‘Let Us Breathe’: Huge Black Lives Matter mural appears on major Sheffield road

The graffiti art, which was painted by Sheffield street artists Trik09, Marcus Method, Stoglife and Marco, appeared yesterday on Netherthorpe Road in the city centre.

The mural, which stretches for 20 metres or more up the busy inner ring road, has been painted on a series of empty advertising hoardings around a forthcoming city development.

Made up of massive six-foot-high white letters on a black background, the stylised text simply reads: “Let Us Breathe. Black Lives Matter.”

The statement was made in conjunction with the huge demonstrations which took place in Sheffield and around the world on Saturday in response to the murder of George Floyd.

Sheffield-based street artist Trik09 said the project was part of a bigger movement that is happening within the hip-hop movement in northern England and that more murals were planned.