Killer Mike stopped by HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher this week and was asked about JAY-Z’s recent alignment with the NFL. The Run The Jewels MC made it abundantly clear he’s all for the Roc Nation mastermind’s decision to link up with the professional football league.
He told Maher it will ultimately lead to former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick getting a tryout and doesn’t take away his fight for social justice reform.
“JAY-Z’s play — I believe — not only gives us a seat at the table … it doesn’t destroy what Kaepernick kneeled for,” he said. “What he kneeled for was proper treatment of us by state agent, by police. That does not end with him getting a job. The same way him kneeling is not an insult to the military.
“It is, as an American, asserting your first amendment rights, saying something is wrong … I believe if JAY-Z becomes a team owner, Kaep gets his tryout.”
The newly minted Hip Hop billionaire’s move has created controversy among both fans and peers.
Freddie Gibbs blatantly stated, “Fuck Colin Kaepernick” as he defended Jay, while Kaepernick’s girlfriend and radio personality Nessa expressed her disappointment in Hov’s bold business move.
On Monday (August 19), Funkmaster Flex said he confirmed with Jermaine Dupri that Jay had discouraged the So So Def boss from getting too deeply involved with the NFL, making his decision to work with them even more perplexing.
I’m pretty much done with supporting anything Jay-Z is a part of.
Lmaoo Jay z was never supporting you anyway you stupid clown haha a bunch of GROWN men looking for another man to support their “culture” haha you gotta laugh at you clowns acting like your opinions matter
Your fine with being a loser I guess
He kneeled because he is a clown.
Kap is a sellout and Jay-z only gives a fluck about money …. a rich black guy is just like a rich white guy …. they only care about other rich people … elites do not care about regular people … don’t lie to yourself if you believe otherwise …. any social justice topic Jay is involved in is because for tax breaks and to push an image that …. wait for it …….. makes him money …. racism is bad but classism is worse … it effects all races
You just jealous stop being a bum and win at something
Lmao how can you say somebody is jealous of somebody else’s money when it has nothing to do with you and you broke too? Y’all crazy lol
This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Who is this fat guy? Kap will get a tryout? Are you serious? When Jay-Z becomes a owner? What pipe are you smoking and smiling fat guy? Do you think it is going to be now or when Kap be 40 plus? Ignorance is hell of a drug!
Lmaooo you gotta remember this the same race baiting fat clown who always backtrack what he says. Dude lives in a mansion near whites but he “woke”
You’re a white republican that’s jealous, scared and threatened when a successful black man makes it in white America.
@You’re a clown, your Ole ignorant ass lives in the ‘80s. Republicans are not only old white people anymore. You sound trapped in your stupidity. I bet you never left the hood. Buy a plane ticket and go exploring, fool. Oh, wait, does Delta accept EBT?
You realize how stupid it is to assume someone is a white republican. LOL. That’s actually… RACISM! What made dude sound scared? What was he jealous of, how much Killer Mike eats?
I will never support Jay-Z ever again! He is banned for life in any conversation with my culture. F Jay-Z!
Lmao “culture” jay z don’t care about you or your “culture” hahaha trying to sound important you clown ass old head. You broke
Not broke at all. I am a well educated young black man in his 20’s that studied the culture and history of his people. On the other hand, you sound ignorant and have lack of words in order to communicate. Stay in your lane! The uneducated lane… you will never get in my lane. Wise up kid! Hit the books…
You started a paragraph with “Not broke at all”, yet claim to have an education? LOL. You have lack of words? No “a” in there. Hahahaha. A GED isn’t an education.
Hahaha. Who the fuck do you think you are? Jay was on stage and touring with BDK before you were even born. How do you think you can ban anyone? Dummy. Kaep is a hypocrite moron. BLM has been proven time and time again to be statistically immaculate. It actually puts more young black men and women and prison. The cops are always racist and trying to kill you, keep that in mind when you switch lanes without signaling and get pulled over. It isn’t that you broke a traffic law, it’s racism, and you’re a victim. More black people are killed in South Side Chicago a year, by other black people, than cops shoot black people NATION WIDE a year. There are over one million black men in prison. No one takes a knee for either of those facts, which affect ALL aspects of society, because it doesn’t fit some victim narrative. Kaep has admitted that he has never suffered police brutality or been profiled. He is a millionaire. You say you are an educated young black man, it doesn’t sound it. Sounds like you are perpetuating the things that are crushing black america, and America in general. BLM was used as a marketing ploy to divide America before the last election. It was a huge part of making Trump prez. All of America saw it as bullshit, and didn’t want to boy along the lines of enabling victim mentality. Now it is showing up again as we are gearing up for another election? Whites, Latinos and Asians, as a whole think it’s bullshit, because the numbers show just that. Open your eyes buddy. You could actually help your people.
Kaep could MAYBE play football in Europe. He is washed up. Dude already sucked during his last season. Shit is over. He did is dumb, make believe protest that helped get more blavk people killed and put in prison, made a bunch of cash off of dividing the nation and marginalizing our first responders. What a clown.
Spotted the white republican! Our first responders are racists, we don’t need them.
Your “spotting” techniques are on par with your arguments and reading comprehension. LOL. I’m a Latino. I’ve lived over 20 years of my life in South America. I Am also a life long democrat. I’ve never voted for a candidate who wasn’t a democrat. You see facts in front of you, have no answer for them, and sling out “white republican” like that is supposed to insult someone or win an argument? LOL. Pretty funny.
@youre a clown Bitch, shut up. You’re the first wimp to call the cops at any little noise outside your section 8 studio apartment.
This idiot says we don’t need FIRST RESPONDERS?? HAHAHAHA. Yeah, duck firemen, ambulances and the police. This dummy who can’t spell will handle all of that for himself and others. Hahahahaha. That cop that didn’t shoot Malik McDowell when he legally had the right to do so, is he a racist? LOL
Idk , I’m always rooting for Jay and his money moves , inspiring dude BUT I’m not thinking he completely owns a squad …..I hope Kap gets a shot but I just don’t see people being brave enough these days man
Well, Kaep can’t play ball anymore. His last season, when he actually played, was crap…
When did 16 td’s and 4 int’s become crap? Stop believing everything the media tells you and research for yourself.
Oh, when was that? Last season? LOL. I DID look it up. “Over the course of the season, 10 quarterbacks were worse than Kaepernick, 7 were about the same (plus or minus 0.35 ANY/A) and 15 were better.“ that’s 2016. When he last played ball. I’m guessing your math isn’t that great, he was a lower middle skill quarterback. Plus he has had a 3 year layoff. That equates to CRAP. LOL. He also seems to hate the league that made him a millionaire and his country. Kind of crap as well.
Jayz is the new Sammy Davis Jr
Would be powerful if black billionaires got together and bought a NFL team
Statistically they would rip each other off and kill each other.
Let’s not forget this all started because Kap was raising awareness about systemic police brutality. If Jay Z can facilitate Kap getting on somebody’s team roster, then it’s a good move, if not there’s a case to be made he’s a sellout.
Dude, Kaep wasn’t raising way for shit other than Kaep. There is no such thing as “systematic police brutality.” He himself admitted to never have been profiled or harassed by the police. LOL. You do realize that blacks are over 50% of the prison population in the US, when they are 15% of the population? LOL. Did he take a knee for that? There were more black people killed by other black people, in one US city alone, than black people were killed by the cops in the ENTIRE country during the same time frame. That’s including righteous shootings, and black men shot by black cops. The cops aren’t your enemy buddy. Numbers are. Stay safe out there. LOL.
The police in Amerikkka are primarily designed to do two things: protect the property of the rich and perpetrate the war on drugs which was really a war against black and brown families. Whites and blacks percentage wise commit the same amount of crime. Blacks have historical been targeted for destruction and prosecuted more harshly. Also lost futures to community violence is incomparable to criminal justice violence on community.
You are delusional. Blacks are 15% of the population. They are over 50% of inmates across the US. Numbers don’t lie. Your retort to the above numbers and facts shows how ignorant you are. The police are first responders. They RESPOND to calls made to them. Very few of the shootings of black men, armed or unarmed, were during a traffic stop. In most incidents (95%+) they were called to the location. There are recordings of the calls. All the excuse making isn’t going to work anymore. The bases are covered. If the cops are called on you, they roll up, and you don’t COMPLY, you’re fucked. Statistically (again, 15% of the population) is responsible for 65% of felony convictions in the US. So you’re WRONG! Black people are CONVICTED of more crimes than any other demographic. Very simple. The right thing to do, would be to educate young black men and women on how to interact with the police. You say Amerikkka etc, the cops are all racist, there is state sanctioned killing of blacks, yada, yada, yada. So a black teenager is programmed to think that way, talks shit to some cops when pulled over for a citation, or cops roll up on him for smoking a blunt, and young Tyrone acts like an asshole. A ticket turns into a felony, or an arrest turns into a shooting. The police are here to maintain ORDER. Have you ever been to Africa? Almost everyone is black in Nigeria. Way more cop beatings, torture and murder of black people there. Stop making yourself out to be some victim. You’re not. Latinos, whites and black people from other countries laugh at your fictional narrative. Grow up. Get an education and work like the rest of society. If you want to sidetrack that shit, pay the piper. The highest paid entertainers and athletes in the US are black (by majority overall players/paycheck). We elected a black president. Twice. How many predominantly white countries have done that? Black men in america make more money than they do in any other country on earth, where they are a minority. The greatest astrophysicist is black. Your argument simply doesn’t work. Dumbass. Then you wonder how the Dindu term came to be…