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Black History Month: Day 22 Beyonce has more than earned her title of Queen. She is a multitalented artist who excels in every genre and area of the arts she enters and has the awards to prove it. “I’ma going to riot through your borders.” Yasss, Queen! The time is now! youtu.be/7FWF9375hUA

Childish Gambino’s first and only #1 song. It garnered the Grammy for song of the year in 2019 and still hits hard. youtu.be/VYOjWnS4cMY

Black History Month: Day 20 This song inspired anti-lynching protests across the country and Holiday was surveilled, harassed and threatened by the FBI, but she never cut it out of her performances. youtu.be/Web007rzSOI

Black History Month: Day 19 Geto Boys are underrated, most likely because of their graphic songs, which made many white people uncomfortable. This one goes after corrupt cops, who are legion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PylC...

Black History Month: Day 18 Common breaks down the realness, as always. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO7t...

Black History Month: Day 17 Leadbelly was a badass, not only in his music, but in his life. He didn't take no shit even when he was in prison. It's time to summon that defiance and tear the new Nazis down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQva...

Black History Month: Day 16 By any means necessary. youtu.be/VyBte3zjQsA

Black History Month: Day 15 Sam Cooke is an icon for a reason. Smooth soulful singing delivering a message of hope and resistance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPr3...

Happy Valentine’s Day from this stinker.

Black History Month: Day 14 Kool G Rap speaking truth to power; crime pays if you're the white color. Just ask the billionaires straight up stealing your tax dollars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW5b...

Black History Month: Day 13 Paris got dropped by Time Warner due to Sleeping With The Enemy's original cover, which shows Paris hiding behind a tree with a gun as George H.W. Bush approaches, along with the songs "Bush Killa" and this cop-killing revenge fantasy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gO8...

Black History Month: Day 12 Tracy Chapman, one of the strongest songwriters of any generation, laying bare the state of things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2wn...

Black History Month: Day 11 Ziggy Marley walks in his father's footsteps, reminding us that we are the biggest threats to the system. Protest and resist any way you can. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blz2...

Spending the rest of the week with Gunnar.

Black History Month: Day 10 Kendrick Lamar gave a masterclass on protest during his Super Bowl half-time show. Democrats take note. Also, big shout out to the performer that hid Palestinian and Sudanese flags on his person, then busted it out during the show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H58v...

Black History Month: Day 9 Ice-T with Body Count shows he can can rock as hard as he raps. He had everyone from the cops to the FBI to the White House on his ass for this song. I got to see him play this live. The crowd went nuts. We all see through the boys in blue www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu1v...

Sophie working the sexy leg. #caturday

Black History Month: Day 8 The always amazing (especially live) Fishbone spell out what both Democrats and Republicans would like to get back to: the good 'ol days when the quiet part wasn't said out loud. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W90j...

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Black History Month: Day 7 Rage Against The Machine have a grab bag of songs that would fit here, but I think this is the most pertinent, not to mention potent, of their catalogue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhuW...

Bangladesh has the right idea. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Black History Month: Day 6 The legendary Stevie Wonder packing 200 years of American black courage, leadership, inventiveness and creativity into an 8-minute and 30-second song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghhm...

Random squirrel is ready for Elon Musk and his incels to try and gain access to his server. Bring it, baby nuts!

Man, Mitch McConnell really wants to die in office.

Black History Month: Day 5 The Bad Brains, an amazing hardcore and reggae group, were also very educational . Here's a history lesson about Nazis that we refused to learn almost 45 years ago. No politician is going to save us. Only we can save us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=np13...