As for the music? The proudest moment of my life is when attorney Benjamin Crump said “Legendary” is the new anthem of the movement.” The video painfully underscores the plight of our community, while asserting that Black Lives Matter. As Black people we are fighting two pandemics: COVID-19 and Systemic Racism. Tyrese says, “Legendary is powerful because the music and the video are meant to shift how we are seen. While he had already been working on new music, to be released through Voltron Records in partnership with CAROLINE, Tyrese knew that it was his duty as a Black man, a son and a father to use his platform and his voice to add to the ongoing fight for Black Lives. We are glad that Tyrese and Taylor offered an alternate ending to what happens all too often. At first we wondered if the song was really over eight minutes long, then we realized the video was meant to stand as an act of protest and the length of the video, an exact eight minutes and 46 seconds, was a reflection of the amount of time Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin spent with his knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck, resulting in Floyd’s death. ![]() ![]() ![]() We really liked how the visuals were a mix of dramatic reenactments and footage from Black Lives Matter protests. Deon Taylor really did an incredible job capturing the raw emotions we’re experiencing witnessing these horrific attacks on our humanity.
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