As Jay Z grows older, he takes his "big homie" status seriously. After penning a powerful op-ed on the prison system, he's back on the 4:44 tour circuit, speaking freely about the national anthem protests that are happening across the sports world.
Jay Z on kneeling and #BlackExcellence #444 Barclays ✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/XQ70GdyPY7
"Protesting, putting our fists in the air ― they have shit to do with the flag," Jay Z said. "It’s all about injustice. We standing up for injustice." Some of us already knew the reason many were taking a knee, but sometimes, you have to just reiterate it for the people in the back.
"Young men—young black men—are dying, and it’s not even a black and white issue," Hov continued. "It’s a human issue. If a young 16-year-old child leaves the house and never comes back, everybody in here should be affected―black, white, short, tall, whomever. Everybody should be affected, because that’s a young life that was cut short."
This went down before Hov dived into "Niggas In Paris," and while not ultimately linked to it, the song felt like a response to one of Trump's asinine tweets about these protests. He even lead the crowd in a "love trumps hate" chant, because he's wise like that.
And that's Hov, continuing to give us the blueprint on how to properly live life.
