AMERICAN REACTS TO DAVE- BLACK (LIVE AT THE BRITS) [GAVE ME THE CHILLS] [ALL FACTS!]
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Respect and solidarity from Scotland.
We see what's happening with the police brutality and stand with you.
Hey man! Another guy from Glasgow agreeing with your sentiments wholeheartedly. ♥️
As a Black Scottish person I agree.
Love from London🇬🇧🇺🇸
Peace from Bristol
Always love from Scotland, be brave and stand free 🏴
Little bit of context for american folks who didnt get some of Dave's references in the song:
-'how the news tretaed kate vs how they treated meghan' referring to how our press glamourised Prince William's white wife Kate, whereas they attacked Prince Harry's mixed race wife Meghan.
-'Rest in peace Jack Merrit' is referring to a man killed in a terror attack who worked on rehabilitating criminals rather than neglecting them in our criminal justice system.
-'But Grenfell victims still need accomodation' referring to the 2017 tower block fire that killed almost a hundred people, mostly of ethnic minorities. These deaths were the result of government lack of funding in fire prevention. Many victims are still yet to recieve accomodation after the fire
-'And we still need support for the Windrush Generastion' The Windrush generation are people who were invited to the UK from the West Indies to help rebuild our economy post World War Two. However it has been discovered the government has been destroying their documentation so they can deport them and their children.
Please read the replies some people made some great additions to this :)
Adding a bit more to this:
- Dave knew Jack Merrit personally because Jack had worked with Dave's brother who is in prison. UK politicians tried to use Jack's death to push for longer mandatory sentences and Dave is trying to say that Jack wouldn't have stood for that at all. Jack's family also spoke out against it.
- Grenfell was worse than just lack of funding, they put cladding on the outside of the council flat tower to make it look nicer for people in the buildings nearby, and they chose a cheaper material to save a few thousand pounds, and that material was highly flammable. The fire department didn't know about the cladding so they told people in Grenfell to stay were they were because the building was meant to contain fires, but the cladding made it worse.
Wow thanks for this 🙏🏾
Julian D'Souza oh wow i didnt know dave knew jack thanks. You’re 100% right about Grenfell too
@@JDS8 Yeah his dad speaking out against it was touching. Boris Johnson's attempts at using his sons death for political gain was disgusting. Jack was completely against all of that, such a shame he's no longer with us and that most of us were unfamiliar with him before he died.
Mic drop 🙌🏻
is like the UK version of the Grammy Awards .. a massive audience. And he chose to perform this powerful song
Also to note he has really popular "chart" songs like Thiago Silva, Location, Streatham etc.
He chose instead to perform a song with a message thats not as popular.
His lowest charting single from the album...
@@Thatgirl96. can you imagine? ahah what's wrong with people?
Riri Webb yet so powerful and was a great decision
This award show is the the UK version of the AMA awards
He was only 21 years of age here. Wise beyond his years. Love him
Look up the sbtv freestyle he dropped at 16 he's wise way beyond his years
22
@@Flixzsy he was 21 when performing this. he's only recently turned 22.
Dave is one of the most woke artists that do have a voice
The fact he’s my age makes me reconsider what I’m doing with my life
In my mind, this is one of the best Rap performances ever put on film. Not just perfectly performed, but the song itself carries so much weight and power.
Why do Americans sleep on British rappers
Dave is a genius. His albun Psychodrama wons "the álbum of the year".
As a white British woman, I remember the moment this aired on TV and knowing it was going to have a massive impact! It had an impact on me, so I can only imagine what this means for Black people! I can also recommend his album Psychodrama too!
White British guy here - this song helped me empathise so much with black people and their experiences.
“If you don’t want to get it then you’re never going to get it.”
2 days ago was the Grenfell tower two year anniversary RIP all the souls lost 14/06/2017
Amber Ellis *3 year anniversary
Dave is a genius and that shout out to Jack Merritt was lovely. Jack helped Daves older brother when he was jailed for murder. They remained friends until 2017 when Jack was killed in the London Bridge terror attack, aged 25.
SmithyD86 wasnt Jack killed in the Nov. 2019 London Bridge attack?
@@tomg3657 possible I have the date wrong yeah! Either way, sad story.
I'm from england, nd when i see americans reacting to dave - black, ik they not gonna be ready for how hard this goes
History lessons in the UK for me was basically Romans, vikings, Tudors (Royal family around 1500’s) then skip past the rest until you get to World War II. Slavery was never even mentioned. So I guess it’s true what Jane Elliott said... “You weren’t educated in school you were indoctrinated”
I was lucky. I had a black history teacher and she taught us about slavery, civil rights, MLK and malcom X. she couldn't teach us all of it cause it wasn't in the curriculum so we didn't get black panthers or anything on the actual bill of civil rights or anything that happened in the UK where we live. but Im so thankful that she did cause if it weren't for her no one in my school would have had any lessons on black history unless they took history for GCSE and A-level which wasnt very popular
Same
Really? I was taught all that and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. We also have the Slavery Museum up here in Liverpool and my Dad took me there as a child.
Babywilko same. but i think it depends on the school. they’re given a big list of what they can cover pre GCSE and pick what they want to teach. i’m not entirely sure if that’s the case but i remember our teacher saying something like that when we asked why we learned about some things and not others
I didn't go to school in Britain so I don't know exactly what you do and don't learn but my dad has told me that he learned very little about British imperialism. I definitely think the education curriculum should have to include this kind of history. It seams you also learn very little about how Ireland was treated by the British and the issues we still face today because of it. Again I don't know if the curriculum is more updated now I only know from what my dad has told me from when he went to school. But when my cousin from England came to visit us here in Ireland he didn't seem to know much about the British Irish history at all. Just think stuff like this should be prioritised in our education
I don’t know whether this clip fully shows the members of the audience with tears rolling down their faces and the roar that goes up at the end went on for ages. Dave not only gives you chills but he lays the truth right out there and does it with such class! 🤗 Go download Dave’s album it’s epic 🤗Ps we can see through the BS over here in the UK and we stand with you 🤗
I’m white but for some reason I can’t help to cry during this song ( the hell did I get this many likes )
Thanks for the support, it may not seem like a lot but trust me we do appreciate it
Me too. I think the words are so painful, especially when you didn’t even realise this is the suffering people have just because of their skin colour. It’s disgusting. The stories recently have been so eye opening and it’s absolutely devastating the more you learn
Same, man. Everytime :/
I duno how many times I've watched it and I'll still be crying by the end. It's so powerful
Because it’s eye opening to how racist a lot of people are.
Just for people that may not know, in the uk songs like this were not allowed on mainstream media until around 3-5 years ago and even then there has never been anything as clear, educated and direct. The fact that this was on a show that very very rarely have black award winners even now, This is a moment in history for black Britain! ✊🏿
@Zoe Spivey is it not? The original was played and considered controversial and radios stopped playing it due to backlash. Its fucking dumb
@Zoe Spivey Then explain why Akala has had almost 0 radio play, despite being one of the most respected people in the game?
Thats bullshit. Most radios don't play anything remotely political because its not that marketable. Why would this be banned?
Bro it depends what radio your listening to it’s Been all over the place for time, garage was the thing that was controversial musically before rap in the uk and rock was, there’s always tunes and backlash on a tune that gets radio play
I remember watching this live on the TV when this aired and still to this day I cry every time I watch it. I can only imagine how it must feel hearing it as a Black person. I’m a white ally, I see my Black counterparts, I stand with you and we will not stop this fight for equality until it is won.❤️
the brits is the UKs biggest music awards, he has a massive platform so he chose to perform a powerful song. He got over 300 ofcom complaints from the racist uk public (mainly about calling boris a racist) and they were all dismissed
Beautiful reaction my young friend. I’m in London and we are all watching what’s going on your side with tears in our hearts.
love, Ireland
STAY STRONG, STAY SAFE.
We stand with you.
My American brothers and sisters, the “Windrush” that he mentions at the end of the song happened in 2018 where people were wrongly detained, denied legal rights, threatened with deportation. Many of them were British subjects arrived in the UK before 1973 mainly from Caribbean countries...”the Windrush Generation”-Windrush(the ship that brought one of first groups of West Indian migrants to the UK in 1948)
Many were asked to come to England as well
And they where a British. They'd grown up in UK colonies as British subjects and then they arrived here to a lifetime of racism
I had chills watching it live and knew it was something special. I keep coming back to that performance. And then it was the most complained about Brits performance ever.. People complained it was racist. THE F'N IRONY
It’s amazing that Dave is finally getting noticed for his performances and talent over in America. I know he has fans there already but American you tubers with mainly an American audience giving him so publicity.
I'm so surprised at how little people know about Dave he's a master with words and always speaking facts
The dudes only 21. Undeniable genius.
This live version is my favourite. Obviously it’s an amazing song overall but the studio recorded version doesn’t have the added on verse at the end and this one is just soo bloody powerful with the performance and set and piano and audience, and everything.
Sooo true !
it’s the added on bit at the end that makes it. not actually in the original song, but was wrote specifically for this performance. big up Dave for this. 🙏
I’m from England and we see what’s happening over there, some people are being ignorant and blind to it but I refuse to be the same, I’ve been to a protest, it was empowering and eye opening, I’ll never understand what it’s like to live in the shoes of a black person, but I stand with every single person out there believing in BLM and pushing the movement
Left me speachless when I first heard it, chills everytime
As a white woman from the uk I stand with every thing Dave the rapper said and was so glad he called out Boris for who he is
loud in our laughter silent in our suffering bruh
Whut
Fehesh Gshsjs it’s a lyric from the song we have all just watched..
Watch when the other guy comes in on piano dave in all white as a black man then the white man (a key component of the music) comes in all black that's a statement that's so understated everyone misses
I didn't miss it. I picked up on it straightaway when I watched it live back then, and my reaction on Facebook at the time confirms it.
I'm British and about as white as they come. I thought I was clued up about this stuff but I'm getting an education here. I thought we'd grown up as a nation but now realise it's not enough to not be racist - we white folks have to be anti-racist if we want real change. I'm feeling emotional and ashamed of my own white privilege but I think there's a collective awakening going on. Love and respect from the UK ❤️
It makes me happy when I see Americans liking our music ❤️
Precisely not one lie in his words! Powerful, poetic and deserving much more credit than it gets.
Oh yes there is. Boris isn't racist, he is a libertarian. The only reason labour supporters call conservatives racists is because their socialist policies constantly lose the argument.
I remember seeing this for the first time & i cried. It was outta nowhere & hit me in the soul!
I get goosebumps everytime I hear this performance too. So powerful and unfortunately too relevant. I hope you get to experience more dave his lyrics are next level. I really enjoyed your reaction. Good video bro
Laughing while he says silent in our suffering was such a crazy touch . Dave is so smart. Loved this performance so much. We tired of the way we been treated for centuries enough is enough
How do Americans not know about Dave though?! He's incredible 💚
The same way how people in other countries don't know some American rappers.
the brits is like the grammys but for the uk
This made me cry. It is such a powerful message, we need more people like Dave in the world.
I loved watching your reaction to this. Dave is a lyrical genius and his word play is incredible. This song is so important especially right now. I will never truly understand the lyrics being white but they still touch me. Incredible song. Can you also check out his official video for the song because the visuals are incredible. Also please check out his song psycho. Thank you 🙌🏼
Dave is honestly a national treasure. Unreal talent. You should do a react vid to his Glastonbury performance when he got a lad up from the crowd. He’s the most humble amazing artist
This song makes me so emotional every single time I listen to it. I stand with you. I hear you. I will fight beside you. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
this performance made me cry when I saw it first and it still has that power now.
I'm 26 now but when I was in secondary school in the UK we were never taught about slavery. In primary school I was taught about black history month and it was always celebrated every year but never anything about slaves.
I’m the same age and I didn’t learn about slavery in school either. My first knowledge of it was Mansfield Park, and my parents explained to me what was happening. Nothing from the teachers though.
I'm from UK and nearly 60, we were taught about the slave trade and the American Civil rights movement. It saddens and angers me that all these years later not much has changed. Hope BLM is the turning point, we (as a white woman) need to educate ourselves and each other on how to be an effective ally. And get this racist, elitest government out! 'No one is free until we are all free'
Depends on the school you go to I guess. I learned about it
respect .. one of the best reactions i have seen to this song... This song gives me goosebumps the way Ali did wether fighting or speaking... the way Malcom x did also Tupac and Bob marley made me feel powerful and proud and all the people who touched my heart in so many ways.. I remember watching huckleberry finn as a kid on tv and hating what was being revealed to me.. a 6 yr old kid.. I am from pakistan and have been Lucky enough to live my whole life here in the UK. love the uk .. love black and asian culture and the impact its had on the UK . now im 46.. still listening to UK rap and loving it. BLACK LIVES MATTER. 👊
This song is powerful and I think this performance matches it beautifully. Dave starts on the piano alone, wearing a white outfit. He is later joined by a white pianist, wearing black, who doesn't start playing the piano until they share a strong look towards the middle of the performance. Then the white pianist plays alone (for the most part) as Dave continues his truth. And that doesn't even get into the images on the piano and I still haven't fully recognized the significance of each photo. This man's mind. I'm so ready to support him with as much money as I can muster.
Brits is an award thing it also awards people from America like that billie girl and Dave won this year
Can't believe they let that talentless piece of trash stand on the same stage as a genius like Dave
That billie girl 😂😂😂 I dont know why I'm laughing
chills everytime i hear this song
When you said about the first time you learnt about slavery at school.. I’d never even thought about how strange and uncomfortable that experience much have been. Thank you for this video, it was really interesting and actually quite moving listening to what you had to say.
Dave’s performance will go down in history, for so many reasons. Hi from Ireland 🇮🇪
I know whilst I was at school (over 20 years ago now) in South Wales - we were taught about the World Wars predominantly in our History classes and it covered briefly concentration camps etc but we were never taught about Black History. The most I was taught about Black History or the struggles Black people faced was when our book for the term in our English Lesson was The Colour Purple by Alice Walker.
Same in ireland, the colour purple &even at that it was given as English lit not even history class🙈.......Im blessed to have a dad who wasn't having none of that shit tho, he raised us on history&facts....hell I'm only 30 there's still parts of my own country i can't walk into without being attacked even murdered simply because of my accent, where I live&my religion....ppl claim that's all BS& in the past i can promise you its not!!!! All because the English invaded our land for no reason really other than they wanted it.....centuries of civil war here, still no peace💔 this song makes me ashamed of our white ancestors yet so proud of my dad&the fact he was seeing this whilst raising us&opened our eyes to all that was wrong not only in our land but in every land & race!!! If your white & these lyrics don't make you uncomfortable something is wrong with your thinking!!!
I hope my son grows to be half the man this 21yr absolute legend is....
Only we can change the future generation....
Now more than ever we needed this&hats off to dave💚💚💚
As a mixed black kid here in England (Manchester) the only black history I got was in primary school, thanks to mostly my teachers of colour who knew it was important, once I got to high school I agree the only history we had was ww1 and 2. Bizarre education system :(
Simone Staunton my grandmother is from Northern Ireland and is currently living in Ireland again after being in England for years and is one of the most horrible, racist people I have ever met and when I challenged her about it after she was rude to my then boyfriend (he was black South African). He walked into my mothers house and greeted her politely and my mum asked if he wanted a drink, twenty minutes later my grandmother arrived, took one look at my boyfriend and left without saying a word and then had the nerve to tell my mother off for having ‘him’ in the house. We knew what she meant.
Me and him eventually broke up and I got a new boyfriend and the first thing she asked me was ‘is he black?’ We haven’t spoken since and it’s been over 16 years now.
My auntie has tried to justify it as ‘she grew up in a different generation’ and ‘she’s catholic and really religious’.......BULLS**T. She’s just downright rude and it’s attitudes like hers that make problems. It made me feel so ashamed to even be related to her.
I don’t know how many times I have listened to Daves song now and really done my best to understand and educate myself with the lyrics and things he is saying as well as doing my own research. I have a 9 year old daughter and a 16 year old son. This is not the world I want them growing up in.
P.S your dad sounds awesome xxx
Angie Larrier completely. Like I said I was only taught the colour purple in English literature and I was talking with my sister yesterday and I can only remember ever having one teacher who was Jewish and he was by far my favourite teacher and I still adore him now but I don’t ever recall having a person of colour as a teacher which is so sad. Even now thinking about my daughters school I think there is only 2/3 black children in a school of about 650-700 students.
Nathaniel Roberts I think that’s so wrong. I think it really should be diversified and black history taught in schools. For example why can’t we learn about WW2 and then be taught about how the windrush generation came to the U.K. to help us rebuild after the War was finished.
Btw the part at the end is a freestyle, and the part where he says about how the news treats Kate vs how they treat Meghan is about the royal family as Kate is white and the news loves her, but Meghan is African American and the news belittles her as much as they could and always brought her race into each new title.
His words are just so much more impactfull in the end with the amazing instrumental empowering them
Love and respect from India. This song makes me cry every time.
South London and the world is proud a you dave! Home grown! 🖤🖤
I can’t begin to explain or put into words the emotions this song makes me feel. I once watched a video from a commentary UA-camr called itzkesiha and she said once in her video that living is a difficult thing for black individuals and it has stuck with me ever since. Heartbreaking honestly change is inevitable and needs to happen now!!
Such a tune, fucking deep, real and hardddddd, Dave is sick
dave is amazing, one of the best performances ive seen! love to you x
respect at its finest from Ireland. The song speaks a million words and your reaction was true. kept up the good work, your reaction speaks more words than i can ever can comprehend. Thank you !!
Love your reaction to the song! I got goose bumps too, and I’ve heard the song several times since yesterday. But watching you listen to it, gave me another connection to share this song and appreciate what the song means to us as black people. My favorite part is when he said, “they take our features when they want, and have fun with it..” Sounds like the whole Kardashian family.
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
Man, I've lost track of how many times I've listened to this track, and I get chills every fucking time.
I could listen to this song a thousand times and still feel moved by the solidarity it evokes in me. There is something so powerful about seeing another black person react in the same way to this song; it confirms how empowering empowering and validating Dave's lyrics are... Thanks for sharing your insight Freddy 👌🏾
I felt your facial expressions while watching that! Lyrics are so powerful and hit hard
This brother Dave... May God continue to bless and keep him. Amen 😎🔥💯✌
I understand that I can never understand, but I stand.
Perfect time for this song.
I love this video. Thank you. Great musician and poet and brilliant reactions.
I Can't lie..... I got quite emotional & proud watching Dave perform this live.... Especially the end where he called out the pm & spoke about Jack, who was the young man killed during the last terror attack And was only there in the first place to attend a conference to help make changes for poor communities! So sad! 😔
rip Jack Merritt ♥
Rip George Floyd ♥
Go on dave! His a powerful guy with his words and mind! Living legend,
Hot damn! Every second of the song had me just in awe, every single second! So much truth in such a short space of time, I honestly can't praise this enough.
boy .. congrats on your comments at the end of the video. I watched a lot of reactions .. of people of every color lol .. and not all of them got the whole point of the song.
The Brits are like our Grammys in a way. The emotions were so raw and he owned that stage and arena, including everyone at home.
Sending love to you from Ireland. This song is amazing, gives me goosebumps everytime.
the vibe in the intro and then the vibe at the end. that's when you know this is real
Love your reaction. From ireland mate. Dave is eilte
How do you Americans perceive British artists in terms of the sheer lyrical depth and real political messages? Is it safe to say UK has taken over America now in terms of quality?
im an american and while i do like american rap more, british rap is insanely overhated and underappreciated
Bro who cares about quality and competition, not the right place for it
@@Jigzawman What you going on about lol
I'm a black American, and I loved the heck out of this song----I only found out about when this clip was shown on the Late Show with James Corden last week. Since he's British, he showcases a lot of British acts that are unknown here in the U.S., and he was addressing
the BLM protests, and played this clip. I was like "Whoa, this song is speaking so much damn truth, it's so for real", he's showing a whole lot of black pride in different ways throughout the song. British rappers rarely receive any hype here in the U.S., which is a shame because there are some really talented rappers coming from there, like "Lil Sims, Slowthai, Lowkey, Akala, and others.
@DS Beats It's not a competition. Ultimately with globalization we are all discovering more of one another but UK rappers are still speaking in the context of what they know. That goes for rappers worldwide. This also goes for American rappers but since American culture is force fed globally it is more prominent not to mention American media is strongly controlled so i'm tired of people coming for rappers here and saying they lack quality and content when on reality some of the best do not get recognition because of their content. Rap is far from what it originally was which was very political and it has branched off into many sub genres within itself and unfortunately mainstream popular rap is now what you see the majority off lacking substance and quality. They bury the important messages & messengers but if you are seeking you will find them. D smoke is pretty popular but also seems to put A LOT into his craft from he visuals to the lyrics check him out and start from there
The brits is the biggest musical award show in the uk 🇬🇧
the brits is one of the biggest British award ceremony
The best reaction I’ve seen to this so far. 🇬🇧
This is epic i tear up every time i watch it, it's amazing....
words of truth sung so beautifully. chills is right my friend.
It's been a few months since I've actually listened to this performance, but it still brings a tear to my eye, and really hits me in the heart. Black Lives Matter and we NEED to do better
Gives me chills everytime I listen to it ❤
It’s rough round here, you don’t wanna spend the night round here - love from south london
Best part was having the prime minister sat in the audience
Saw him live on tour , intense. Such a good vibe in the audience good music and a good voice. Deserves the fame unlike many others
The BRITS award over here is like AMA awards for you guys I believe.
Dave is an amazing artist. This performance had the whole country speechless, and the bit he added especially for that performance calling out our government and media was so important. I referenced some of these lyrics in an essay I wrote at University recently. Also, we over here in the UK completely see through the bullshit going on in America right now, and the majority of us stand with you. We will fight for you and with you, always.
I well up every time I see this performance. For Dave, for you, for everyone who struggled because of the ignorance I was surrounded by growing up, the ignorance I had until I grew and learnt and bettered myself. And I will continue to do that so that performances and lyrics like this aren't lived by future generations.
I watched another video about Dave on the channel trash theory..... It's incredible. This guy is so impressive. Im a 39 year old white chic and I was so moved, almost to tears. He's amazing.
This song alone puts him top 3 in the world at the moment!
Man, you’re an awesome reactor. Rewinding so you don’t miss bars and your insight is awesome. Standing with ya from AustralIa.
Nothing but love for this. ❤️🎹🎼🙏
The brits is an award show broadcasted live across the whole of Britain
I cry every time
Greatest live performance I've seen
Great reaction and so relevant right now. Sending you solidarity from England.
BLM.
most underrated rapper of all time
This is a sick video - love your reactions and your insights. Keep it up!
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 gossebumps every time, continue to share