Warner signs 12-year-old black protest singer Keedron Bryant

A 12-year-old black boy Keedron Bryant whose song 'I Just Wanna Live' about the fears of being a young African American went viral has been signed by Warner Records, Complex reports. The young gospel singer's original Instagram post has attracted over 3m likes and has drawn praise from former President Barack Obama, basketball legend LeBron James, singer Janet Jackson and actress Lupita Nyong'o. Warner Records timed the release to coincide with Juneteenth, which marks the end of centuries of US slavery. The soulful track was written by Keedron's mother Johnnetta Bryant, it is sung a cappella by him, and it includes the lyrics: "I'm a young black man, doing all that I can to stand. Oh, but when I look around, and I see what's being done to my kind".