JAY-Z made an appearance at Columbia University on Tuesday (February 4) where he was asked about the recent controversy surrounding his conduct at Super Bowl LIV. Hov, his wife Beyoncé and daughter Blue Ivy were filmed seated during the national anthem, which many assumed was symbolic.
But when a Columbia professor asked if it was an attempt to “convey a signal,” the Hip Hop mogul replied, “It actually wasn’t. Sorry. It was not premeditated at all.”
Instead, Hov said he and Beyoncé — who has performed at the Super Bowl before — were analyzing Demi Lovato’s rendition of the song.
“We immediately jumped into artist mode,” he explained. “I’m really just looking at the show. The mics start. Was it too low to start?”
He added, “The whole time, we’re sitting there, we’re talking about the performance and right after that, Demi comes out and we’re talking about how beautiful she looked and how she sounds and what she’s going through in her life for her to be on the stage, we’re so proud of her.”
Jay also insisted a “silent protest” wasn’t necessary because they already made a stir by the diverse artists they chose to perform during the halftime show, including J. Lo, Shakira, Bad Bunny, J Balvin and J. Lo’s daughter Emme Maribel Muñiz.
“It just happened,” he noted. “I didn’t have to make a silent protest. If you look at the stage, the artists that we chose, Colombian [Shakira], Puerto Rican J. Lo … we were making the biggest loudest protest of all.”
Like many others, Colin Kaepernick didn’t appear to see it that way. On Monday (February 3), the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback posted a screenshot of a TMZ story with the headline, “BEYONCE, JAY-Z & BLUE IVY SIT DOWN DURING NATIONAL ANTHEM … At Super Bowl LIV.”
He wrote “I thought we were ‘past kneeling’ tho” across the top.
Kaep was referring to an August 2019 interview in which Jay expounded on his partnership with the National Football League. Many viewed his alignment with the NFL as a slap in Kaepernick’s face. When asked about it, he replied, “I think we’ve moved past kneeling. I think it’s time for action.”
Check out Kaep’s post below.
Kaepernick’s all into himself, SMDH
I haven’t seen any debates about police brutality come from his stance. He’s just separated the proud Americans from the dumba….
For real. Kap is the I biggest phony ever, only concerned about his own riches. He is paid millions by NIKE, to run a social justice ad campaign… All while Nike is proven to use 3rd world sweatshop labor, mostly females and children, to manufacture luxury items for us Americans, all making pennies on the dollar… If we had sweatshops like that in America, we would all be agreed it’s modern human slavery, taking advantage of the needy, and inhumane. So, Kap making millions from then is supposedly fighting oppression hahaha. Such bullshit. Then, a settlement with the NFL? So, who’s that money gonns help? THE KAP ESTATE!
Keep being proud, everybody isn’t proud to be associated with a country bred on racism and prejudice. If this a nation of freedom of choice then live with it. I’m never standing for no national anthem or pledge. Be mad this country never loved my folks only free labor for a lazy group of pillagers.Your the dumb ass.
Who built the pyramids? Every modern civilization was built in forced labor buddy. Get over it. You’re not standing for a national anthem or pledging allegiance? I bet if you had to spend a month wherever your ancestors were taken from, you’d change that quick. Hypocrite dummy. Meanwhile dudes come out here from Nigeria, Brazil, countries with far more African descent (or African) people, and say they experience less racism here. Funny, right? It’s probably because they’re working all day. Before you say there is no racism in Africa, think read and study. You live in the greatest, safest nation in history. Stop being a spoiled, whiney brat. Jackass
Damn why is this website censoring all the comments? I’ve posted twice and neither comment is showing
Hahaha That sounds like some bullshit to me!
Loo Kaepernick’s entire reasoning behind
The kneeling shouldn’t be skewed by all this extra hype noise.
For sure. The fact that the reasoning made no sense at all is entirely overlooked.
What a waste of energy on this. The media is ridiculous. Who cares if he was sitting or not, intentional or unintentional, he has the right to do so. Others around him and Beyonce were sitting as well, why aren’t they getting stones cast at them? Y’all complain about everything.
Man that’s what’s up!
PREACH
Jay is and always have been a hustling vulture.
Obviously a lie but really who cares? The NFL getting as politicized as it has just shows how deeply the far left has poisoned this country
I have supported Kaepernick this whole time. But on this he really needs to take a seat shut up. We ARE past kneeling. It did what it was supposed to and she had a necessary light on a bad situation. Now it’s time to go further. Action. Kaepernick is now sitting at the house bitter because he missed yet another opportunity to get his ass back into the NFL. His fault not Jay-Z’s. My biggest problem is why everybody’s looking at Jay-Z and Beyonce why are we talkin about anybody else that was sitting during the national anthem? people very nearby to Jay-Z and Beyonce that was sitting yet nobody is looking at them or saying anything about them. Hypocrite much?
Because JayZ teamed up with the NFL and said “we’re past kneeling” … and then is spotted sitting for the anthem… THAT’S why people are making a big deal about them sitting and no one else. Btw I don’t care if he sits kneels does cartwheels during the anthem, just answering your dumbass question.
“Cops are being violent and harassing black men even though it has never happened to me, and I’ve never seen it with my own eyes. I’m going to take a knee during an NFL game, the NFL being perhaps the company that has most paid black men in America other than the NBA, even though the NFL has nothing to do with the police. Strangely enough, my career is dying out when I come up with this deep plan. I’ll also never publicly speak out about anything because I honestly have no clue what I’m doing, because it makes no sense. The police have nothing to do with the national anthem or football. Nike was dumb enough to cut me a check, for some reason. Now if someone breaks into my home or stalks me, I’ll call the cops in a heartbeat and they will be very polite and professional with me even though I threw them under the bus for no reason. Because I’m a millionare first. Money doesn’t see skin color.” Kaep
Benjamin Franklin owned slaves. We should all take a knee every time we turn on or off anything that uses electricity. Where is my check at Nike?
Seriously. Please explain to me what the NFL or the national anthem have to dimwits the police unjustly shooting or mistreating African Americans. Not trolling. Please, break it down for me. No one seems to be able to and everyone gets very upset. I honestly don’t get it. Police brutality is wrong. Racism is wrong. I’m against both of those things all day.
In my 2pac voice….FUCK JAY Z
Lmao You fan heads will never let this shit die. What’s next, that good ole ether song?!!!!!
“not premeditated atall.. Wen literally everybody all around suddenly stood up.. we somehow just did not notice plus we forgot that we weren’t standing up and and and and..we’re very forgetful you know and..and.. our knees are sore from dancing and and we forgot to stand. “