Posted on 07/24/2013 5:16:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Jay-Z attends a rally in support of Trayvon Martin on July 20, 2013 in New York City
An extensive interview with Jay Z has revealed that the rapper was “angry” at the outcome of the George Zimmerman verdict, a case he followed closely through its duration.
In the interview with Elliott Wilson of Rap Radar, Wilson brought up President Barack Obama’s statement on the verdict, which the MC called “amazing,” after which Wilson asked point blank for the rapper’s thoughts on the trial’s finale.
“I was really angry,” Jay said. “I didn’t sleep for two days. We all knew there was still a bit of racism in America, but for it to be so blatant was… if you just asked the questions, asked yourself the question, ‘Didn’t Trayvon have a right to stand his ground?’ He was being chased and he fought back.” (Trayvon Martin commentary begins at the 10:52 mark in the video clip).
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According to the rapper, Martin had no intention of any wrongdoing that night, instead only meaning to get a snack and watch the NBA All-Star Game.
“He may have won; that doesn’t mean he’s a criminal,” he continued. “He won. I mean, if you chase me and you try to attack me and I defend myself, how can I be in the wrong? How is that right? This guy went to get some Skittles and go back to watch the All-Star game. He had plans — I’m gonna get this Arizona [iced tea], get these Skittles and I’m gonna watch the game. He had no intentions of robbing anyone’s home. It’s like, again, a reminder [that] we still got a long way to go. It’s beautiful, because this generation right now, they don’t see color in that way. We’re a bit removed from those racist feelings because again, it’s hard to teach racism when your child is out [at] clubs. It’s integrated and the music we listen to is the same. Our feelings and our anxieties are more similar now.
“So you have hope that this generation don’t see racism that way, but you still see that that old guard — that whole thing that I’m fighting against — that old guard and their old ideas and their stubborn ways and all that ego and that bullsh*t is just still there, it still exists. You just hate to believe that.”
Hov then turns to the business side of the case, including his opinion of who’s on side Zimmerman’s side.
“Even a part of it has gotta be about business. They’re funding George Zimmerman because they want to hold onto their guns, so the NRA… your mind can go so many places about why this verdict came down the way it came down, and we all know it was wrong. It was wrong! This guy’s not a professional. First of all, you’re not a professional to profile someone. Professionals are taught not to profile someone. This guy’s a novice. This guy’s a f***ing mall cop. You can’t assess a situation and figure out what you’re gonna do. That’s not what you do for a living.
“And even the law, that Stand Your Ground law. You can have a fight with someone and they’re running way, you can shoot them and kill them and you’re fine? What? Come on. Come on, man. Like someone’s robbing your house and they’re leaving and you can shoot them on the way out? They don’t [pose] a threat to you at that point. So how? How is that self defense?”
He goes on to note that he’s been dedicated “Young Forever,” his 2010 hit featuring Mr. Hudson, “because his memory will live on. Of course you feel horrible for his parents… but hopefully this is the moment that change that law, that change the way we interact with each other. You hate that a child had to be sacrificed for that.”
The interview was conducted in advance of Jay Z’s Yankee Stadium show with Justin Timberlake, which kicked off the United States leg of the duo’s Legends of the Summer tour.
So much racism in America...
says a multi-millionaire black American.
JAY-Z is a stupid putz.
He certainly is suffering in the good old USA, isn’t he? Every one of these pathetic attention addicts should be shipped to the African country of their choice, where they could live among their own kind.
Africans certainly don't think of them as "their kind", in general they can't stand American blacks, and for good reason.
And you are an ugly, no talent, ignorant, black racist, Mr. Z.
I thought akon told blacks to leave the country.
Waiting.....
I think what gets the pro-trayvon types so pissed is how completely accurate Zimmerman was in his initial assessment.
Because he’s ignorant. He’s just a rapper with no brains. I guess it’s the loud music that’s scrambled it just like all the other entertainment morons out there. Will he boycott FL now?
What the hell is a Jay-Z?
Is this the same Jay-Z who stabbed a record executive?
Would love to hear what he would think if Beyonce was getting her head smashed into concrete. Would she be a “mall cop” if she shot her attacker?
This POS is why I did not spend my money to see “The Great Gatsby.”
Well maybe not so angry as disappointed, they had counted on seeing an innocent man die to calm the prejudice of the black race.
What the h*** is a Jay-Z anyway?
Dang, didn’t see you had already asked the question.
Oh, okay... Although I am still trying to figure out why I should give a rat’s patootie what he thinks anyway.
What the heck is a Jay-Z?
Is that some type of jaybird?
Did Beyonce notice?
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