The popular Motor City choir’s rendition of “Sweet Child o’ Mine" — the chart-topping 1988 hit by Guns N' Roses — was released Tuesday and timed to the approach of a new school year.
The recording and accompanying video come in the wake of recent mass shootings in Highland Park, Illinois, on July 4; Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, on May 24; and Oxford, Michigan, Nov. 30.
The choice of "Sweet Child o' Mind" pays tribute to Layla Salazar, 11, who was among the 19 children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. She and her father were both fans of the rock anthem.