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        <title><![CDATA[David Guetta’s George Floyd tribute mocked as ‘whitest way to react to racism’]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A simple &#8220;sorry&#8221; would have sufficed.</p><p>DJ David Guetta is being dragged on social media for a tone-deaf tribute to <strong>George Floyd</strong> that included a remixed speech by Martin Luther King Jr.</p><p>Guetta, 52, was hosting a <strong>livestreamed</strong> fund-raising event on a New York City rooftop for <strong>coronavirus</strong> relief efforts on Saturday when he played the tune.</p><p>&#8220;The world is going through difficult times and America, too, actually,&#8221; Guetta said during the performance. &#8220;Last night, I knew we were going to do this and I made a special record… in honor of George Floyd. I really hope we can see more unity and more peace when already things are so difficult.&#8221;</p><p>The &#8220;Titanium&#8221; DJ gave a &#8220;shout out to [Floyd&#8217;s] family&#8221; before debuting his electro-activist jam, which sampled King’s seminal &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech.</p><p>Despite having spent apparently all night putting the track together, Guetta&#8217;s effort fell flat.</p><p>&#8220;Yes David Guetta,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/AineMcMahon/status/1267186899287973890?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote Irish journalist Áine McMahon</a> on Twitter. &#8220;I’m sure that’s exactly what George Floyd would have wanted&#8230; an EDM banger sampling Martin Luther King.&#8221; She included the emoji with raised eyebrow.</p><p>&#8220;There’ve been a lot of crimes committed against my ppl this weekend, but David Guetta putting a drop behind MLK’s &#8216;I have a dream&#8217; speech is up there,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/ottergawd/status/1267188973090361346?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tweeted Rolling Stone writer Charles Holmes</a>.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s lazy and easy to joke that something feels like it was scripted by Sacha Baron Cohen but also,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/sdbcraig/status/1267178589062983680?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote Canadian journalist Sean Craig</a> in reference to the jam.</p><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">there’ve been a lot of crimes committed against my ppl this weekend, but david guetta putting a drop behind MLK’s “i have a dream” speech is up there <strong>pic.twitter.com/4iskArPcVy</strong></p><p>&mdash; my otter academia (@ottergawd) <a href="https://twitter.com/ottergawd/status/1267188973090361346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We’ve found it. The whitest way to react to racism. <strong>pic.twitter.com/aOE3PYESt7</strong></p><p>&mdash; AdequateEmily (@AdequateEmily) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdequateEmily/status/1266979898150789120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><p>Nevertheless, Guetta went on to raise £540,000 ($670,000) during the broadcast.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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