Music & Sports Coming Together For Social Change

14-Aug-19 22:00

Music & Sports Coming Together For Social Change

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Sports and music have been inseparable, and their ties have been present in many major leagues—in the NBA where rappers have enhanced the game's atmosphere and just recently in the NFL where Jay-Z's entertainment brand Roc Nation signed a long-term partnership for social change. Supporting the likes of Colin Kaepernick after his kneeling during the national anthem and NBA point guard Kyrie Irving, Jay-Z sets a new wave for the music-sporting world.

0:54 - Bobby Oroza - Lonely Girl

5:01 - Music Artists Pushing For Social Change Through Sports

8:27 - Interview On Basketball's Showbiz Elements With J.R. Reid And Cappie Pondexter

11:00 - FloFilz - Transit(ions)

Produced by: Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting, Haniff Baharudin, Arif Abd Aziz

Presented by: Daryl Ong, Othniel Ting

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Categories: Film, Music

Tags: the pulse, music news, jay-z, roc nation, social change, kaepernick,

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