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Artists Protest Against U.S./Israeli Genocide in Gaza… and Challenge Their Peers 

There are important examples this week of artists, musicians, and entertainers bringing their creativity and their influence to bear in the fight to stop the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. And importantly, they are challenging their peers to do the same. In some cases, performers have withdrawn their participation in major international cultural events funded by companies aiding Israel's war efforts. There have been demands that Israel be prevented from taking part in international events. 

This is important and needs to inspire others.  Still, too many remain silent.  Everyone in the arts—writers, musicians, playwrights... everyone with a platform and a voice—has a responsibility to stand up and speak out, DEMANDING that the U.S./Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people END NOW! Here are few recent examples of those with courage and heart raising their voices:

Residente, Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and filmmaker with a record 28 Latin Grammys, had intended to release his latest album last fall. But, as he told NPR, “It seems impossible to release this album while a macabre genocide is slowly destroying Palestine. It hurts a lot. I can't be indifferent. Why doesn't everything come to a halt, just like it did during the pandemic? Everything would stop, so that way, we could focus on Gaza.” When Residente finally released the album, he added a song that wasn't originally on it: "Bajo Los Escombros" ("Under The Rubble"), a song about Gaza, featuring the Palestinian singer Amal Murkus, that will touch your heart. Watch it here.

Dua Lipa, English-Albanian singer-songwriter, posted on Instagram after the May 26 Israel attack on Rafah: “Burning children alive can never be justified. The whole world is mobilising to stop the Israeli genocide. Please show your solidarity with Gaza.” She used hashtag #AllEyesOnRafah on her post. Dua Lipa told Rolling Stone that because her parents had been forced to flee their home in Kosovo because of war there in the 1990s, “I feel for people who have to leave their home.”

Kehlani is a singer-songwriter originally from Oakland, California, whose albums have been near the top of the Billboard chart, one nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the Grammy Awards. On May 27, Kehlani took to Instagram to express their outrage at fellow artists for their silence on the continuing Israeli/U.S. genocidal slaughter in Gaza, saying, “I don’t got it no more. I just don’t. I tried hella ways to cope, and it doesn’t exist, and that’s okay. Nobody should know how to cope right now. I tried to drop some music and get my mind back right, [and] my focus back, and the rage is just EXTREMELY prevalent.” Watch:

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