Keedron Bryant, a 12-year-old whose song protesting police killings of African Americans in the US went viral, signs deal with Warner Records
Bryant first posted the acapella gospel song on his Instagram account on May 26, the day after anotherFloyd's death –– one in a long line of black people killed by white law enforcement –– ignited mass Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality and a national reckoning on racism in America, both in the past and today."Every day I'm being hunted as prey. My people don't want no trouble," Bryant sings.
The original post has been liked well over three million times, and drawn praise from Barack Obama to Katy Perry.Dem Jointz said in an Instagram post Thursday that he was "Thankful" to share the song alongside the Bryant family and Warner Records. The US music giant will reportedly donate proceeds from the song to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People .
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