NEW YORK - Kendrick Lamar wrote the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement yet, in charged times, the rap star found he could be mellow while staying salient. "We have to... stick together," Butler told the crowd as he shouted, "Black Lives Matter!" With the presidential campaign in full swing, volunteers registered fans to vote yet, like Lamar, most artists stayed away from overt political advocacy. We're going to celebrate our life, we're going to celebrate the life of the victims that passed these last three weeks all around the world," Lamar said to applause. Sufjan Stevens put on a visually stirring show, which began rather than ended with him smashing his banjo.

Source: Bangkok Post July 24, 2016 18:45 UTC