The gesture didn’t go unnoticed by DeRay Mckesson, one of the main organisers of the Black Lives Matter campaign – which is being increasingly linked to Formation, with fans hailing it as the flawless anthem for the movement.
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“You might be the next Black Bill Gates in the Makin’.”
King condemned the video, released by the Grammy-winning singer ahead of her world tour and her performance during halftime of Sunday’s Super Bowl.
At the end of the clip, a boy is seen raising his hands in front of a line of police, who also have raised hands, and graffiti on a house reads, “Stop shooting us”, likely a message to police.
In a more subtle touch in the video, which was directed by Melina Matsoukas, a newspaper appears that features the picture of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
And she makes clear her ideal of beauty: “I like my Negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils”. It seems to be one thing Beyonce standing up against police brutality during one of televisions biggest events, and another thing her putting out the song/video for people to discover as they please.
Since Beyonce released her surprise video and single “Formation” Saturday, reaction has been strong. Beyonce dominated the conversation on social media during the halftime performance, with 1.3 million tweets about the singer according to figures from Twitter. “Let’s have, you know, decent wholesome entertainment, and not use it as a platform to attack the people who, you know, put their lives at risk to save us”, Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized Beyonce on FOX news this morning.
Beyonce s performance, however, heartened many Internet users. But, once Beyonce and Bruno Mars were added to the playlist, Super Bowl 50 was upgraded to SUPER BOWL 50!
The political leanings of Beyonce and Jay Z are no secret.
Although he and others considered the performance an affront to and an attack on police, others praised it for sending an empowering message to a long-aggrieved group.
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It’s common knowledge by now that Beyoncé Knowles won the Super Bowl without even touching the field.
