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The cut features Swizz Beatz, Talib Kweli, Cassidy, Drag-On, Maino, and Styles P and was produced by The Heatmakerz. Bell was killed in November 2006 in barrage of 50 bullets from undercover New York City police the night before his wedding. Protests in New York followed the recent verdict to acquit the officers of any crime.Click below to hear the song (thanks to OKPlayer for hooking up the audio.) ...
"Stand Up (A Sean Bell Tribute)"
All of the money from iTunes sales goes to The Sean Bell Benefit Fund.
The tune is inspirational and reflectional. It's well worth the 99 cents.
AllHipHop has some footage of the the making of the song with the artists involved with the project and Cassidy won't shut up about his murder case or car accident or whatever.
Sean Bell Case
Valerie Bell, right, mother of the late Sean Bell, meets singer Patti LaBelle on stage during the "Divas With Heart" concert at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, May 4, 2008. LaBelle had invited Bell onto the stage during her song, "Two Steps." The concert benefits the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory in Utica, N.Y. (AP Photo/Scott Wynn/Scott Wynn Photography)
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Nicole Paultre Bell (L) and Trent Benefield (C) listen as Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)
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Nicole Paultre Bell (L) and Trent Benefield listen as Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)
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Nicole Paultre Bell (L) listens as Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)
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Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)
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Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)
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Al Sharpton speaks about the Sean Bell trial during his live radio broadcast in New York May 3, 2008. Sharpton is organizing a rally on Wednesday to protest against the not guilty verdict of the three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES)
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Sean Bell's fiance, Nicole Paultre Bell, holds her daughter Jordyn during a news conference Sunday, April 27, 2008 at National Action headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
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People block the intersection of 125th Street and 7th Ave. during march to protest the acquittal of the three NYPD detectives on all charges stemming from the November 2006 killing of Sean Bell Sunday, April 27, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
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Sean Bell's fiance, Nicole Paultre Bell, 3rd -left, sits with her mother, 2nd-left and shooting victim Joseph Guzman, 2nd-right, as Rev. Al Sharpton speaks, Sunday, April 27, 2008 at National Action headquarters in New York. The women at far right and left are unidentified. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
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By: Raymetria on 6/02/2008 2:28PM
WOW! Kudos to all of the rappers that helped out with the Sean Bell Tribute! Now, that's showing that hip-hop DOES have a heart!
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By: Hrtdntl on 5/31/2008 11:22AM
All black actors and artists with money, money, money, should always stand up and be there for their own when hateful things as these happen, like the Katrina Horror and so on and so on! You have good Caucasions with good caring hearts out these doing more for blacks in other countries, and so forth than black stars and actors aren't steppin forward and doing themselves! Do u you know how that makes them look as black artists and actors! its embarassing how they just go about their merry rich black lives, with an attitude like, ("oh well") sorry 2 hear that, that a terrible thing when they as blk Actors and Artists should be the ones comming together and always being for their own, instead lookin to other non blacks to do their job for them. Thats thoughtful and caring about those Rappers for doing something about the sick situaition refering to the folk carrying cops shooting that guy 50 times! More Rappers need to join in with these Rappers already standing up, and showing that they ain't toll
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By: Cecil Jones on 6/01/2008 8:02AM
Anyone who thinks that Sean Bell won't get paid by New York doesn't know anything about the law. This man was unarmed and about to get married. Rappers are raising their profile piling on a tragedy. How many of these people can use their "Skillz" to raise awareness about something that didn't make Headlines and it's own gravy from the instant publicity? Is it harder to put your biscuit in the gravy or make the gravy taste good? Our best and brightest should make the gravy taste good so the people won't readily spit in it or discard it like they did Sean Bell's life. That's "Keeping it Real!" You can't get this on TV!
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By: Dr ,B on 6/02/2008 8:58AM
People should have marched and protested in record numbers in this attack. This is unreal in America. Blacks should not sat back and let this madness continue in the name of the law. We should peacefully, march, protest, send petitionos to our elected Officals or vote them out of Offcie when there term expires.
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By: Lovey on 8/29/2008 6:24PM
Ok, I've asked this many times. Did Sean Bell hold down a job? What did he do for a living?
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