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| The song itself was initially wrote and released in April 2015 in response to the death of 25-year-old African-American man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] in Baltimore, Maryland, and the resulting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_riots riots] taking place over the days prior to the song’s recording. | | The song itself was initially wrote and released in April 2015 in response to the death of 25-year-old African-American man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] in Baltimore, Maryland, and the resulting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_riots riots] taking place over the days prior to the song’s recording. |
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− | The video compiles footage of protests and newspaper articles about the deaths of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown Michael Brown]. It also contains photographies taken by [https://ralstonsmith.com/about/ Ralston Smith] (the director of this video) of the''Rally 4 Peace'' concert [[Prince]] gave on [[10 May 2015]] in Baltimore. | + | The video compiles footage of protests and newspaper articles about the deaths of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray Freddie Gray] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown Michael Brown]. It also contains photographies taken by [https://ralstonsmith.com/about/ Ralston Smith] (the director of this video) of the ''Rally 4 Peace'' concert [[Prince]] gave on [[10 May 2015]] in Baltimore. |
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| The video was re-upload by [[The Prince Estate]] on the streaming plateforms in conjunction with the events following the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd death of George Floyd] in [[Prince]]’s hometown, Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May 2020. | | The video was re-upload by [[The Prince Estate]] on the streaming plateforms in conjunction with the events following the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd death of George Floyd] in [[Prince]]’s hometown, Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May 2020. |