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Jamele Hill: Jay-Z Helped the NFL Banish Colin Kaepernick
The former quarterback caused a problem for the leaguewhich turned to the celebrated rapper for assistance.
Yesterday the hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell held a joint media session at the Roc Nation offices in New York to seal a once-implausible partnership that isnt being received as positively as both parties probably hoped.
I assume neither Goodell nor Jay-Z expected to be on the defensive once the NFL announced that it would give Roc Nation, the music moguls entertainment company, significant power in choosing the performers for the leagues signature eventsincluding the coveted Super Bowl halftime show. Jay-Z and Roc Nation will also help augment the NFLs social-justice initiatives by developing content and spaces where players can speak about the issues that concern them.
This wasnt just another routine example of Jay-Z living out a lyric hed rapped nearly 15 years agoIm not a businessman. Im a business, man! Instead, the rapper faced questions yesterday about why he chose to collaborate with the same league that hed publicly criticized for its treatment of Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who hasnt had an NFL job since taking a knee during the national anthem three years ago to protest police brutality and racial injustice. This is the same Jay-Z who showed support for Kaepernick by wearing his jersey on Saturday Night Live. On his megahit song Apeshit, Jay-Z rapped this lyric: Once I said no to the Super Bowl. You need me, I dont need you. Every night we in the end zone. Tell the NFL we in stadiums too.
Now hes in business with the league.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/jay-z-helps-nfl-banish-colin-kaepernick/596146/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=2019-08-15T09%3A45%3A53
Yesterday the hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell held a joint media session at the Roc Nation offices in New York to seal a once-implausible partnership that isnt being received as positively as both parties probably hoped.
I assume neither Goodell nor Jay-Z expected to be on the defensive once the NFL announced that it would give Roc Nation, the music moguls entertainment company, significant power in choosing the performers for the leagues signature eventsincluding the coveted Super Bowl halftime show. Jay-Z and Roc Nation will also help augment the NFLs social-justice initiatives by developing content and spaces where players can speak about the issues that concern them.
This wasnt just another routine example of Jay-Z living out a lyric hed rapped nearly 15 years agoIm not a businessman. Im a business, man! Instead, the rapper faced questions yesterday about why he chose to collaborate with the same league that hed publicly criticized for its treatment of Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who hasnt had an NFL job since taking a knee during the national anthem three years ago to protest police brutality and racial injustice. This is the same Jay-Z who showed support for Kaepernick by wearing his jersey on Saturday Night Live. On his megahit song Apeshit, Jay-Z rapped this lyric: Once I said no to the Super Bowl. You need me, I dont need you. Every night we in the end zone. Tell the NFL we in stadiums too.
Now hes in business with the league.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/jay-z-helps-nfl-banish-colin-kaepernick/596146/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_term=2019-08-15T09%3A45%3A53
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Jamele Hill: Jay-Z Helped the NFL Banish Colin Kaepernick (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2019
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MicaelS
(8,747 posts)1. It's all about the Benjamins. n/t
Merlot
(9,696 posts)2. Am not understanding the conclusion drawn by the headline
that Jay-Z helped the NFL banish Kaepernick? Sounds like Kaepernick was gone before Jay-Z signed the deal with the NFL.
Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who hasnt had an NFL job since taking a knee during the national anthem three years ago
How is this a bad thing?
NFL announced that it would give Roc Nation, the music moguls entertainment company, significant power in choosing the performers for the leagues signature eventsincluding the coveted Super Bowl halftime show. Jay-Z and Roc Nation will also help augment the NFLs social-justice initiatives by developing content and spaces where players can speak about the issues that concern them.
What am I missing?