the new face of atlanta
Damién Denzel Ross Henderson, better known as the rapper Damez, has mixed emotions. The day his upbeat new single drops, riots have broken out in Minneapolis, protesters whose rage at yet another police killing of a Black man boiled over. In just the last few weeks, at least four unarmed Black people were killed by police or by vigilantes with relationships to police. In a world that makes Black lives seem expendable, the deaths of Dreasjon Reed, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor are heavy on Damez’s mind.
“I absolutely feel a connection to Ahmaud, George, Dreasjon, Breonna, and all of the many other Black people who have lost their lives to senseless racism by the hands of people who were sworn in to protect and serve,” Damez says. “I’m Black, I’m a man, and I’m in the LGBT community as
