The deaths of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis and the violence ICE has perpetuated has revived a folk-music tradition from artists across genres ...

The Motion Picture Academy has excluded three Best Song Nominees from live performances this year. Diane Warren's is one of them and she is upset.

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Last week, Matthew Allen, a Minneapolis rapper and activist who performs as Nur-D, put his body on the line to fight ICE.

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Bruce Springsteen's protest song "Streets of Minneapolis," a response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ...

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer also released a music video for his new anti-ICE anthem.

Her nominated tune, "Dear Me," is one of three that will not be performed during the March 15 telecast.