{blackbabes} Charles Hamilton teams up with Rita Ora for new track

The Fault in Our Stars / Divergent / The Descendants

Charles Hamilton and Rita Ora's new video for the song "New York Raining," is about both love and civil rights.

Hamilton, who just signed with Republic and appeared with Ora on "Empire," says, "With the recent increase in reports of police brutality, I feel strongly about vividly depicting the struggle we as African Americans historically had to go through to reach equality, an equality that is eroding in modern times," explaining the video "walks on the path of Public Enemy, Talib Kweli and others by creatively depicting a simple yet poignant message: Black lives matter."

Hamilton goes on to say, "We cannot allow our quest for 'the finer things' to blind us from our roots. Granted we were once kings and queens . . . but we were faced with an unforeseen adversity. Our resiliency bespeaks our strength and needs to be a mainstay in the minds of this and future generations."

http://youtu.be/YRr5YeQ2iKk

Masters of Sex / Mad Men / Game of Thrones