Old Town Road rapper Lil Nas X criticised the initiative in a series of tweets. “I just really think this is the time to push as hard as ever,” he wrote. “I don’t think the movement has ever been this powerful. We don’t need to slow it down by posting nothing. We need to spread info and be as loud as ever.”
Many social media users noted the disparity between the 28.5m Instagram posts using the #BlackoutTuesday hashtag and the 13m signatures on the petition calling for justice for Floyd. Lil Nas X suggested: “What if we posted donation and petitions links on Instagram all at the same time instead of pitch-black images.”
Lizzo and Lil Nas X criticise Blackout Tuesday for obscuring protests
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