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Several music labels have shut down business for a day on 2 June 2020 to “contemplate, connect and organize” following the death of George Floyd by the hands of a Minneapolis cop last week.

Dubbed as “Black Out Tuesday,” over a dozen record labels have shared their stance on Floyd’s incident as they stood in solitary against racial injustice on Instagram.

Some of the companies include Sony Music, Atlantic Records, Live Nation, Universal Music Group, Warner Music, Kobalt Music, and more. Columbia Records’ chairman Ron Perry first shared his post regarding his feelings on the current “injustices all around us” last night.

Universal Music Group shared the same sentiment with its post tied with the message, “We stand with the Black community.” Soon, other music labels expressed their concerns over racism on their platforms. Read the messages shared by some of the record labels below.

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A post shared by Kobalt (@kobaltmusic) on May 29, 2020 at 5:52pm PDT

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A post shared by Ron Perry (@theronperry) on May 28, 2020 at 10:24pm PDT

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Say my name.

A post shared by Warner Music (@warnermusic) on May 29, 2020 at 9:46am PDT

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A post shared by Universal Music Publishing (@umpg) on May 29, 2020 at 4:34pm PDT

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A post shared by Sony Music (@sonymusic) on May 31, 2020 at 12:07pm PDT

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A post shared by Atlantic Records (@atlanticrecords) on May 30, 2020 at 2:50pm PDT

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A post shared by Live Nation Concerts (@livenation) on May 30, 2020 at 12:20pm PDT

[via Variety, cover image via Universal Music Group]

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