Kendrick Lamar closed the Glastonbury Competition by decrying the abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Throughout his efficiency on the British music competition in Pilton, Somerset, England, the rapper made a press release about politics again at residence. Throughout his efficiency of “Savior,” off his Mr. Morale & the Massive Steppers album, he powerfully repeated, “They decide you, they decide Christ. Godspeed for ladies’s rights!” as faux blood trickled down his face from the thorns on his diamond-encrusted crown.
The second got here on the finish of the final track of his set — see the 5-minute mark of the video above. As fireworks lit up the sky, Lamar saved repeating the phrase whereas flanked by his backup dancers, carrying purple or black and white, till he dropped the mic and walked off stage.
His political assertion got here Sunday as he headlined the ultimate night time of the competition. It was two days after the Supreme Courtroom overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade precedent, affecting the flexibility of hundreds of thousands of Individuals to entry abortion. The choice had been anticipated since Might, when a draft of the ruling was leaked to Politico.
Lamar, a Pulitzer Prize winner for rap, was initially alleged to headline the competition in 2020. Again put up pandemic, different performers included Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish, Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross.
Eilish, Lorde, Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion and Lily Allen additionally used their appearances there to react to the SCOTUS resolution:
