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They also cover Janelle Monáe’s “Hell You Talmbout” in a powerful sequence—the one time the Spike Lee of Da 5 Bloods makes an appearance.

The group sings the song “Hell You Talmbout,” written by Janelle Monáe and performed by Byrne, a much older white man, with her permission.

The film features him and 11 musicians and dancers and builds on songs from the album as well as a few Talking Heads classics and a powerful cover of Janelle Monáe’s protest song, “Hell You Talmbout.”

One of the most powerful moments in the new film centers on the stirring cover of Monáe’s “Hell You Talmbout” and the naming of victims of police violence.

And in the pièce de résistance, a performance of Janelle Monáe's galvanizing protest song, "Hell You Talmbout," Lee cuts away to people holding posters of slain Black men and women, including Treyvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Emmett Till, and too many other victims of racist violence, along with their names on screen.