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Beyoncé Demands Justice In Death Of George Floyd

Beyoncé is among the growing number of celebrities demanding justice for George Floyd, who died on Memorial Day during the course of a brutal arrest by cops.

The superstar shared a video on Instagram and urged fans to seek justice for Floyd by signing petitions on her website. She displayed a photo of Floyd on the homepage of her website with the caption, "Rest in Power George Floyd."

"We need justice for George Floyd. We all witnessed his murder in broad daylight. We're broken and we're disgusted. We cannot normalize this pain. I'm not only speaking to people of color - if you're white, Black, brown, or anything in between, I'm sure you feel hopeless by the racism going on in America right now," Beyoncé said in her video.

"No more senseless killings of human beings, no more seeing people of color as less than human, we can no longer look away. George is all of our family and humanity. He's our family because he's a fellow American," she continued. "There have been too many times that we've seen these violent killings and no consequences. Yes, someone's been charged, but justice is far from being achieved. Please sign the petition and continue to pray for peace and compassion and healing for our country."

Floyd lost his life on Monday, May 25, after police officer Derek Chauvin used his knee on Floyd's neck to pin him down for a considerably long period despite

Beyoncé urges fans to seek justice for Floyd by signing the petitions on her website, which include Justice for George Floyd on change.org, #JusticeforFloyd on act.colorofchange.org, and #WeCantBreathe on wecantbreathenational.org.

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Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande's 'Rain On Me' Debuts Atop Billboard Hot 100

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's "Rain on Me" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's all-genre Hot 100 chart.

With the help of "Rain on Me," Gaga earned her fifth Hot 100 No. 1 and Grande grabbed her fourth.

"Rain on Me" was released on Friday, May 22. The song is the second single from Gaga's album Chromatica, which dropped Friday, May 29. The record's first single, "Stupid Love," debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Hot 100 in March.

"Rain on Me" topped the Digital Song Sales chart with 72,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 28. The song also debuted at No. 2 on Streaming Songs with 31.4 million U.S. streams and drew 11.1 million audience impressions.

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Bruce Springsteen Joins Dropkick Murphys For Concert At Empty Fenway Park

Bruce Springsteen joined American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys last Friday to stream a live concert from an entirely empty Fenway Park in Boston.

The band was clad in Red Sox uniforms, and nearly two hours into the show, they performed a cover of The Standells' classic song, "Dirty Water," at which point frontman Ken Casey brought out Springsteen.

Casey introduced the singer by giving him the title of the "reigning, defending heavyweight champion of rock n' roll," soon after which Springsteen appeared on the centerfield scoreboard.

Springsteen and hasey went on to deliver a powerful rendition of the song "Rose Tattoo" taken from the 2013 Rose Tattoo: For Boston Charity EP, on which the two musicians previously collaborated. Also featured was a performance of Springsteen's "American Land."

The entire 28-song set was originally streamed live on YouTube and is now available to be rewatched on the Dropkick Murphys' official account.

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