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Protests continue across the country following the death of George Floyd, and some of them have led to damaged buildings. News footage shows that among those buildings is Tyler The Creator’s Golf store in Los Angeles, parts of which have been covered in spray paint. However, Tyler doesn’t seem to be overly bothered by it.
They done fucked up the GOLF store. Tyler supports them tho. Easily replaceable, a life’s just not.
pic.twitter.com/DpdQHLPfFN
— MOSEY
(@OLDMOSEY) May 31, 2020
PROTESTERS AT THE GOLF STORE, Hopefully they realize this is a store ran by a black artist. Either way, the store can be rebuilt but the lives of those lost cannot. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #LosAngelesriots #golfwang @tylerthecreator pic.twitter.com/KQ0CMDysmU
— BLACK LIVES MATTER (@SECTIONGOLF) May 31, 2020
Yesterday, the Golf Wang Instagram account posted a 1969 photo of members of the Black Panther party and wrote, “BLACK FURY: keep your eyes wide and educate yourself. ( black panther party, 1969).” They also added in the comments, “and the store is fine, but even if it wasnt, this is bigger than getting some glass fixed and buffing spray paint off, understand what really needs to be fixed out here. stay safe, love.”
Tyler, the Creators statement on the GOLF store in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/uCard2MfBR
— Odd Future Fans (@itsOddFuture) June 1, 2020
Tyler showed his support for protesters over the weekend. On Twitter, he shared a photo of people in the streets and wrote, “beeee safe out huur.” He and Jasper were also seen protesting in Los Angeles together. He also took to his Instagram Story to share a video post of the man who brought a bow and arrow to a Salt Lake City protest and allegedly aimed it at protestors.
beeee safe out huur pic.twitter.com/gQybaBDZeH
— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) May 31, 2020
Tyler, the Creator and Jasper protesting in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/PgPROwgswF
— Odd Future Fans (@itsOddFuture) June 1, 2020
In related news, the music industry is set to participate in a “black out” tomorrow in response to the Floyd situation.
Spike Lee debuted a new short film about police brutality on Sunday.
3 Brothers – Radio Raheem, Eric Garner, and George Floyd intercuts the scene from 1989’s Do the Right Thing where Radio Raheem (played by Bill Nunn) is killed by white cops with cell phone-shot footage of the arrests of Eric Garner in 2014 and George Floyd last week, both of which resulted in their deaths and nation-wide protests.
The film premiered on CNN, where the Oscar-winning filmmaker told Don Lemon, “How can people not understand why people are acting the way they are? This is not new, we saw with the riots in the ’60s, the assassination of Dr King, every time something jumps off and we don’t get our justice, people are reacting they way they do to be heard. This is the thing: the killing of black bodies, that is what this country is built upon.”
You can watch 3 Brothers below.
Do the Right Thing was nominated for two Oscars and is one of Lee’s four films in the National Film Registry, alongside 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It, 1992’s Malcolm X, and 1997’s 4 Little Girls. His next full-length film, Da 5 Bloods, about four African American Vietnam veterans who return to Vietnam, premieres on Netflix on June 12.
3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George Floyd. pic.twitter.com/EB0cXQELzE
— Spike Lee (@SpikeLeeJoint) June 1, 2020
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