socio-political pressure group protesting the callous and incessant shooting of unarmed black folks mostly by white policemen. ‘What is it?’ asked Lil Wayne, before adding: ‘I don’t feel connected to a damn thing that ain’t got nothing to do with me.’. Read the rest on Linda Ikeji Music

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