New Music: The Game and Various Artists, “Don’t Shoot”

I’ve been giving hip-hop a hard time this year. A lot of the music we’ve heard has been empty, uninspired and downright pointless.

But today, I’m proud of the rap game.

The Game has gathered an all-star collection of artists to speak out against the Michael Brown shooting, turmoil in Ferguson, and the state of race relations in America. When guys like Puffy spit heartfelt verses, you know it’s worth a listen.

Game and Puff are joined by Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Wale, Fabolous, Yo Gotti, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz, Curren$y, King Pharaoh, TGT and Problem. If only hip-hop was always this powerful.