It seems that Beyoncé is not the only musician inspired into taking action after the latest police shootings in the US.

The star's husband, Jay Z, has released a new song called 'Spiritual', which he posted to TIDAL in the early hours of this morning.

Like Beyoncé, he also released a statement explaining the song's genesis, saying that he started working on it a year ago and didn't finish it, but "sadly' knew that it was inevitable that more deaths would occur.

Read the statement and hear the song below: