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Teyana Taylor’s ‘Still’ Music Video Featuring Tributes to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor Garners Mixed Responses

 

Teyana Taylor’s latest music video for her song “Still” aims to serve as a reminder that Black lives truly matter, and that police brutality in America needs to end. “Still” is found on the Harlem native’s latest project, The Album , and the music video (released on Wednesday) was directed by Taylor as her creative… Read more…

Teyana Taylor’s latest music video for her song “Still” aims to serve as a reminder that Black lives truly matter, and that police brutality in America needs to end. “Still” is found on the Harlem native’s latest project, The Album, and the music video (released on Wednesday) was directed by Taylor as her creative alter ego, Spike Tey.

Throughout the video, footage of past acts of police brutality such as the assault of Rodney King and the bodycam footage of the assault of George Floyd are on stirring display. Taylor also appears at various points in the visual dressed as civil rights activists and police brutality victims, such as Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, Breonna Taylor (in an EMT uniform), Trayvon Martin (in a black hoodie), and Elijah McClain (as evidenced by a violin, which he played).

While dressed as Newton, Taylor’s prominent baby bump is on display. She announced in June that she was expecting her second child via the music video for “Wake Up Love,” which features her husband Iman Shumpert.

While Taylor attempted to send a message about the importance of Black lives, several Twitter users are not thrilled about the use of violent videos and audio for “Still,” or her method of evoking the above victims. On Twitter, one user said that the video was “careless,” while another questioned why she was “cosplaying” as victims of police brutality.

“[Police brutality victims] are not public property and it’s not fair to use their image like this,” a Twitter user wrote. “They didn’t ask for all of this macabre.”

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