Songs That Take a Stand Against Domestic Violence

Tyrese brings domestic violence to "Shame" with new video.

Tyrese, Featuring Jennifer Hudson – 'Shame' - Black Ty brings domestic violence to the forefront with his latest ballad and video, "Shame," where we find him on his knees confessing to his priest and apologizing after verbally and physically abusing his wife, played by Jennifer Hudson, who also duets with the Watts crooner.Directed by Paul Hunter and produced by Denzel Washington, '"Shame" is one of the love anthems featured on Tyrese's sixth album, Black Rose, which drops on Friday. As Ty puts men to shame for putting their hands on women, take a look at several other artists who put domestic violence on blast with their music. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA) (Photo: Voltron Recordz)

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Tyrese, Featuring Jennifer Hudson – 'Shame' - Black Ty brings domestic violence to the forefront with his latest ballad and video, "Shame," where we find him on his knees confessing to his priest and apologizing after verbally and physically abusing his wife, played by Jennifer Hudson, who also duets with the Watts crooner.Directed by Paul Hunter and produced by Denzel Washington, '"Shame" is one of the love anthems featured on Tyrese's sixth album, Black Rose, which drops on Friday. As Ty puts men to shame for putting their hands on women, take a look at several other artists who put domestic violence on blast with their music. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA) (Photo: Voltron Recordz)

Jodeci, Featuring B.o.B – 'Nobody Wins' - Jodeci unveiled a new song with B.o.B earlier this season at the Soul Train Awards called "Nobody Wins." The track addresses domestic abuse and they dropped the lyric video for it today. It fuses imagery from several domestic violence cases as well as information on how to get out and get help. (Photo: Isaac Brekken/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Jodeci, Featuring B.o.B – 'Nobody Wins' - Jodeci unveiled a new song with B.o.B earlier this season at the Soul Train Awards called "Nobody Wins." The track addresses domestic abuse and they dropped the lyric video for it today. It fuses imagery from several domestic violence cases as well as information on how to get out and get help. (Photo: Isaac Brekken/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Twista, 'Got Away' - Twista dropped his new video, "Got Away," from his new album, Dark Horse , which was dedicated to "all those who have suffered from addiction, infidelity and abuse." Though the subject matter is heavy, the song is anything but. "This video is supposed to have a lot of meaning and to help sooth one's pain after experiencing any sort of tragedy in their life. Don't let an incident take over!" he said.(Photo: GMG Entertainment LLC)

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Twista, 'Got Away' - Twista dropped his new video, "Got Away," from his new album, Dark Horse , which was dedicated to "all those who have suffered from addiction, infidelity and abuse." Though the subject matter is heavy, the song is anything but. "This video is supposed to have a lot of meaning and to help sooth one's pain after experiencing any sort of tragedy in their life. Don't let an incident take over!" he said.(Photo: GMG Entertainment LLC)

Tracy Chapman, 'Behind the Wall' - This haunting acapella song from Tracy Chapman's incredible 1988 debut talks of "sleepless nights" from hearing the man next door beat his wife.  (Photo: Retna UK /Landov)

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Tracy Chapman, 'Behind the Wall' - This haunting acapella song from Tracy Chapman's incredible 1988 debut talks of "sleepless nights" from hearing the man next door beat his wife.  (Photo: Retna UK /Landov)

Hot Girl - Actress-recording artist Eve shows off her long legs at her first performance in a long while at Oster Media Presents Leila Shams After-Party at the Westway in New York City. (Photo: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images)

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Eve, 'Love Is Blind' - Word is this song from Eve's 1999 debut was inspired by a true story. It's one of the few rap songs to take on domestic violence from a female perspective.   (Photo: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images)

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8. "Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna - Two very different stars came together under the banner of confronting abusive relationships — something they both know plenty about — topping the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks and grabbing five Grammy nods in the process. (Photo: Aftermath Records)

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Eminem, Featuring Rihanna, 'Love the Way You Lie' - This blockbuster 2010 collabo was given extra emotional weight by both Eminem's and Rihanna's well-known experiences with abusive relationships. (Photo: Interscope Records)

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Tupac - Tupac was known for his candid tongue and provocative lyrics. At a MECCA arena concert in Milwaukee back in 1994 Pac got a little too carefree with his words inciting a riot which caused promoters to drop him. Pac allegedly sparked conflict with "fight words," and fans began to throw cups on stage, shove, and more; forcing the concert to end early. Afterwards, the aggravated concertgoers stormed the hotel Tupac was staying at, leaving three injured and two arrested. Promoters blamed the rapper for the mayhem and promptly discontinued their relationship him before his next show.(Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Tupac, 'Can U Get Away' - This funky ride from Pac's 1995 album, Me Against the World, details his on-the-low love for a woman trapped in an abusive relationship.   (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Babyface, Featuring Stevie Wonder, 'How Come, How Long' - Two soul music legends united on this 1997 ballad to remember an abused woman they "used to know/ She was oh so beautiful/ But she's not here anymore." (Photo: Sony Music)

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Babyface, Featuring Stevie Wonder, 'How Come, How Long' - Two soul music legends united on this 1997 ballad to remember an abused woman they "used to know/ She was oh so beautiful/ But she's not here anymore." (Photo: Sony Music)

Pink, 'Family Portrait' - Pink details what it's like growing up with parents in an emotionally abusive relationship on this intense 2001 song.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Pink, 'Family Portrait' - Pink details what it's like growing up with parents in an emotionally abusive relationship on this intense 2001 song.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

"Beautiful," Christina Aguilera  - Christina Aguilera's single "Beautiful" conveys a clear message: "You are beautiful in every single way." It was picked up heavily by the LGBT community, and earned Aguilera a Grammy Award. It is still recognized as one of her most powerful tracks to date. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Christina Aguilera, 'I'm OK' - This beautiful ballad from Christina's fourth album, Stripped (2002), painfully describes an abusive relationship from the point of view of a child. "Hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face/ Every time my father's fist would put her in her place," she sings.   (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Lauryn Hill, 'I Get Out' - This acoustic song from Hill's dramatic 2001 MTV Unplugged performance is about escaping a hurtful relationship that "victimizes" and "compromises" you, though by the last verse it's hard to tell if the abuser is a boyfriend, the record industry, or society in general — or all three. (Photo: MTV)

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Lauryn Hill, 'I Get Out' - This acoustic song from Hill's dramatic 2001 MTV Unplugged performance is about escaping a hurtful relationship that "victimizes" and "compromises" you, though by the last verse it's hard to tell if the abuser is a boyfriend, the record industry, or society in general — or all three. (Photo: MTV)

Aaliyah, 'Never No More' - In this highlight from her self-titled 2001 classic, Aaliyah has had enough of her abusive man. "I promised myself you wouldn't put your hands on me again," she sings. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Aaliyah, 'Never No More' - In this highlight from her self-titled 2001 classic, Aaliyah has had enough of her abusive man. "I promised myself you wouldn't put your hands on me again," she sings. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Janet Jackson, 'If' - Ms. Jackson (if you're nasty) got through her solo nights with fantasies about a lover she couldn't have. "How many nights I've laid in bed excited over you / I've closed my eyes and thought of us a hundred different ways / I've gotten there so many times I wonder how 'bout you," she sang.(Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

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Janet Jackson, 'What About' - This song from the classic Velvet Rope album bounces between Sade-esque balladry and funk, the perfect backdrop for Janet to sadly and angrily ask her violent lover, "What about the times you hit my face?"(Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)