Delivering a sermon in Detroit on Sunday (21 February), Farrakhan accused “white folks” of not knowing how to deal with Beyonce’s performance, which paid tribute to the Black Lives Matter campaign.
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Beyonce’s Super Bowl the performance and her new video “Formation” have offended pro-police supporters in the USA, who are now calling for a boycott against her. Beyoncé has not yet responded to Farrakhan’s offer.
Minister Louis Farrakhan is falling into formation behind Beyonce despite her Super Bowl backlash.
“But when one of us shows some independence, look how you treating Beyoncé now”, he said. The Black Panthers also featured in the singer’s performance, prompting police unions in the USA to call for boycotts against the star on grounds of her “anti-police message”. “You’re gonna picket. You’re not gonna offer her police protection. But the FOI (Fruit of Islam) will”, Farrakhan said to a cheering crowd.
The speech has been titled, “The Cultural Revolution is On!” and offers support to Kendrick Lamar, as well as Bey.
“So we say to our hip-hop community: Say what you feel”.
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“All of the rogue cops are found in the ghettos, so we’re going to help you, we’re going to find them and point them out”, he said he told Craig, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press by Niraj Warikoo.
