billboard.com/articles/news/9393849/music-industry-calling-for-a-blackout-in-response-to-george-floyds-death

he music industry is calling for a "Blackout Tuesday" in response to the death of George Floyd.

On Friday (May 29), less than a week after Floyd was suffocated by a Minneapolis police officer during an arrest, numerous music companies and artists began spreading a message on social media calling for “a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with out community" and “an urgent step of action to provoke accountability and change.”

"As gatekeepers of the culture, it's our responsibility to not only come together to celebrate the wins, but also hold each other up during loss," reads the statement, which is being circulated under the hashtag #TheShowMustBePaused.

The proposed blackout is set for Tuesday, June 2.
Among those reposting the message are Warner Music Group, Sony/ATV, Apple Music's Ebro Darden, BMG, former Hot 97 music programming director Karlie Hustle, British record label Dirty Hit, and independent distributor EMPIRE.

"All of my shows are cancelled. I will air replays of conversations with community activists, politicians and revolutionary music," Darden captioned his post on Instagram.

Good idea

Interscope glad they were able to release that GaGa album last Friday.

👀

Apple Music and Spotify would never do this.

Cap. They had nothing projected to drop anyways.

If they were real about this they’d do it for a month.

Wouldn't it make more sense to do it on a Thursday when majority of music drops?

So a bunch of capitalists chiming in to do damage control and appeal to their customers? F*** them labels

Is anything dropping this week?

CS still dropping

I would believe this but there aren’t any big projects releasing

Yeah this the right thing to do.

Frfr This s*** makes no sense lmfao. Pr move

I mean who can put Music out if it's not I reference to what going on right now anyway.

yep but its also not about the why if it leads to something good

i mean we shouldn't but it doesn't mean u can't promo ur cool lil EP :)

Lmaoo I will promote no matter what