Derick Bowers, the man behind the petition requesting Jay Z to end his partnership with Barneys New York, wants Jay Z to cut ties with Barneys because the retailer’s actions show that “they have no connection with the young, black Hip Hop community.”
In an interview with allhiphop.com, Bowers says, “I’m not personally attacking Jay Z. This attack is really at Barneys. What I’m asking from him is to withdraw that partnership to let them know we have that power, and you can’t take that from us.”
Earlier this week, the New York Daily News reported two separate incidents in which Barneys portrayed discrimination against two African American customers. Trayon Christian, 19, and Kayla Phillips, 21, were questioned by New York Police Department officials as suspects of credit card fraud.
“What’s more surprising is the fact that because of these actions Barneys clearly shows that they have no connection with the young, black Hip Hop community, and if that’s the case then why are they reaching for the brand power of Jay Z who is the face of that,” says Bowers to allhiphop.com.
In September, Jay Z revealed a partnership with Barneys titled “A New York Holiday,” which will consist of limited edition pieces by high-end fashion brands and interactive window displays for the holiday season.
“What I would like them to do is take ownership,” Bowers continues. “They’ll do all the things that companies do to make themselves look better, but we want to know they mean it. That’s it. We just want to know they really mean it, and for them to say “we have to look at our policies,” no I want them to take ownership.”
“I want them to have a real dialogue. I want the CEO of Barneys to come to Brooklyn and have a Town Hall meeting with the people who want to be where he’s at. We’re not all that different. Just different skin tones, different salary brackets, but at the end of the day we breath, we want more for our children, we just want to be happy,” says Bowser to allhiphop.com.
Earlier today, Barneys New York’s CEO Mark Lee issued a public apology via the company’s official Facebook page.
According to Racked NY, Lee has also agreed to meet with reps of Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, a civil rights organization in New York.
Jay-Z doesn’t give a fuck. He’s not gonna mess with his money.
Bottom line. (This is the real Jay Z)
He should cut ties because a homosexual says too?…what if we write a petition on that?…how about Derrick just continue to stop shopping there
I am pretty sure that when they called the police, it wasn’t just one staff member. It went through the upper management as well who approved the action of the staff.
Barney’s New York is a high end department store any damn way. Because Jay-Z has a line there, does it means it is a hip hop brand? If I enter the store, will I see a cypher going down? Will I see the Rock Steady Crew breakdancing in the elevator?
It never hits upper staff idiot, until isn hit the fan. One bad apple made the call.
First cat is right, phones within a department store only call within the store. Management has the phones that call out. Dude above me is fuckin stupid
All phones allow emergency (911)calls out. Who is to say that some idiot in Loss Prevention didn’t make the call themselves and that Barneys Brand is taking responsibility for it. That’s business.
Hell fuckin no Jay shouldn’t cut ties with the store. Yeah it’s messed up what happened, but lets face the facts, niggas be runnin credit card scams.
This made my day, I couldn’t stop laughing. Thank you.
Drake like – next time we fuck i dont want to fuck i wanna make love (own it)
Kanye Like – I fuck your hampton spouse (new slaves)
Drake like -I don’t know who you’re referring to (da lang.)
Kanye like – thirty white bitches (so appalled)
Lil Wayne like – You niggas just need to chill (i’m going in)
Drake like – own it (own it)
kanye like – Im in it (im in it)
kendrick walks in like – im tryin to murder you niggazzz (control)
Drake like – I got to kill off the weak shit that’s got all you niggas excited – (da lang.)
kendrick lamar like – nothing been the same since they heard control (bet cypher)
drake like – nothing was the same (5am in toronto)
kendrick like – nothing been the same (bet cypher)
drake like – im avoiding commitment (own it), nothing been the same (never)
kendrick like – king kendrick (bet cypher)
eminem suddenly gets out of his seat – whats a king to a god? (rap god)
kendrick like -I got my thumb on Hip Hop, and my foot in the back of your ass (bet cypher)
eminem like – fine then, butt fuck this whole game up (drop the world)
Jay-Z hears of this and rushes to the scene as he sees a possibility to somehow make money -Fuck that shit y’all talking ’bout, I’m the nigga (holy grail)
Kendrick like – you either corny or an opportunist (bet cypher)
Nas heres about Jay-Z coming in and feels obligated to respond -You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a Stan (ether)
Jay-Z like -Hey lil soldier, you ain’t ready for war,We kill you motherfucking ants with a sledgehammer
Eminem like -Stan why are you so mad (stan)
Jay-Z -God MC….me….. Jay-hova (takeover)
Kanye like – I am a God (I am a god)
Eminem like – I am a rap God (rap god)
Drake like – last name ever first name greatest (forever)
kendrick like – im the king of new york (control)
EVERYONE PAUSES AND LEAVES, ALL THAT REMAINS ARE KENDRICK AND MEEK MILL
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kendrick lamar -I’m important like the Pope, I’m a Muslim on pork, I’m Makaveli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York, King of the Coast (control)
Meek Mill like – Ooh Kill Em (ooh kill em)
Kendrick Lamar’s new bitch Isaiah Rashad says for him – I Shot You Down (I shot you down)
THE END
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They want to do more for the young black RnB community… This shit form this dude is lame. Go get a life, job and be great no body gave Hov shit. The same Jay Z y’all said is the devil, his daughter is lucifer, his wife is the sapient, we don’t buy his record, can’t rap, wasn’t Take Over from lame hiphop heads, sold drugs to his own people, is whom y’all now recognize as the face of HipHop! Jay Z will never listen to you people because the moment he does will end up like…No unfortunately he will land on his hard earn bunch of money. Y’all don’t have nothing for him.
Send “Already Home” Ringtone to your Cell
[Chorus]
Oh they want me to fall (fall)
Fall from the top (top)
They want me to drop (drop)
They want me to stop (stop)
They want me to go (go)
I’m already gone (already)
The shit that I’m on
I’m already home
(Hey, I’m already home)
(Hey, I’m already home)
(Hey, I’m already home)
These nigga’s want me to go, don’t they know that I’m gone
They know I’m space shuttle level they need oxyg-g-g-gen
Don’t they know that they borin’?
Don’t they know that I yawn,
Only time they excitin’ is when they mentioning Shawn
You see single white female when she dyed her hair blonde
Sometimes I look at these rappers, the movie remind me of them
Somebody turn these boys off
Don’t they know that I’m on
Can’t they see that it’s foolish to try and kill me with songs
What the fuck are they Lauryn, you killin’ me softly
You talk me to death, only thing you can do to him
I open the door for them, what else can I do?
These nigga’s want me to walk for them, somebody talk to them
Before I go off on them
[Chorus]
I taught ’em about fish scale they want me to fish for them
They want me to catch clean, then cook up a dish for them
All of this just for them, or they got a diss for him
They want me to disappear, like it’s gonna shift for them
They say that I’m in the way, they want me to sit with them
But what they admitting is, they ain’t got shit for him
But really the fact is, we not in the same bracket
Not in the same league, don’t shoot at the same baskets
Don’t pay the same taxes, hang with the same bitches
So how am I in the way, what is it I’m missing?
Nigga I been missing, nigga I been gone
The shit that you just witnessed is in, I bin on
And as for the critics, tell me I don’t get it
Everybody can tell you how to do it, they never did it
Now these nigga’s is mad, oh they call me a Camel
But I mastered the drought, what the fuck I’m an animal
Half-man half-mammal
My sign is a Sag, this is just what I plan to do
Hoe don’t be mad
[Chorus]
I’m in the hall already, on the wall already
I’m a work of art, I’m a Warhol already
On another level, on another plane already
H-O-V I got my own lane already (already)
I done cooked up the rock already
So why the fuck can’t y’all get hot already (already)
Put your name in the pot already, niggas compare me to Biggie and Pac already
Like I’m gone already and I am nigga I’m already home already
If y’all can’t already see I ain’t worried about y’all cause I’m already me (already)
Do you already, enough of the complaining bo-who’s already
Eat food already, ain’t nothing given you gotta claim your shoes already,
Yeah so on this summation I don’t know who you racing
I’m already at the finish line with the flag waving
[Chorus]
heres a NEWSFLASH for all you ghetto, hoodrat, dirtbags out there… companies like Barneys, and Saks, and Gucci, and Louie, and whatever else ridiculous way out of your price range attire DO NOT WANT YOUR BUSINESS!…they want you to stop depreciating the value of their product…a bunch of filthy black rappers wearing gucci means that the people that they actually market too don’t want to wear it anymore…so get off your soap box telling people to boycott barneys as if thats a punishment to them…THEY WANT YOU TO STOP WEARING THEIR SHIT YOU DIRTBAGS
meanwhile I read yesterday that gucci & lv made minimal profit so their “target consumer” and buying either
no store wants talk of boycott with xmas coming and they damn sure ain’t turning down no business
but you’re a clown for even overlooking that there are adult blacks who buy that stuff, had that stuff, have no problems in stores
and trust they will have plenty bags, hats, scarves, belts, shoes, cologne/perfume, sweaters ready for those consumers
and they’ll pay no mind to your silly ass ranting about hoodrats and rappers
so while you chew on that
barney’s gotta check their staff & security
credit scams are rampant
but while they profiling brothers & sisters, there’s a white or asian getting them hard for the goods with a fugazy card
niggaz buggin…that deal is done….get money HOV..the police been profiling us for decades..but niggaz still wanna be a cop…save that bullshit people..Hov aint got nuttin to do with that shit…if Barney say they there store aint for black people, then i would say HOV cut ties…other than that fuck no…
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Who is this bowers guy and why should we care about what he has to say?
Why should Barney’s (well-known high end retail place) HAVE to have a connection to the Hip-Hop community? Doesn’t it seem like that would diminish their brand? To expect them to have that is ridiculous