{"id":257963,"date":"2020-06-13T06:04:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T10:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=257963"},"modified":"2020-06-13T06:04:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T10:04:07","slug":"grammy-award-winning-artist-t-pain-releases-new-song-get-up-in-support-of-movement-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/13\/grammy-award-winning-artist-t-pain-releases-new-song-get-up-in-support-of-movement-for-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy Award-Winning Artist T-Pain Releases New Song \u201cGet Up\u201d in Support of Movement for Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: T-Pain at Supafest 2012, at ANZ Stadium at Homebush, Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Eva Rinaldi\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Donates Proceeds to Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
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Grammy Award-winning artist\u00a0T-Pain released a new song and video<\/a>\u00a0on Friday aimed at inspiring his worldwide fanbase to take a stand and make a difference. Titled \u201cGet Up,\u201d proceeds from the song\u2019s revenue will be donated to\u00a0Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice<\/a>, the 42,000-member national network of crime survivors that advocates for real public safety reforms and deeper investment in treatment and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis song was actually meant to come out at the end of March, but I decided to switch it out last minute,\u00a0said T-Pain.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWe had all of the artwork and marketing assets created months ago. It\u2019s very ironic because it all has so much more meaning to it now with everything going on in the world. I thought it was silly to hold this song. I want people to be motivated, inspired, and to continue to Get Up and push forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new song also inspired T-Pain to create merchandise to coincide with the music\u2019s message and become another avenue of support in the fight for equality \u2013 he will donate proceeds of the merchandise to Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cT-Pain has shown up time and again for crime survivors, and we are so grateful for the additional support he is providing through this inspiring new song, video and merchandise,\u201d\u00a0said Robert Rooks, Co-Founder of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice and CEO of Alliance for Safety and Justice.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cElevating the voices of crime survivors from communities most harmed \u2013 disproportionately Black communities and others who have been marginalized \u2013 is key to advancing the change and justice so desperately needed. Survivors know best that we can achieve shared safety by ending the wasteful spending on the criminal justice system that fails us all, and instead investing in what communities need. On behalf of our 42,000 Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, we thank T-Pain for being part of and supporting our family of survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n

T-Pain first joined Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice months ago at their #SurvivorsSpeak Florida advocacy event<\/a>\u00a0at the state capitol in his hometown of Tallahassee. He gave an address of encouragement to a group of over 400 survivors from across the state ahead of their visit to advocate for new safety policies at the capitol. He also met privately with some Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice members, listened to their stories, and shared his own. T-Pain\u2019s has a personal connection to the organization because of his own experience as a survivor, including his niece being killed in Tallahassee a few years ago.<\/p>\n

About Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice is a national network of over 42,000 crime survivors joining together to create healing communities and shape public safety policy. It is a flagship project of Alliance for Safety and Justice, a national organization that aims to win new safety priorities in state across the country. Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice has chapters and leaders in states across the country, building a movement to heal together and promote policies that help the people and communities most harmed by crime and violence. Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice organizes to secure policies that invest in communities, prevention and recovery, instead of more spending on incarceration and justice system policies that haven\u2019t helped survivors of crime. For more information, visit\u00a0www.cssj.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About T-Pain<\/strong><\/p>\n

2005 was the year we first met Faheem Rasheed Najm, better known as T-Pain, with the release of his debut album\u00a0Rapp Ternt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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