Some celebrities have been vocal about the injustice toward the Black community — some good, some questionable and others just downright awful. Since the death of George Floyd, a man seen on video killed by an officer who pressed his knee into his neck, celebrities are speaking out about police brutality and the unrest.

While some people have provided words of encouragement and showed solidarity, others have blamed Black people for the looting and damage in their communities. 

Here is what some of your favorite celebs have been saying amid protests taking place around the nation.

Solange Knowles

Just as Black people have been rattled by the killing of Floyd, people continue to speak out on the death of Breonna Taylor, a promising medical technician who was gunned down by officers executing a search warrant at the wrong home, as Blavity previously reported. 

Singer Solange Knowles
spoke out on Sunday, asking why the officers who barged into Taylor's home without announcing themselves have yet to be arrested. 

"When the f**k are y'all going to arrest and charge Breonna Taylor's murderers?!?" the singer tweeted.

Tory Lanez

Artist Tory Lanez took to Instagram Live to check other celebrities who were using their platform to encourage demonstrators to stop protesting.

"If anybody is a celebrity stop using your platform to come up here and say anything that's against what the people in the streets are saying," Lanez said. "If you're not out there protesting and marching with these people all day without your f**king security my n***a … then you shouldn't be talking bro."

Kevin Hart

Comedian Kevin Hart came down on people trying to switch the narrative to the looting and rioting taking place at protests. 

"THIS IS ABOUT THE UNFAIR TREATMENT THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH YEEEAAAARRRRSSS!!!!! THATS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT…," Hart said.

Cardi B

Cardi B shared a video of herself talking about the looting and her frustrations with police brutality. 

"Seeing people looting and going completely outraged it makes me feel like finally, motherf**kers are going to hear us now. As much as people are against, at this point I'm not against it," the rapper said.

She continued, saying how previous protests and trending hashtags of victims of police brutality have made little change over the years.

"People are tired of that, so now this is what people have to resort to," she added.

Travis Scott

Astroworld rapper Travis Scott put up a lengthy post on Instagram sharing his opinion on the recent protests and the killing of unarmed Black people. 

"As I pace around thinking, trying to find something to ease the pain…there are almost no words that I can think of to properly express, or I can use to suppress, this enraged feeling of us continuously losing our brothers and sisters to brutality at the hands of officers, or anyone with misguided intentions for our well-being," he wrote.

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"We have to change and reform police policy in our U.S. cities, and there needs to be accountability immediately! Especially when officers abuse power to the point where it callously takes a life," Scott continued.

Jay-Z

Media mogul Jay-Z partnered with activists and families of loved ones who lost their lives to police brutality to place a full-page ad in newspapers in honor of Floyd, CNN reported.

The ad features words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a speech in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.

"So we're going to stand up amid horses. We're going to stand up right here, amid the belly-clubs. We're going to stand up right here amid police dogs, if they have them," the ad quotes King as saying. "We're going to stand up amid tear gas! We're going to stand up amid anything they can muster up, letting the world know that we are determined to be free!"

The ad features the signatures of the families of Botham Jean, Terence Crutcher and Antwon Rose II. Other signatures include attorneys S. Lee Merritt and Benjamin Crump, Jay-Z, Michael Eric Dyson and Angela Rye.

Kanye West

Kanye West made a $2 million donation to the families of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, CNN reported.

West's donation will help cover college tuition for Floyd's 6-year-old daughter, Gianna, and legal fees for Arbery's and Taylor's families. 

The Chicago native has also donated to Black-owned businesses in his hometown.

Tyler Perry

While some celebs have made a difference by speaking words that inspire, others' intentions have been deemed questionable based on their commentary. 

Tyler Perry pleaded with people in Atlanta to stop looting and rioting.

"Please, please stop this violence!! Looting is NOT THE ANSWER," Perry said.

Furthermore, his comments failed to acknowledge the anger built up in the Black community and failed to applaud activists for going out in the streets and making their voices heard.

Diddy

Media mogul P. Diddy shared this tone-deaf tweet, saying the problem was a human rights issue.

"This is not just a race issue, this is a HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE!!!!!!" Diddy tweeted.

Rightfully so, he was criticized for ignoring the premise of police brutality against Black people and the targeted attacks. 

Deion Sanders

Retired football player Deion Sanders, who apparently attended a protest and parked his luxury car near the demonstrations, also pleaded for people to stop damaging property.

The athlete decided to refocus his attention toward his materialistic belongings rather than the pandemic that Black people are forced to fight alone. 

B. Simone

B. Simone caught a lot of backlash for saying she was placing her Christian beliefs over her anger as a Black woman.

"I’m not living to please man I’m here to please God at the end of the day i am a CHRISTIAN ! I’m God fearing i have to answer to Him ! I’m going to ask myself WWJD not what would an angry black woman do ! I am angry but i am also trying to be Godly," she tweeted.

The actress went on to share how she told a group of Black men that she loved them after walking past them.

Dennis Rodman

Some celebs have been criticized for their tone-deaf and ludicrous statements about the protests, with some people wishing they would have just remained silent. 

In a video on Instagram, former NBA player Dennis Rodman asked for demonstrators to protest "the right way."

Rodman said that activists were "creating more issues" in their response to the death of Floyd. 

"I think someone needs to come out and say, 'Hey, guys, Why are we looting? Why are we stealing? Why are we creating more issues, more problems?'" Rodman asked.

"This is a bad, bad situation," he continued. "But the fact that you're gonna protest, protest in the right way. You don't have to go and burn down things, steal things, burn things and stuff like that."

Virgil Abloh

The founder of Off-White and Louis Vuitton's menswear designer was handled on social media for his minuscule donation for protesters' legal fees, Vulture reported.

Virgil Abloh posted on his Instagram stories, slamming people for damaging buildings. He also posted a picture of a store that had been broken into with the caption, “Today that same community robbed us. If that heals your pain, you can have it …” 

Twitter users continued to criticize him for adding "quotation marks on some clothing" but refusing to put "commas on a donation."

"Virgil Abloh. Creator of Off-White.. Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton donated a measly $50… and y’all want me to feel bad for designer stores getting looted???" a Twitter user said.

He came to his own defense afterward saying that "buildings are brick and mortar and material things can be replaced, people can't."

He also said that he has donated $20,500 to "bail funds and other causes related to this movement."

Trina

The self-proclaimed "baddest b***h" came under fire for her insensitive and outrageous comments about protesters during an interview with fellow Miami rapper Trick Daddy on 99 Jamz Radio, according to Complex.

In addition to referring to protesters as "animals," Trina pressed the city of Miami to move the curfew up.

"They need to make the curfew at 6 p.m.," she said. "Keep everybody off the street, these animals off the streets, that are running around in Miami-Dade County acting like they have escaped from a zoo. Lock them up at 5 p.m. so the streets can be nice and clean, that's how I feel." 

Trina continued on her rant, calling the protesters "fake" and saying "half of y'all marching are not even caring about this man."

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