Beyonce Weighs In On Baltimore: ‘People Are Hurting’

Beyonce–as wonderful and as electrifying as an entertainer that she is–doesn’t often publicly speak out on hot-button issues.

However, the recent unrest in Baltimore–prompted by the death of 25 year old Freddie Gray–has caused the Grammy-award winner to speak out. On Thursday (April 30) Bey took to her Instagram account to urge her followers to help with the clean up effort in the wake of the riots.

People are hurting. Join us in supporting the NAACP to help in the cleanup efforts and to provide housing, food and supplies to those affected by the unrest in Baltimore. http://beyonce.lk/naacp

A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Apr 30, 2015 at 9:55am PDT

Along with urging others to donate to the NAACP, Beyonce also re-posted Time magazine’s latest issue. The black-and-white photo of a masked man running from police was taken by 26 year old photographer and Baltimore resident Devin Allen, who in just one stunning photo summarized police brutality and unrest in B-more.

A video posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Apr 30, 2015 at 9:54am PDT