kendrick lamar has won the pulitzer prize. now rap music s intent is to speak out in protest. -cardi b! -[trills] the one and only rihanna. i feel like i finally got my purpose back. -i like our music! -[laughs] how do you feel about breaking drake s streaming record? it s insane. [kacey] these days, with the genre lines being so blurred, the possibilities are endless. don t believe me? just watch! [theme music] i know a place where the grass is really greener [jason] the music of the early 2010s was marked by this groundswell of energy and good feeling. california gurls, we re undeniable [jason] i remember being in the club and hearing california gurls and just thinking, something has changed. so raise your glass if you are wrong [jason] there were all these turbopop songs. like a g6 [jason] marked by an aggressive high tempo. songs like party rock anthem. party rock is in the house tonight [jason] i think it had a lot to do with the end of the global
even when it sounds like nothing she s ever tried before. [audience cheering] beyoncé released an album last night, and the internet went insane over it. kendrick lamar has won the pulitzer prize. now rap music s intent is to speak out in protest. -cardi b! -[trills] the one and only rihanna. i feel like i finally got my purpose back. -i like our music! -[laughs] how do you feel about breaking drake s streaming record? it s insane. [kacey] these days, with the genre lines being so blurred, the possibilities are endless. don t believe me? just watch! [theme music] i know a place where the grass is really greener [jason] the music of the early 2010s was marked by this groundswell of energy and good feeling. california gurls, we re undeniable [jason] i remember being in the club and hearing california gurls and just thinking, something has changed. so raise your glass if you are wrong [jason] there were all these turbopop songs. like a g6 [jason] marked by
oppa gangnam style [gayle] the digital revolution has rocked the music business, changing the way we buy, play, and discover new music. 1989 sounds exactly like taylor swift, even when it sounds like nothing she s ever tried before. [audience cheering] beyoncé released an album last night, and the internet went insane over it. kendrick lamar has won the pulitzer prize. now rap music s intent is to speak out in protest. -cardi b! -[trills] the one and only rihanna. i feel like i finally got my purpose back. -i like our music! -[laughs] how do you feel about breaking drake s streaming record? it s insane. [kacey] these days, with the genre lines being so blurred, the possibilities are endless. don t believe me? just watch! [theme music] i know a place where the grass is really greener [jason] the music of the early 2010s was marked by this groundswell of energy and good feeling. california gurls, we re undeniable [jason] i remember being in the club and heari
but it was also a protest, largely in response to police brutality. okay ladies, now let s get in formation [salamishah] at the super bowl, she was paying tribute to the black panther activists of the 1960s and 70s. i see it, i want it i stunt, yellow-bone it [salamishah] and it was seen as such a galvanizing moment for people around the country in terms of, you know, organizing against racial injustice. -hands up! -don t shoot! -hands up! -don t shoot! the whole damn system is filthy as hell! [salamishah] when black lives matter becomes the dominant social movement of our time in 2013, you have a groundswell of activists and artists starting to find their voice. i m weary of the ways of the world [salamishah] we have beyoncé s younger sister, solange, with weary. d angelo releases black messiah. all we wanted was a chance to talk and you have a figure like frank ocean.
d angelo releases black messiah. all we wanted was a chance to talk and you have a figure like frank ocean. we ll let you guys prophesy [jason] frank ocean s blond in 2016. it s a really interior album. we ll let you guys prophesy we gon see the future first but it also has some very powerful political moments on there, and immediately i think of the opening track nikes , specifically referring to trayvon martin. rip trayvon that [bleep] look just like me [renée] music is always the soundtrack of movements. for me, few artists did that as well as kendrick lamar. king kunta, everybody wanna cut the legs off him kunta, black man takin no losses [renée] he wins the pulitzer prize. that was the impact he had. it wasn t just music. it was reporting. [shouting] we gon be alright sing it! we gon be alright