Singer protests outside iHeartRadio over black discrimination

joan

August 6, 2015 6:04 PM

Tyrese has been on a campaign in the last few weeks, complaining that white radio will not play his song "Shame," despite the fact it hit #1 on the charts.

Prior to this, Tyrese's last album 'Open Invitation' debut in 2011.

Tyrese means business when he attracted a crowd outside iHeartRadio to protest that white radio doesn't play music from black R&B soul artists.

The ace musician and actorhas been on a campaign in the last few weeks, complaining that white radio will not play his song "Shame," despite the fact it hit #1 on the charts.... believing that if Sam Smith, Justin Timberlake or Robin Thicke sang the same song, it would get tons of play time.

Cops came because the protest was clogging traffic. After being warned, Tyrese got a ticket for blocking traffic but he defintely made his point.

In a radio interview with Hot 97 in New York, Tyrese called out TV/Radio host, undefinedfor allegedly being bias towards his music.

''Music shouldn't just be boxed in... here is an example... I am not a racist, no homophobes... but, Sam Smith had a song called 'Stay'.. I had a song called Stay. My song was at #1 for eleven weeks on Billboard. The biggest single of my entire career. It was on urban ac format and non of the pop urban mainstream radio stations never played it. Ryan Seacrest never played my song.''

Tyrese told the station that the popular E! Host deliberately refused to give his massive hit track – 'Stay' - airplay on his 'On Air with Ryan Seacrest', a morning radio show on KIIS-FM and some what prevented the song to fly on iHeartRadio.

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