The street leading to the White House not only has "Black Lives Matter" painted in large black letters, but it's also been renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza." While this change was made official by authorities, it looks as if Charlotte, North Carolina is following suit—albeit, symbolically. While protests don't seem to be as popular as they were last week, American citizens and beyond are still gathering together to fight systematic racism and police brutality. Many community leaders are calling for changes to be made within police departments and for cases to be re-examined by investigators.

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ABC News shared footage a Charlotte street where 16 artists joined together to create a street mural dedicated to BLM. "Local artists are creating a Black Lives Matter mural on Tryon Street between Third and Fourth streets in uptown Charlotte," the outlet reported. The artists collaborated not only with each other but with "the City of Charlotte, Charlotte Is Creative, Brand the Moth, and BLKMRKTCLT," and each artist has their own letter to work with.

"'Flower children' is the inspiration behind Dakotah Aiyanna’s letter 'L' of the #BLM street art going down in Uptown #Charlotte. She says it’s because Black people always bloom and grow where they’re planted. Each artist has their own vision for each letter," reporter Anne Marie Hagerty wrote on Twitter. Check out a few images of the BLM art installation below.

Joyner Lucas and his manager Dhruv Joshi spoke with HipHopDX about their app Tully, how it came to be, and their recent key investment from Sony Music Entertainment.

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“Artists need to have control over their work,” Lucas says. “We sweat and bleed for this stuff, and it means everything to us. I built Tully to make it possible for me to have that control, know where all my stuff is and never have to rely on anyone to tell what’s mine and who owns what or how.”

Lucas and Joshi created the app in 2015. 

“As a manager, I have to juggle a lot of relationships for every song that Joyner creates,” Joshi notes. “You have to get clearances and split sheets from lawyers, producers, collaborators, everyone. You have to make sure that you have the rights for beats and samples, and you have to do that all while making sure that Joyner has what he needs to make it happen.”

He adds, “I had never found a way of doing this that didn’t end up costing a lot of time, a lot of money, and not be easy to track. It could get really hard to get a song to the finish line so, when we designed Tully to give me the controls I need to get it done and keep Joyner in the loop. It’s a game-changer for the industry.”

Later this year, Tully will release its Artist Management Platform, which will expand on the premise of the app and help manage artists’ workflow. You can learn more about the app on Tully’s website.

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