on december 8th cleveland s lebron james wore this shirt before the brooklyn nets game. showing his solidarity with new york city protesters after the decision of the staten island grand jury not to indict anyone in the death of erin garner and jay-z helped deliver the t-shirts to the nets game. on december 14th andrew hawkins wore this showing his support for the families of tamir rice and john crawford ii but these instances have left some wondering how recording artists are participating in the dialogue. quest questlove addressed this in an interview with billboard, referring to the backlash the dixie chicks received in 2003 after saying they were ashamed president bush was from texas.