The Power of Music

LZ Granderson: I've been thinking about this concept for years and trying to figure out how to pull it together. And the grillo was so gracious and giving me like all the room and like, what do you want to do? LZ: Just like almost every black song is inherently political in some way. He says he wanted to explore that and how could we talk about the big issues that are inside of some of the big songs. "Fast Car" premiered at a global birthday concert for Nelson Mandela which happens to have 600 million people watching.