Rapper Meek Mill performs 'Stay Woke,' wears hoodie of slain rapper XXXTentacion
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 24: Meek Mill performs onstage at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rapper Meek Mill has performed a new song, "Stay Woke," on the BET Awards with a striking performance that touched on police violence against black youth and prison.
Mill, who was released from prison earlier this year, wore a hoodie with the image of rapper XXXTentacion, who was gunned down in Florida last week. The play-like performance showed a child being shot in street and showed several people in prison jumpsuits behind bars.
Mill is free on bond while he appeals a two-year sentence for probation violation from an old conviction for drug and weapons charges.