Earl Sweatshirt and Yasiin Bey are among the many artists coming together in London next month to raise funds for the people of Gaza and Sudan, as both regions remain in a state of war-ridden turmoil.
On Thursday (July 4), the two rappers will perform at the Troxy music hall along with Daniel Caesar, Blood Orange, King Krule, Clairo, Ramy Youssef and many more.
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“London! Sudan is calling. Gaza is calling. Every artist here is a hero of empathy, thank you for answering our call,” singer and poet Mustafa wrote about the event on social media. “There is a war, strike a chord, cry an answer.”
Tickets for the benefit gig are now live and can be purchased here.
In related news, Kehlani‘s unwavering support for the people of Palestine amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza recently paid off.
In late May, she reaffirmed her stance in the music video for “Next 2 U” and released merchandise for the song that is “made in Bethlehem in a family owned and run sewing workshop.” According to her website, all proceeds will be “distributed amongst Palestinian, Congolese, and Sudanese families through Operation Olive Branch.”
Earlier this month, the Bay Area native took to social media and shared that said items sold out less than two weeks after they were first listed.
“Next 2 U tees capped out with over $555K raised,” she wrote on Instagram. “This song is about protection, something that institutions have failed to do for the people of Palestine, Congo, and Sudan. No one got us the way we got each other. Me & my team feel overwhelmed with gratitude for yall showing out for this fundraiser.
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“We’re blessed to say we supported artists in the West Bank while raising money for families in Gaza, Sudan, and Congo. We’re blessed to say that we are supported by a community standing on business together. We’re blessed to play a small part in a growing tide towards the truth about Palestine.
“We’re invincible together and I feel ever so inspired by yall. THANK you for showing out on the streets of DC, with your dollars, with your labor and [organizing], with your bodies blocking business as usual THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I believe that we will win.”
