Within the span of 24 hours, the Hip Hop community has been shaken by the deaths of two Black men at the hands of police. Following the news of Alton Sterling‘s death in Baton Rouge, another video surfaced, this one of 32-year-old Philando Castile, being shot during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Castile later died at a local hospital.
Several people went back to social media to honor the man and call for justice. ScHoolboy Q wrote a series of lyrics while Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard became a trending topic himself because of his controversial call for Black people to come together and stop Black on Black crime. The Oakland native reminds his audience that he knew Oscar Grant, another man shot and killed by police and who was portrayed by Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station, and knows the full extent of the pain that comes from these incidents.
View the reactions to the death of Philando Castile at the hands of police below.
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