Watch This Protest Crowd Sing Beyoncé And Kendrick Lamar's 'Freedom'

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    Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. Photo by Paras Griffin/BET/Getty Images for BET

    A Black Lives Matter protest crowd in Los Angeles has broken out in a Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar singalong, singing the pair's 2016 collaboration Freedom.

    The crowd was led by Amber Riley, a singer, dancer and actress who has starred in Glee, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Nobody's Fool.

    READ MORE: Here Are All The Musicians Standing In Solidarity For #BlackLivesMatter, And How You Can Help

    Grabbing a microphone, Amber says "I need you all to clap and give me a beat, like a heartbeat," before she starts singing and getting everyone to sing along with her, amplifying each other's voices.

    Freedom is a particularly apt choice for a protest song, given the song is an empowering track touching on both the historical crimes committed against African Americans through slavery, as well as current-day racism of racial profiling and police brutality.

    Check out the singalong, and the original song, below. It's a powerful song, made even more powerful being sung by many.

     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    What an honor. #blacklivesmatter #defundthepolice #prosecutekillercops

    A post shared by Amber Riley (@msamberpriley) on

     

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Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar
Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. Photo by Paras Griffin/BET/Getty Images for BET

A Black Lives Matter protest crowd in Los Angeles has broken out in a Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar singalong, singing the pair's 2016 collaboration Freedom.

The crowd was led by Amber Riley, a singer, dancer and actress who has starred in Glee, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Nobody's Fool.

READ MORE: Here Are All The Musicians Standing In Solidarity For #BlackLivesMatter, And How You Can Help

Grabbing a microphone, Amber says "I need you all to clap and give me a beat, like a heartbeat," before she starts singing and getting everyone to sing along with her, amplifying each other's voices.

Freedom is a particularly apt choice for a protest song, given the song is an empowering track touching on both the historical crimes committed against African Americans through slavery, as well as current-day racism of racial profiling and police brutality.

Check out the singalong, and the original song, below. It's a powerful song, made even more powerful being sung by many.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What an honor. #blacklivesmatter #defundthepolice #prosecutekillercops

A post shared by Amber Riley (@msamberpriley) on

 

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