MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
The former quarterback caused a problem for the league—which turned to the celebrated rapper for assistance
By Jemele Hill @ TheAtlantic.com, Aug. 15
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 isn’t 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 mogul’s entertainment company, significant power in choosing the performers for the league’s signature events—including the coveted Super Bowl halftime show. Jay-Z and Roc Nation will also help augment the NFL’s social-justice initiatives by developing content and spaces where players can speak about the issues that concern them [....]
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Coverage & op-ed @ TheRoot.com:
Thursday: OPINION: Jay-Z Got Paid to Be the NFL’s Black Boyfriend
Tuesday: SPORTS You Need Me, I Don't Need You’? Jay-Z and the NFL Are Now Doing Business Together
by artappraiser on Sat, 08/17/2019 - 12:31am
HipHopWired:
No Kap: Twitter Questions Jay-Z Over NFL Partnership Defense, Ties To Colin Kaepernick #JayZ
Posted August 15, 2019
a sampling of reaction...
by artappraiser on Sat, 08/17/2019 - 12:56am
current headline story @ TheRoot.com:
Jay-Z Reportedly to Get Majority Ownership in NFL Team; Eric Reid Calls Move ‘Despicable’
by Angela Helm, Aug. 17
Filed to: JAY-Z IS A SUCKA
by artappraiser on Sat, 08/17/2019 - 10:40pm
Jay-Z didn’t ‘sell out’ by dealing with the NFL. This is just how activism works.
Civil rights movements need people to work from the inside.
Op-ed by By Michael Eric Dyson (Dyson teaches sociology at Georgetown University and is the author of the forthcoming “JAY-Z: Made in America.”) @ WashingtonPost.com, August 23
by artappraiser on Sat, 08/24/2019 - 9:39pm