Heat Check: Reportin' Live From The Other Side

As Black Lives Matter protesters remain loud and consistent in the streets of America, the artists who've always spoken truth to power are doing so once again, giving the fight a beat to stay on course. Hip-hop has always carried the message of Black resistance in its cultural DNA — you can hear rowdy escapism, intimate self-preservation, glitzy and iced-out opulence or straight-up defiance against oppression. As for soul and R&B? The uniquely American art forms offer solace and safety in times of wearied unrest.

With many protests lasting hours on end, participants Chicago Police Department's radio channels to blast N.W.A.'s "F*** Tha Police." A crowd joined a "" singalong in Washington D.C. Protesters in New York City their way through the city to the sounds of Pop Smoke. "Knuck If You Buck" had in Atlanta while LA hit the .