JAŸ-Z Name Drops Colin Kaepernick In Yankee Stadium Freestyle & Social Media Sounds Off
He questioned selective outrage and cited major corporations as he defended the Target partnership during the first night of his Yankee Stadium residency.
- On the first night of his Yankee Stadium residency, Jay-Z used a freestyle to address the "Reasonable Doubt" vinyl controversy, dismissing accusations that he abandoned Black consumers by partnering with Target.
- The partnership sparked criticism because it arrived after activists, including Pastor Jamal Bryant, called for a nationwide boycott of Target following its decision to scale back diversity, equity and inclusion commitments.
- Jay-Z challenged what he described as selective outrage, questioning whether critics were also avoiding Amazon, Meta, Google, and YouTube, while suggesting consumers were "picking and choosing" which companies deserved boycotts.
- During the freestyle, the rapper claimed Colin Kaepernick signed a non-disparagement agreement, though TMZ Sports reports that no such clause existed in the former quarterback's 2019 deal with the NFL.
- Performances by Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and Nas rounded out the night, alongside the rapper's focus on his advocacy work through the REFORM Alliance, which he co-founded with Meek Mill in 2019.
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JAŸ-Z Name Drops Colin Kaepernick In Yankee Stadium Freestyle & Social Media Sounds Off
Source: Steph Chambers – FIFA / Getty Jaÿ-Z albums often come with five-year hiatuses, and guest verses are rare, so when he has something to get off his chest, he turns to his old faithful, a freestyle. He pulled the stunt on the first night of his three-night Yankee Stadium run, when he seemed to address the backlash over partnering with Target on a special 30th-anniversary Reasonable Doubt release. Hov rapped that most people’s everyday activ…
JAŸ-Z Umlaut Unloads On Colin Kaepernick & 'Twitter Activists' In Yankee Stadium Freestyle & Social Media Sounds Off
He pulled the stunt on the first night of his three-night Yankee Stadium run, when he seemed to address the backlash over partnering with Target on a special 30th-anniversary Reasonable Doubt release. The post JAŸ-Z Umlaut Unloads On Colin Kaepernick & ‘Twitter Activists’ In Yankee Stadium Freestyle & Social Media Sounds Off appeared first on Bossip.
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