Keedron Bryant, 12-year-old singer of Black anthem music,

NEW YORK — Keedron Bryant, the 12-year-old who became heads on social media along with his passionate efficiency about being a tender Black guy in nowadays’s global, has signed a take care of Warner Records and his poignant music will formally be launched Friday. Keedron Bryant’s robust video, posted on May 26, options the lyrics “I’m a young Black man doing all that I can” from the music “I Just Wanna Live,” written through his mom. Friday’s unlock of the observe coincides with Juneteenth, the vacation to commemorate the emancipation of slaves within the U.S. “It’s very exciting because this is what God’s called me to do,” Keedron Bryant stated in an interview with The Associated Press this week,

Oscar Chávez dies — Mexican protest singer was once 85

MEXICO CITY — One of Mexico’s best-known protest singers, Oscar Chávez, has died at age 85, it appears after being inflamed with the coronavirus. Mexico’s tradition secretary showed the singer’s demise, however the Social Security Institute would no longer touch upon native media stories announcing he died Thursday of headaches from COVID-19. A observe on Chavez’s private twitter account, signed by way of his body of workers, stated he were hospitalized Wednesday with signs of the illness brought about by way of the coronavirus. Chávez was once excellent recognized for folk-style songs lampooning Mexico’s corrupt political elite. One such track was once “La Casita” (“The Little House”), which described an imaginary baby-kisser’s mansion. Culture Secretary Alejandra Frausto wrote in her