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For this hip-hop artist, black lives do matter — and it’s time to take a stand
On Saturday in Austin, there was a Black Lives Matter protest on the campus of the University of Texas, down the street from near the annual SXSW conference. At the protest was Texas hip-hop artist D.Hawk, who says it’s time to take a stand against violence against African Americans.
Hip-hop artist D.Hawk joined fellow demonstrators this week at a Black Lives Matter protest at the University of Texas.
He was there to ask his fellow musicians to stand up and do something to help heal the wounds after death of Michael Brown, who was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, last year.
The Austin-based rapper wrote a song following Brown's death focused on why African American men need to support each other.
D.Hawk met us outside the studios of KUT in Austin to perform his new song, "I'd Rather Be Free."