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Friday Five: Meek Mill showcases the other side of America, YG says 'FTP,' and more
Jun 05, 2020 1 min, 21 secs
In today's edition, Meek Mill details the other side of America, YG releases a perfectly timed protest anthem, Terrace Martin and a few friends make a sharp song about police brutality, Shamir drops a one-off dedicated to the Center for Black Equity and Black Lives Matter, and TWICE merge tropical house and dubstep.

If there is one black American artist capable of sharing intimate details on what the specter of the police state feels like, it's Meek Mill.

In 2016, the Compton rapper released the first true anti-Trump anthem, "FDT," which remains the most potent protest song of the last four years.

Now, he's followed it up with the timely "FTP." It feels like the only new song that matters while our streets and social media feeds are flushed with abhorrent police violence.

"F— the police, that's how I feel/Buy a Glock, break down the block/That's how I feel (That's how I feel)/Murder after murder after all these years/Buy a strap, bust back after all these tears." —Eli Enis.

On this new one-off single — which is available for only 24 hours, with proceeds from sales going to Black Lives Matter Philly, the Center for Black Equity, and the Philadelphia Bail Fund — he yearns for something, or someone, he can get behind, while recognizing the hidden meanings of what's in front of him: "Reminder to myself that nothings ever what it seems/And not all healthy things are green," he sings over rubbery guitars.

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