Dru Hill Releases Song Inspired By Death Of Freddie Gray

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Dru Hill, an R&B group that started in Baltimore, have released a song online inspired by the death of Freddie Gray and other fatal incidents involving young black men.

The Huffington Post (http://huff.to/1l6kyGj) made available a 2-minute preview of "Change" on its website Monday. The song's release came on the first day of jury selection in the trial of the first of six police officers charged in Gray's death.

The song's lyrics reference Tamir Rice, Mike Brown and others who died in incidents involving police officers.

Dru Hill was most popular in the 1990s, with songs such as "Never Make a Promise and "In My Bed" making the top 10 on billboard's Hot 100 chart.

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