Azealia Banks, Louis York & Tory Lanez Critique Music Industry’s Response To George Floyd Protests

When Azealia Banks condemned America’s treatment of African-Americans she was met with silence, and in some cases criticism, from her peers in the entertainment today.

Today, she is one of the many musicians stepping out to critique the music industry’s response to the murder of George Floyd and the protests it has sparked.

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In a series of posts published on her Instagram Story, Banks slammed her peers for publicly condemning anti-blackness while engaging in it behind the scenes for financial gain.

In one story, she blasted some members of the African-American celebrity circle for publishing social media posts condemning racism while banking on it privately to derail the careers of their rivals.

She also condemned them for doing little to protect her after she was allegedly attacked by Russell Crowe.

Eyewitnesses verified her version of events some time later.

She isn’t the only one who feels the industry has more work to do.

Tory Lanez had this to say…

And to any of my black peers in this entertainment industry …. if your opinion on this matter at hand is ANYTHING along the lines of “ we need to blame ourselves … and it’s not the cops fault “ or “u gotta look at both sides” .. personally from me to u … FUCK OUTTA HERE

— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) May 31, 2020

Also confused by the industry’s response? Louis York.

Pls miss us with the major record label “we stand with you” posts. They have NOTORIOUSLY abused black talent and stolen to benefit white artists. That IS the design of the industry. There is not a black artists EVER who has been paid or awarded what they are worth.
Late AF.

— Louis York (@LouisYorkMusic) May 31, 2020

We been fighting for equal pay, equal exposure, better representation, better contracts, ownership of our craft, fair award ceremonies, non-biased radio & streaming plays, in biased genre reporting. BEEN FIGHTING, since Little Richards heyday.
y’all are late as fuck.

— Louis York (@LouisYorkMusic) May 31, 2020

In general, all the new ideas,songs, platforms, dances, etc that black artists will make in honor of this troubled era will be owned, controlled, used & abused by everyone but blacks people in the music industry.
Please.

— Louis York (@LouisYorkMusic) May 31, 2020

A day of silence ain’t changing the outdated laws on The Hill that disproportionately hurt black musicians. It doesn’t change the shitty contracts still being offered to starry eyed young geniuses, or the stolen publishing, the unfair algorithms, the racially coded “genres” etc.

— Louis York (@LouisYorkMusic) May 31, 2020

when we say not one black musician has ever been compensated fairly for what they’ve truly contributed to this country we mean NOT ONE.
Not MJ, not Beyonce, not Prince, Not Mariah, not Quincy, not Whitney, not Aretha, not Diddy, not Rihanna, not Motown…all the way down the list

— Louis York (@LouisYorkMusic) May 31, 2020

If “silence is not an option” then talk about some real shit. Keep that same energy to do something about the “knee on the neck” of minority creatives.
….Cuz most of them can’t fucking breathe!

— Louis York (@LouisYorkMusic) May 31, 2020

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