Billie Eilish is doing anything she can to bring attention to the Black Lives Matter movement.
The 18-year-old singer was seen walking her dog in Los Angeles on Wednesday when she walked by her car which had messages including ‘I cant breathe’ written all over it just days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police officers.
Her iconic black matte 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat had cardboard taped all over it which included messages like ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘white silence is compliance.’
Out and about: Billie Eilish was seen walking her dog in Los Angeles on Wednesday when she walked by her car which had messages including ‘I cant breathe’ written all over it just days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police officers
Sending a message” The 18-year-old star’s iconic black matte 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat had cardboard taped all over it which included messages like ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘white silence is compliance’
Billie looked casual cool as she walked her new pit bull puppy as she sported a baggy brown T-shirt and sweatshorts combination from Jerry Lorenzo’s FOG Essentials collection.
She teamed the streetwear look with a pair of black socks and matching Nike Air Force 1 low-tops
Her green and black locks were worn down as she covered her face with a loose bandanna while protecting her eyes with a small pair of designer sunglasses.
Always stylish: Billie looked casual cool as she walked her new pit bull puppy as she sported a baggy brown T-shirt and sweatshorts combination from Jerry Lorenzo’s FOG Essentials collection
Billie has been a very vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement even recently denouncing ‘All Lives Matter’ in the process.
On Sunday, the Bad Guy hitmaker took to Instagram to write: ‘I’ve been trying to take this week to figure out a way to address this delicately. I have an enourmous [sic] platform and I try really hard to be respectful and take time to think through what I say and how I say it… But holy f**king s**t I’m gonna just start talking.
‘If I hear one more person say “aLL liVeS maTtEr” one more f**king time I’m gonna lose my f**king mind,’ the Bad Guy hitmaker continued.
Ally: Billie (seen in January 2019) has been a very vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement even recently denouncing ‘All Lives Matter’ in the process
‘Will you shut the f**k uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup???? No one is saying your life doesn’t matter. No one is saying your life is not hard.
‘No one is saying literally anything at all about you…. all you mfs do is find a way to make everything about yourself. This is not about you. Stop making everything about you. You are not in need. You are not in danger,’ Billie added pointedly.
She went on in the post to draw some rather childlike analogies (‘because IT FEELS LIKE THATS THE ONLY WAY YOU MFS WILL UNDERSTAND,’ she said) about a person’s arm being cut, or house being on fire, and how no one would expect a bandaid to be put on all arms or for the ‘fire department to go to every other house on the block first because all houses matter’.
‘I’m just gonna start talking’: On Sunday, the Bad Guy hitmaker took to Instagram to address the current state of affairs regarding race in America
‘No!’, Eilish wrote. ‘Because they don’t f**king need it. You are privileged whether you like it or not. Society gives you privilege just for being white. You can be poor, you can be struggling.. and still your skin color is giving you more privilege than you even realize.’
Towards the end of the missive, Eilish got to the heart of the matter, explaining why the Black Lives Matter movement is so necessary and the idea of ‘All Lives Matter’ is antithetical to it.
‘The slogan of #BlackLivesMatter does not mean other lives don’t,’ she wrote. ‘It’s calling attention to the fact that society clearly thinks black lives don’t f**king matter!!!!! And they f**king do!!!!!’
She finished her letter with a repetition of the phrase, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ and ended with the hashtag #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd.
‘If I hear one more person say “aLL liVeS maTtEr” one more f**king time I’m gonna lose my f**king mind,’ the Bad Guy hitmaker said in her letter. ‘This is not about you’
This comes amid days of protests around the world following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis last week.
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died last Monday after a white police officer named Derek Chauvin knelt on his head for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis, prompting a wave of protests. He was unarmed.
A medical examiner’s office on Monday ruled that Floyd’s death was a homicide as they appeared to walk back initial reports that he wasn’t strangled.
Unrest: This comes amid days of protests around the world following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis last week, a mural and memorial is seen in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gone too soon: Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died last Monday after a white police officer named Derek Chauvin knelt on his head for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis, prompting a wave of protests. He was unarmed
The examiner’s findings that the death was a homicide by asphyxiation confirmed the same conclusion of the independent autopsy that was also released on Monday, but there are key differences over the cause.
Chauvin, who is white and was fired from the Minneapolis police department over the incident, has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Floyd’s death roiled the nation, which has sparked mass protests against police brutality across the world.
The Black Lives Matter movement, which was first founded in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman and was nationally recognized for its involvement in the Ferguson protests in 2014 has been galvanized once more following the death of Floyd.
Chauvin, who is white and was fired from the Minneapolis police department over the incident, has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter