Rapper Jay Z has released a new song addressing police shooting against black Americans, following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Sterling, 37, and Castile, 32, were fatally shot by police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and
Falcon
Heights, Minnesota, respectively, this week.
"I'm saddened and disappointed in THIS
America
- we should be further along. WE ARE NOT," he wrote in a statement accompanying the new release . He revealed the song was made at least a year ago, said the
Hollywood Reporter
.
"Blessings to all the families that have lost loved ones to police brutality," he added. His wife
Beyonce also addressed the police brutality by posting a call to action on her website and asking for a moment of silence at her
Glasgow
show, while projecting dozens of victims' names onstage.
Listen to the songs of Jay Z on gaana.comFive police officers were shot dead and seven others injured in firing by snipers in
Dallas
during a late night demonstration protesting the fatal police shootings of Sterling and Castile.
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