BTS gives $1 million to Black Lives Matter and the BTS Army wants to match it

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We’re all living through a difficult moment right now, and plenty of people are failing to meet it. Not BTS, though.

The K-pop sensation and their record label, Big Hit Entertainment, have donated $1 million to Black Lives Matter. A rep for the label confirmed the donation to Variety on Friday but had nothing else to say; BTS had already released a statement earlier in the week taking a firm stand in the name of peace.

“We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together,” the tweet reads in English, with Korean text (which translates to an almost identical statement) situated just above it. The tweet caps off with the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag. Read more…

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