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While tons of celebrities like Michael B. Jordan and Jennifer Lopez hit the streets to protest police brutality and demand racial equality over the weekend, YG decided it was the perfect setting to shoot a music video.
The rapper stopped by a protest in Los Angeles to film a music video for his latest single, “F*ck The Police,” and some folks didn’t take too kindly to the idea.
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“For anyone out there talking I don’t question your advocacy and don’t think you should question mine,” he said in a video posted to Instagram on Monday morning.
“The real story here is me and Black Lives Matter brought out 50,000 people today to peacefully protest and unite for change.
I wanted to document that so when they hear this song, and think we are reckless and violent, they see a peaceful protest of all different people coming together for a common cause,” he said.