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On being a black man in America, Big Sean said, \"I don't feel equal and I don't feel free.\"

\"Of course, let's speak up and be heard, but things have to change. Maybe these rules have to get updated, maybe these laws have to get updated, [but] the government has to relay that foundation because it is a racist foundation right now,\" he continued.

Big Sean ended the video by thanking supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement, declaring, \"I'm so proud to be black.\"

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