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Bernice King Thanks Justin Bieber For Supporting The King Center While He Faces Criticism For Sampling Martin Luther King Jr.’s Voice On His New Album ‘Justice’

<p>Justin Bieber just dropped his latest <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chance-the-rapper-compares-justin-biebers-new-album-to-michael-jacksons-off-the-wall&sol;">studio album<&sol;a><&sol;em> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Justice&comma;” and many people have been voicing their opinions about his new music throughout social media&period; However&comma; JB faced some criticism from some people for sampling the late Martin Luther King Jr&period; on his project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MLK can be heard on the album’s introduction as it leads into the first song &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;2 Much&comma;” and there is also an &&num;8220&semi;MLK Interlude&&num;8221&semi; included on the album as well&period; However&comma; some folks didn’t understand the need to feature MLK’s voice on the album when it features love songs and up-tempo records&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1372937491074973702" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1372962343852851200" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1372910138483474444" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;19&sol;justin-bieber-martin-luther-king-jr-interludes-new-album-justice&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Justin went to the MLK&&num;8217&semi;s estate to get clearance for the audio clips that are featured on the album&period; JB also tweeted about the support he would be providing to organizations that &&num;8220&semi;embody what justice looks like in action&period;&&num;8221&semi; One of those organizations being The King Center&period; Bernice King&comma; the daughter of the late MLK&comma; retweeted Justin&&num;8217&semi;s post as she thanked him for his support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1372626331972866056" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When it comes to why he named the album &&num;8220&semi;Justice&&num;8221&semi; he spoke to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vogue&period;co&period;uk&sol;arts-and-lifestyle&sol;article&sol;justin-bieber-new-album-justice">Vogue<&sol;a><&sol;em> and said&comma;&&num;8221&semi; I named it <em>Justice<&sol;em> because there’s so much injustice in this world and there has been since the beginning of time &lbrack;…&rsqb; My name &lbrack;Justin&rsqb; actually means justice&comma; so there’s that&period; I’m really honored to play a small part and be able to make music that inspires and can uplift people in this time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1373035511934226435" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also talked about the &&num;8220&semi;MLK Interlude&&num;8221&semi; featured on the album and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;What I wanted to do with this was amplify &lbrack;Dr&rsqb; Martin Luther King Jr’s voice to this generation&period; Being Canadian&comma; it wasn’t so much a part of my culture &lbrack;…&rsqb; this speech was actually during the time when &lbrack;he had&rsqb; a feeling that he was going to die for the cause&comma; and what he was standing up against was ultimately racism and division&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I think his message was that a lot of people can be afraid to stand up for what is right&comma; but if you’re not standing up for justice — for what is right — what are you doing with your life&quest; I’m sorry to get so deep&comma; but these are the times we’re living in&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Justin&period; &&num;8220&semi;That’s why I wanted to make this album because I think it’s very timely and very necessary&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a>  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Jade Ashley &commat;Jade&lowbar;Ashley94<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"73912" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;bernice-king-thanks-justin-bieber-for-supporting-the-king-center-while-he-faces-criticism-for-sampling-martin-luther-king-jr-s-voice-on-his-new-album-justice&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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