BLACK IS STRENGTH! | Dave - Black (Live at The BRITs 2020) | BEST REACTION!!!

[@zarasamuels9377]

I love watching American react to black and seeing them hear dave for the first time.

[@obscurelines]

I'm weirdly addicted to it.

[@adzzgg2043]

obscurelines lol this is my third video 😂

[@benjaminhitchings6853]

Ive watched like 10 😂

[@rowjig2814]

Third and fourth this. I get excited to see them react to certain parts

[@MrDavidC94]

I thought it was just me. Dave is an amazing talent

[@hetster69]

jack merritt died in the london bridge attacks. he devoted his life to rehabilitation of people. ironicaly he died at the hands of someone he fought to rehabilitate. but for dave he also helped his brother through rehabilitation which is why its personal to him, the woman is saskia who was jacks partner in his mission

[@tomwilko7841]

I must have watched 50/60+ reactions to this and it still hits so hard, it’s prophetic when u consider wots happening post George Floyd, the track is head and shoulders above anything else released in last couple of years and this live version takes it even higher

[@seashell831]

I totally agree with u. It's eerie that it was released last year before the absolute shit storm that is 2020 & is literally the most apt & relevant song today. I too have watched a ton of reaction videos to this song, one just leads to another & another. I love seeing people watch it for the first time...gives me chills every time ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿

[@michaelodonnell3154]

Dave released this song originally in his Psychodrama album but the original song only contained the first two verses, the third verse was totally unexpected and first heard in this performance. The two people he mentions are Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones, were Cambridge University students who dedicated themselves to prison reform and rehabilitation. They were both course co-ordinators of a learning together scheme which brought people in higher education and offenders to 'learn together'. They were both attending a 'Learning Together' event where Usman Khan entered with a fake suicide vest, threatened to detonate it and then knifed several people. Jack Merritt and Dave knew each other because Dave's older brother, Christopher, was undergoing prisoner rehabilitation after being involved in the 2010 murder of Soften Belamouadden. Dave also refers to Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle of the British Royal Family, and how differently Meghan was treated in the media, in comparison to Kate, with Meghan being the first mixed race member of a Royal Family that presided over centuries of colonialism and slavery. The Grenfell Tower was an incident in 2017 where a tower block in West London broke out and killed 72 people. This happened because safety standards were skimped on so companies could save around £13,000 on safety cladding. The tower was located in a conservative (right-wing) council also house some of the most expensive housing. The council were accused of neglecting the minority-ethnic poorer residents. The hundreds of victims who lost their houses were not given long-term accommodation, and this incident has been used to highlight the neglect and inequality that is prevalent in the UK. The Windrush scandal was when many Caribbean people boarded ships that were set for Britain (the Caribbean was part of the Commonwealth) between 1948-1973. When they arrived, they were given British Citizenship and were free to permanently work and live in the UK. However, in 2012, UK government and non-gov sectors were tasked with ramping up the enforcement of Immigration controls. This 'Hostile Environment' legislation that was announced by the Government in 2012, made the UK unlivable for those without proper documentation. Many of the commonwealth citizens that arrived between 1948-1973 came on their parents passports and weren't given proper documentation, despite being given the right to live and work in the UK permanently. This lead to many Commonwealth citizens, who would've grown up in the UK for several decades, to be falsely deemed as 'Illegal Immigrants'' and the government restricted their access to housing, healthcare, bank accounts and driving licenses. This caused widespread condemnation for the Government and the Home Office. Victims of this scandal were promised compensation however, after three years, the Government compensation scheme has only made a handful of payments. However, this 'Hostile Environment' legislation that caused this scandal is still in place in 2020, even during the COVID-19 crisis. Independent reports have found that the Windrush scandal was not an accident, but the inevitable result of policies designed to make life impossible for those without the right papers. At the start of the third verse, Dave also described the PM, Boris Johnson as racist. This due to Boris Johnson writing columns for the Daily Telegraph in the 2000's, where he made many racist, homophobic, Islamophobic and sexist comments. Some comments include, and are not limited to: In a 2018 column for The Daily Telegraph relating to a burqa ban, he wrote that was "absolutely ridiculous" that "people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes" and that "If a constituent came to my MP’s surgery with her face obscured, I should feel fully entitled… to ask her to remove it so that I could talk to her properly. If a female student turned up at school or at a university lecture looking like a bank robber then ditto: those in authority should be allowed to converse openly with those that they are being asked to instruct." When he found out that 68% of Malaysian women are attending University, he stated "[Female students went to university because they] have got to find men to marry. " "It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies. " The word "Piccaninnies" is an extremely derogatory term. "No doubt the AK47s will fall silent, and the pangas will stop their hacking of human flesh, and the tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles to see the big white chief touch down in his big white British taxpayer-funded bird. " He wrote this when Tony Blair, the then UK PM, visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, describing men of the DRC as having "watermelon smiles", when asked about this in his 2019 election campaign, he dismissed it as "satire", which it obviously isn't. ((Regaring Barack Obama)) "The part-Kenyan president [has an] ancestral dislike of the British empire - of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender. " The only evidence for this statement was the colour of Obama's skin. Using the word Nigerian as an insult, which racism was a by-product of offending young people "All the young people I know - ie those under 30 - are just as avaricious as we flinty Thatcherite yuppies of the 1980s in fact, they have an almost Nigerian interest in money and gadgets of all kinds. " Here, he is wanting to bring back colonisation of the whole of Africa, which was responsible for slavery "The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial powers, or their citizens, scrambled once again in her direction; on the understanding that this time they will not be asked to feel guilty. " In 2000, Johnson said that a "bunch of black kids" made him “turn a hair”, and added: "If that is racial prejudice, then I am guilty." The outstanding thing though is that he, a blatant racist, was elected as Mayor of London (London being an extremely diverse city of the UK), Foreign Secretary (being responsible for UK foreign affairs, even though he is pro-colonialism) and is now the most powerful person in the UK, despite being a racist, islamophobic, sexist, pro-colonisation leader, which is all fact and quoted.

[@Theremedialgash]

Brilliant stuff, full of evidence - we should all remember this on his way down.

[@meganchipley2305]

we need more white allies especially now. love this message. its about time for some change! #blm

[@WolfReactsTV]

Amen! 🐺🐺🐺

[@caroledolman8094]

You got one here in me x

[@simplymare7943]

Hadn’t heard of Dave before seeing this def see my self becoming a fan he was speaking straight factzzz! WOlfgangggggg

[@WolfReactsTV]

Spitting big facts!!! 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺 gang gang gang!

[@nick260682]

SimplyMare You HAVE to listen to his Album Psychodrama. It won best Album at the Brit awards (kinda the U.K. Grammys). It’s a genuine masterpiece. The whole album is him having therapy, talking about mental health, taking about domestic abuse and violence and how we should spot the signs, and how stupid gang violence is. It’s astonishing. It takes a few listens before you catch everything, but it’s amazing.

[@harlequin5664]

brits are the British Grammys, and he ended up winning best British album

[@gemma3954]

I love watching Americans reacting to Dave - Black (live at the Brits), Dave - Question Time. And Akala parts 1 & 4 Fire in the booth with Charlie Sloth radio 1xtra. I’m addicted to watching all of them. It makes me so proud to be British (only thing left for a Brit to be proud of). Please react to these xx

[@samwwrl98ify]

Alongside being lucky enough to have access to education, this song played a massive role in helping me to check my own privilege and opened my eyes to experiences that I will never have to face. Dave is the best British talent and the lad is an absolute poet. Black Lives Matter

[@rihannan5634]

Watching a black brother react to our black brothers in such a positive way is so amazing to watch we love Dave in the UK..

[@twinklyjade]

this was an incredible performance from dave, it gave me chills. the brit awards are our equivalent of the grammys. he called out our prime minister for being a racist. so that’s the equivalent of calling out trump for being a racist at the grammys, as well as calling out our country for being racist too. and surprise surprise he got a lot of backlash online from old white racist folk for it...

[@SuperKillaki]

Dave is the best we have

[@ceribeth2189]

Yay thank you for reacting to this. Dave is a lyrical genius and an amazing artist. He’s one of the best from the UK. Please check out his song ‘psycho’ which displays his lyrical talent and also his talent for switching the beat to suit the mood/lyrics. It’s pure art thank you☺️😄

[@WolfReactsTV]

Yeah im definitely a fan. I can tell he is a beast!! Will react to more soon.

[@ezergood318]

Great reaction wolf, love seeing people discover dave. To get a good understanding of who Dave is I suggest these 2 tracks next. Dave - blackbox (he was only 16 when he performed it) Dave - panic attack live from the future festival in 2017. Then any track by Dave, he not done a bad track yet. His album psychodrama got album of the year. Love & respect from🇬🇧

[@WolfReactsTV]

Appreciate it! ✊🏾 Thanks for the suggestions! Will definitely check those out! Love From WOLF GANG!

[@lourobinson4177]

Absolutely love Americans reacting to UK rap ❤🎶❤🔥

[@ellamay3035]

Loved this reaction! Best song ever. Appreciation from the UK!

[@WolfReactsTV]

Thanks for the support!!! 🐺🐺🐺

[@queenstormy635]

Great ear on the bars Dave was speaking on and being able to pick up on and break down. Unity is strength but black is power 🔥

[@WolfReactsTV]

Big facts!!!! He is dopeee! I have to react to more!

[@IIzJoKeRzII]

You’re the first American after watching like 70 videos to actually know what the bars mean 😂😂😂 thank you for restoring my faith

[@WolfReactsTV]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 no problem fam! When you know you know lol 🐺🐺🐺

[@tompackman]

Best reaction of this song i've seen and i'm only 5mins in. Thank you for your content, it is really appreciated. Subscribed

[@WolfReactsTV]

Thanks for the support! And wow! I appreciate that! 🐺🐺🐺 Welcome to the #WolfGang

[@teebee7374]

Bringin tears to my eyes jus the little I'm hearin✌yo😎🔥💯

[@Rhonda-Charise]

Great reaction, from the UK. Subscribed!

[@martinvalentine9228]

There a plenty white British who grow up not being racist only to discover that the culture they live in has an issue with systemic racism who were so wrapped up in thier own problems to even acknowledge their white privilege. I' ve taught my kids that any form that asks what race they are, to put "Human" in the "other" section. Great reaction vid.

[@WolfReactsTV]

Thats love! Appreciate that! 🐺🐺🐺

[@theab1657]

I’m not black, but I see you. I’m not black, but I hear you. I’m not black, but I stand with you. #BLM

[@dettwork]

Man you got it .. loved watching you react to this amazing song .. respect

[@kg291]

as a white person, I don't know how or why anyone would be judged differently on their colour of their skin, we all bleed the same, we are one . I feel so badly for how others have and still are treated on their race, colour,creed,sexuality etc I one day hope for a full equality for all, I feel sick daily that this just isn't a given!

[@mrfamu]

This is so true man fav video ever!!!!

[@WolfReactsTV]

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 facts

[@mxt5123]

FACTS!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackjonas1699]

You slept on the Kemet (Egyptian) lyric, my King.

[@rob7951]

MY G! You have to go through Daves past stuff. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@WolfReactsTV]

Yooo!!! I've been told that! Im definitely going to do that! It's a must! He is dopeee! 🐺🐺🐺

[@scossiechick]

You should check out Stormzy’s medley from the same awards show - Brit Awards 2020.

[@WolfReactsTV]

Stormzy was there too!? Have to check that out ASAP!

[@yehehe98]

I always get emotional when I hear this song. The injustices black people have suffered is an absolute disgrace. It's pathetic and ridiculous to judge people by skin colour. We are all one race and need to support each other.

[@dirtyk2277]

i envy you, you got so much good music by dave to explore

[@dirtyk2277]

dave is next level shit, been on fire since 16

[@WolfReactsTV]

😁😁😁 Will be exploring this whole week.

[@piachristel]

Love your reaction!

[@kingyashuasolider3838]

Reparations for all the time our ppl spent in the plantations

[@brynhecker3235]

uk taking over💯

[@gabrielkinzelmann1576]

The brits are the uk Grammys

[@paulkelly873]

@4:40.. that scenario reminds me of Nippsy, RIP. He wanted to take off in his own hood.

[@seashell831]

aww the pic of Kobe 😢🙏🏽

[@WolfReactsTV]

I knoww 😔😔😔

[@seashell831]

@@WolfReactsTV Honestly man hasn't 2020 been an absolute kick in the dick of a year...& we're only half way thro! 😢🙈

[@glyngasson8450]

21 years old !!!

[@sarahibrahim1455]

The Brits is like the UK equivalent of the Grammys

[@pari4025]

Great reaction! You should check out Psycho and Lesley by Dave. Also his Blackbox freestyle. He is a legend already!

[@WolfReactsTV]

Appreciate that! Psycho is on my list. More dave reactions dropping this week 🐺🐺🐺

[@MikeRees]

I'll be honest man, it's hard for me to understand/conceive the black struggle. I can accept it for sure. I'd love to be able to do something/more about it. But it's hard to understand, I have no experiences I can relate to it. I find myself floundering trying to figure out what I have to do. I work in an industry that, at least here in the UK, I've worked with no black people, and had one black applicant for a role. I'm just so removed from it all, somehow, in one of the most diverse cities in the country. I've been watching a lot of reactions to this performance to try and get a better understanding. I think it's helping. You've certainly helped with your reaction. It's emotionally exhausting but the commonalities and agreement that is across the board in the reactions weigh heavy, it must be really difficult to carry that all the time. Sorry, I'm in a venting mood tonight it seems.

[@ThePrincessrael]

If you want to learn through music I recommend listening to more Dave and also Akala - fire in the booth part 1 or Akala - Maangamizi. I'm a middle class white bloke from the UK and when I was younger I didn't get it, then some lads I played football with took me to see Akala do a show local to me and it was an education man. The guy put on a seminar and I realised how wrong I'd been about so much stuff in the past.

[@MikeRees]

@@ThePrincessrael yea I've been checking out Akala as well. I'd seen interviews with him before and thought he was really insightful, I'd just not made the move to his music. It's a way better medium for carrying a message I think.

[@seti7136]

🔥 reaction bro 👊 you have to check out his album PsycoDrama from start to finish it's a masterpiece and he's so young amazing talent 🔥🔥UK Stand up 🙌

[@I_rosemary]

React to Lesley by Dave. It's about someone in an abusive relationship.

[@laughingoutloud8612]

If you want FACTS and a history lesson Check out Akala FITB - parts 1-4 👌🏼🔥

[@vitodecoster9254]

dope! subbed

[@fizzbitt]

If you liked this then you best check out Akala fire in the booth part 1... He educates likes you wouldn't believe.

[@Rhonda-Charise]

Akala, thank you! A rapper, lecturer, activist, mentor etc... 🔥❤️

[@ImSoAboveYou]

crazyy❄️❄️

[@WolfReactsTV]

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@khadijahdesiree7522]

Whew 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@robertedwardz]

Dave - Two birds no stone

[@WolfReactsTV]

Keep the suggestions coming. I might do a full week of reacting to Dave music.

[@Rhonda-Charise]

Please react to Akala...EVERYTHING!

[@vincygarifuna]

You need to listen to Dave song Question Time

[@macytaylor9224]

React to Daves Black Box freestyle. It’s soooooo good!!

[@WolfReactsTV]

Bet! Keep the suggestions coming 🐺🐺🐺

[@jamiewilson9280]

You should react to Akala fire in the booth part one. It’s like an education.

[@robertedwardz]

Dave - Hangman

[@casparvonsader4505]

Great reaction. I like you, bruv. Check Mic Righteous/Reckless - Pathways, for some super heavy, important message, UK bars by one of our fiercest & most passionate: please, man. You got a new sub. UK love & respect.

[@WolfReactsTV]

Appreciate that ! Thanks for the support! I have to check that out! Peace Love and Positivity ! 🐺🐺🐺

[@chozen863]

👏🏾👏🏾

[@j1mmyuk389]

Yo bro u lowkey look like Pmoney 😂

[@lourobinson4177]

Watch Kano Fire in the booth heavy ❤🎶❤🔥🔥🔥

[@bbysaywah]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👋❤️🙏

[@TheRevWillNotBeTelevised]

Pro tip, don't pause in the buildup, and deflate that shit. Otherwise cheers.

[@WolfReactsTV]

I appreciate the tip! 🐺🐺🐺

[@TheRevWillNotBeTelevised]

@@WolfReactsTV Dave is a fucking animal. love it

[@imanjouini6118]

Bro that wasn’t the Bible it was the Quran

[@JojojLil2006]

You need better commentary dude. Just repeating what he said and saying " that's facts " isn't good enough .

[@DarkPigeon21]

I think you'll find every modern company in the Uk generally takes the view "best man/women for the job" approach based on searching for the highest profit. I also think any other narrative is just seeking victimhood for a designated community. I"m sorry reality hurts!!! I used to be a bleeding heart liberal myself but have come to realise by keeping this line of thought is perpetuating the situation. Keeping the black community down, I look at the Asian and Jewish community in the Uk who now basically owns everything. They faced an equal amount of hardship and prejudice. Still, They won through because they weren't encouraged to seek victimhood. There wasn't an excuse for failure. White liberals I know they mean well, but they might be the most guilty of holding the black community back!

[@andreioarcea7784]

I'm going to say it plainly. Africa has no history, the drama of the black man is that he has no written tradition to carry with him in a foreign land. Europe had it for 3000 years. The only thing they had was oral tradition. The reason why so many black artists revolutionize, and I'm going to say it in the broadest wasy possible, is exactly because of the need to define themselves, in absence of identity and in search of purpose. That does not mean that everything that is different is good, come to think of it most is not. It is only very, very rarely that free/social/left/progressive, call it how you wan't, you know what I mean, is going to be worth of it's 1% geniality. This guy is not a genius, he is a product of it's single minded generation, who sacrifices entertainment, or at least it's formal expression, for identitary tribulations and ideological rethoric. Basically, this guy is talking like an end of times parliamentary, on piano. Talking, not singing. So, why the singing stage then? Why not a performance area, a theater, why not break all the boundaries between arts? This simply won't do. It is precisely the reason you teary eyed visionaries define your life through blaming and shaming, and then maturity kills the rest of your drive. This is not art. It's just saying opionions and pushing piano chords.

[@JNeavesable]

Yeah, and the Mona Losa isn't art. It's just dried pigment on mulched up wood. Twelfth Night isn't art. It's just old-fashioned words and cross-dressing. But you're right about there being no historical African written histories and languages. I mean, if you ignore the single most important linguistic artifact in the world, the Rosetta stone, not to mention the Kush writings from over two millennia ago and Ethiopian writings and many, many more. Facetiously lamenting that African histories were passed on through world of mouth amazing, especially when you consider who else did the same, namely; everyone else. I suppose you hold up Beowulf as a great piece of European art - or maybe not, as it's just 'speaking words' without even pushing out chords on a piano. Ancient history writers like Herodotus were the exception, not the rule. Comments like yours are always particularly insidious, as the idiocy and ignorance of their content can be obfuscated by your ability to string a sentence together. In summation; please go away.

[@beatricefavor7394]

Your so clueless

[@sarahconnor5452]

How can you sit there and say Africa has no history when humanity began in Africa.. so you are telling me history began when white popel started documenting it.. basically saying that white history is the only history that matters.. you are exactly the people that this artist is referring to.. im all for a dialogue but peoplw like you really need to keep your opinions to yourself as it has no substance to it AT ALL! 🙄

[@native14]

Africa has no history 😢.....screw you man

[@willnoucamp]

Well done, you wrote one of the stupidest things I've ever read. You should prob read some history books and go to a museum or ten. "Africa has no history" wtf are you talking about. Weirdo.

[@thatcoupletho3209]

You should look at some daily duppy, english freestyle platform, it's the best of the best.