16 Rappers Who Have Stood With #BlackLivesMatter

Get the real on rappers who are actually down with #BLM.

Snoop Dogg & The Game - For our purposes we'll refer to these two as one because we salute their team effort. After the deadly police shootings in Dallas, the West Coast rappers hosted a peaceful town rally, marching to L.A.’s police headquarters to demand unity and a cease of police brutality on people of color. The rappers expressed that they were not there to bash police, but to inspire conversation and get one step closer to fixing the problem. It was a powerful representation of how to start dialogue with respect.  (Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Chance the Rapper - Rap’s favorite independent rapper appeared in a We Are Here Movement video along with Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Beyoncé. The video featured 23 ways Black people could get killed in America, reminding us the danger the community may face daily just because of the color of their skin. His line was “making eye contact,” in reference to the death of Freddie Gray. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Talib Kweli - Talib appeared on Real Time With Bill Maher in August 2015 to speak on the importance of activism in the Black community even when questioning progressive politicians. He applauded the women of #BlackLivesMatter who disrupted a Bernie Sanders speech in Seattle that same month for making sure their voices and issues were heard.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
Ice Cube - Ice Cube revealed in April 2016 his opinion on Hillary Clinton’s previous statement that referred to some Black kids as “super predators,” explaining that we shouldn’t let her off the hook and should explore what she will do for the Black community. Cube also addressed the #BlackLivesMatter criticism of “Black-on-Black crime,” and stressed that all communities commit crimes against their own. The rapper also added that police violence against African-Americans is incomparable and inexcusable. (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)Meek Mill - Following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Meek vowed on an Instagram post to stop promoting “extreme violence” in his music after he drops Dreamchasers 4. In the Instagram photo, Meek appears young and bruised; he points to police violence as the reason he was physically hurt to shed light on the issue. (Photo: Meek Mill via Instagram)

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Chance the Rapper - Rap’s favorite independent rapper appeared in a We Are Here Movement video along with Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Beyoncé. The video featured 23 ways Black people could get killed in America, reminding us the danger the community may face daily just because of the color of their skin. His line was “making eye contact,” in reference to the death of Freddie Gray. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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