Beyoncé has joined the growing list of celebrities speaking out against the horrifying death of a Black man at the hands of a police officer.

The clip surfaced on the Internet Monday (May 25) shows a Minnesota officer allegedly suffocating George Floyd by kneeling on his neck. Floyd is heard crying out that he couldn't breathe and was in pain, but he was ignored. 

Floyd went to Hennepin County Medical Center after falling unconscious and died shortly after. Though the officers involved were fired on Tuesday, Floyd's death is just one example of the ongoing systemic racism in America.

On the homepage of her website, Beyoncé displayed a photo of Floyd, with the simple but powerful caption "Rest in Power George Floyd."

The killing of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers on Monday led to large street protests on Tuesday, the day the four were fired from the force as the FBI launched an investigation into the manner of Floyd's death.

From Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and dozens of artists (including Snoop Dogg, Cardi B, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and many more), Floyd's plea "I can't breathe" as a white officer kneeled on his neck became a sadly familiar rallying cry for social justice in the latest police-related death of a black man.

On Wednesday morning (May 27) a the Houston Chronicle reported that earlier in his life Floyd played a part in the rise of one of the most beloved rap crews in Houston history: the Screwed Up Click.

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Led by late musical maestro DJ Screw, the Click made their bones with their signature, molasses-thick "chopped and screwed" sound, which was created by Screw purposely slowing down the beats of popular songs on his beloved series of Screw Tapes mixtapes. The efforts featured familiar songs fun through the screwed and chopped filter, as well as some original freestyles from the large extended S.U.C. family, which included Floyd (known as "Big Floyd"), among other more well-known members such as Big Moe, Lil' Flip, Big Pokey, Fat Pat and affiliates Lil' Troy and UGK.

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