The New York Daily News reports that both Jay Z and Russell Simmons have had the opportunity to speak with the governor of New York about matters concerning police brutality and the criminal justice system.
According to Simmons, who previously worked with the governor to repeal drug laws, Governor Cuomo will issue an executive order calling for special prosecutors to handle future cases of police brutality. The Def Jam Records co-founder also reportedly spoke with Mayor Bill de Blasio about his concerns.
“I’m very excited about what the governor said,” Simmons said during a City Hall protest earlier this week, reports the New York Daily News. “I’m going to hold him to it. I have a lot of faith in him. If he said he’s going to issue an executive order, we can certainly count on it, but we’ll make sure it happens.”
While Simmons spoke with Governor Cuomo about police brutality, Brooklyn, New York rapper Jay Z reportedly engaged in a conversation with the governor this week about reviewing the criminal justice system.
“Gov. Cuomo and Shawn ‘JAY Z’ Carter had a productive conversation about doing a top to bottom review of the criminal justice system and how we can all work together to pass a reform package that ensures equality in the eyes of the law,” Cuomo spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa said.
The various meetings with Governor Cuomo come days after a grand jury chose not to indict New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner.
The grand jury’s verdict has resulted in protests across the country. Among the Hip Hop artists who have taken part in the protests are J. Cole, Q-Tip, and Flavor Flav.
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And everyone always trashing jay-z this jay-z that! the man is using his power to at least try and change shit.. man is all action doesnt talk shit, just how he lives.. oh ya, f*ck all ya’ll haters lol
making young bucks like me happy to call him a role model
Really? Jay only does something when he knows he make himself look good. When it’s risky for his image or when he knows he can’t make a buck he won’t do it. If you like to follow someone that is the ultimate follower go ahead.
nice to see the camel finding time in his busy schedule of bowing down to rich white folks from england to address these important issues
Sit down simple minded buffoon.
@Azealia, Said someone who’ll never do anything worth mentioning…and only has talent as being a troll
lol they brought these peeps out to calm the people down. smh sell out season.
yea, jay-z talked to the gov about overhauling the justice system lol gtfoh
Everyone talk alot about the problems and what rapper is real and no matter what jay z does people will find a excuse to hate him. I love nas but where is nas at ? Jay is not on twitter or facebook talking he is actually doing something and people would rather hate on him.
Nas was actually at an effort for the cause last night, promoting the “I can’t breathe” effort. I salute both of them because they are both staying true to who they have become. Jay is at the forefront and is meeting with the bigwigs about it, which is a testament to he has been for years as the center of hip hop. Nas is in the streets with the people which is also a testament to how he approaches his music. He gets it done in his own way but they’ve both been making moves.
Why hasn’t this site ran an article on the murder of Laylah Peterson and why is no-one up in arms about the racist nature of this murder? Anyone got an answer for that?
maybe because a police officer wasn’t the shooter?? you know…maybe cause the shooter wasn’t sworn in to protect and serve?? Maybe because police brutality has always been a major topic in hip-hop?? maybe because there wasn’t any riots?? maybe because since the shooter was black there’s a greater chance that he’ll be prosecuted to the fullest of the law?? I’d even bet the press would even care less if the victim was a minority
Why was the Martin case a big deal then? That had nothing to do with police brutality did it. Where is Al Sharpton condoning this act where an innocent child has lost her life and not a criminal.
a senseless tragedy, indeed. why aren’t YOU out protesting? see, people aren’t out there just protesting the brown & garner deaths, they’re also against wage inequality, gander inequality, education, profiling. you guys are home, trying to blame one sole man for many people’s reactions due to their experiences, you’re not there to SEE the many whites in attendance! there isn’t a pattern of black males shooting at white families, and even fox knows this. they’re news is still about immigration, keystone, repealing healthcare, they don’t care, why aren’t you guys complaining about them? you just showed us your hand.
Doubt police have found a motive for the killing, whilest unlike the killers of Travon, Eric and Mike, they will, if caught and brought to justice suffer severely
A 17-year-old sentenced to 23 years behind bars for fatally shooting a retired police dog during a burglary.
Ivins Rosier was convicted in May for breaking into the Florida home of a trooper and shooting the officer’s five-year-old German Shepherd two years ago, Tried as an adult and the cop who strangled Eric Garner right on camera doesnt even get benefit of going to trial and you’re trying tell someone there not an decades long on going war against black youth, is inequality some sort of white survival strategy.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689248/Teen-17-sentenced-23-years-jail-fatally-shooting-retired-police-dog.html#ixzz3Ldtg2ZVj
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I haven’t shown you my hand at all because you can’t tell someone’s hand from seven sentences. What I don’t like is this site running stories from a single stand point, picking and choosing what it will portray which leads to every article I click on saying white people can’t participate or even enjoy hip-hop. Same with Sharpton, he is quick to point fingers when someone of his skin colour gets killed by the hand of the opposite but nothing when the other way around. That goes without saying I find the racism towards black people distasteful too. Like Azelia Banks saying she wants to kill crackers, no article on that but one where she talks about Iggy being racist yet if someone white said the opposite words there would be hell up. I mean, come on – if you are going to talk about racism then talk about it all and not just from one angle. All racism needs to be ridiculed. You mentioned about wage inequality and other inequalities in your post and that isn’t a black and white thing that is an elite and non-elite issue as you said yourself but others aren’t. Slavery too happened to every single colour and white people were slaves long before black people became slaves by the white elite and black people were also slaves from the black elite of their country until trading became involved. It doesn’t get painted like that though it is all white people are racist when it isn’t the case. I was just playing devil’s advocate with those comments and to tell you the truth yes (name)I’m actually impressed with your answer to my comments as it shows there is decent people on here. We are all oppressed, exploited and always have been. Some more than others and not just based on skin colour. it’s time hip-hop becomes a symbol for the rejection of oppression rather than segregating like it is doing greatly at the minute. That goes from top to bottom. Take care.
while you say sharpton, rush limbaugh & bill oreilly exist. their audience isn’t taking them to task and they are not even thinking of protesting/marching for the “unfair treatment” they incite on their forums. you have a nice hand to stay in the game but you don’t have the cards to win. take it easy
I was Speaking on whites in hiphop the other day…my theory is there’s a deep psychological issue at work there…while it is true that the lower classes of most races were enslaved at some point…many of them had a rich heritage to look back on, they knew were they came from and knew the history of their un-slaved ancestors…African Americans on the other hand were forced to reject their African heritage…so its like our whole existence started off as being slaves…I think that’s why we try to hold on to hip-hop so strongly…because it kinda gives us a sense of identity…it represents struggle, oppression, rebellion and pompously showing we can still make it rich and live life however we want…but the struggle, rebellion and oppression is mostly what we see when we look back on our history…now we’re in the post jim-crow era and some of us still have some penned up anger and they can’t find any constructive uses for it, so they try and tear something down…that’s my guess though…Most of us have no problem with other races in hiphop…Eminem is still one of the greatest hiphop artist ever! LOL. n As far as a platform that gives equal coverage to all forms of racism, Idk, i think its all politics and statistics…I just read about a Bosnian man(Zemir Begic) beat to death by three teens with hammers in St Louis (they say it was racially motivated)
all people want to do is go on websites to comment negative things about everybody. Everybody is so unhappy and miserable with their lives that they go out of their way just to comment bullshit bashing everyone. If you don’t like this site, do get on it, if you don’t like where rap is, don’t listen to it, etc… stop blaming race on everything and smarten up… it’s never too late to go back to school! Just saying…
my girlfriend sleeps with many other men and stopped returning my calls a very long time ago.
education is a plus but the question is what is school teaching you. a degree doesn’r prepare you for life and wikipedia and an iphone don’t give you society experience. you the one who needs smartening up as well.
Lol, I’ve been seeing numerous comments on here talking about “Where’s Jay at? Where’s Jay at? Why he silent?” Now he does something and people are still hating. Y’all are never happy with anything.
Meanwhile, Nas does nothing.
Nas was out there protesting for Eric Garner. Just because he doesn’t brag about doing stuff like Jay-Z or J Cole doesn’t mean he’s not doing it.
Pretty sure Nas was out protesting before the verdict. Where was Jay then? I bet he hold off showing support until his media team told him it was safe to do. Jay would never want to have an opinion that was controversial.
Meanwhile, Nas stays on your mind.
Jay z gets real actions done from day one.
What is nas the queer of queenbridge doing? Another L for nas and his delusional homosexual fans.
Hey look, another Jay fan bringing up Nas when the article has nothing to do with him.
Fuck this camel we all know that gucci mane is the only real nigga while niggas like jay z worship the white man. He’s just doing this to save face with niggas.
Idiot!