JAY-Z is getting his James Bond on by hosting a 007-themed blackjack tournament later this month to raise money for his REFORM Alliance.
According to Page Six, Hov’s celebrity tournament will be held at Atlantic City’s Oceans Casino Resort on September 30.
Ample cash will be flowing throughout the casino floor as the intimate blackjack party will have a $1 million pot, with a $100,000 entry fee buy-in for players.
It’s no surprise then that the guest list is expected to be stacked with A-list names including Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, Kim Kardashian, DJ Khaled, NBA star James Harden and model Emily Ratajkowski.
Kevin Hart has been tapped to emcee the event, which is being hosted by the REFORM Alliance board. The nonprofit “aims to transform probation and parole by changing laws, systems and culture to create real pathways to work and wellbeing,” according to its website.
Page Six revealed that there will be about 10 to 15 helicopters chauffeuring guests from New York City airports to Atlantic City throughout the night.
“It was Jay’s idea to make a really small, incredibly exclusive event with the best people in the world,” a source said. “You can’t buy your way into this party.”
The Brooklyn mogul hopes to raise an additional $20 million for REFORM Alliance through the blackjack tournament after raising $20 million with his Shawn Carter Foundation Gala in July.
Meanwhile, JAY-Z’s Team ROC recently came to the aid of a Wisconsin man who was wrongfully and violently arrested while holding his one-year-old child.
Kenosha Police said that they’d launched an internal investigation into the violent arrest of Jermelle English Jr., who was wrongfully detained after cops suspected him of fleeing a car crash in August.
The disturbing arrest was caught on cell phone video inside an Applebee’s restaurant in July, and showed several officers grabbing and pushing English as he sat on the restaurant floor cradling his infant and insisting he did nothing wrong.
After the baby was removed, cops wrestled English to the ground, with one appearing to punch him repeatedly. Despite police knowing they’d nabbed the wrong man, he was still charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Per TMZ, Hov’s Team ROC has enlisted their high-powered lawyer Alex Spiro Jr. to represent English in his fight for justice.
“The reckless arrest of Jermelle English Jr. and the careless endangerment of his infant child by the Kenosha Police Department is an absolute travesty,” said Team ROC Managing Director Dania Diaz.
“The Team ROC team is here to support Jermelle and his family through this traumatic experience, demand justice and hold the Kenosha police officers accountable.”
Go ‘head, Hov. The envious call you Illuminati because they self-loathe not having the talent, intelligence, or patience to do big themselves.
Respect for going from to destroying your local community to helping build it back stronger globally. Large up for leaving that hood bs behind, physically and mentally. No greater example to set for the youth that are still there.
You are a whole clown. Astaghfirullah.
No they’re not. Everything they said is valid. It’s easy and cool to sit in the bleachers and criticize but that’s all you’re doing; sitting by and criticizing. Anyone taking action is always going to have naysayers and cynics like you but what would you be doing with his affluence and his billions? Would your moves be perfect and without flaw?
They are. You don’t amass billions without being a greedy, lying, Satan loving loser. Thank you for your perspective though. May Allah/God/YHVH guide you fam. Salam.
Only actions being glamorized, are those in line with iblis. These very words typed, are actions. Common fam. Step up. InshaAllah.
It’s literally just a rich guy getting richer lol. All the phony BS aboit “empowering the community” is just that, BS. Kinda like Oprah and The Rock, two ppl I hate, trying to get people to donate to the people of Maui, while the state government ravages the land and takes it for themselves to build more tourist spots. These ppl do not care about us even slightly.
“The best people in the world”…not even close. Actually the WORST people in the whole world(if they can get gates and tedros to show, then this would actually be an accurate statement, along with the other 13 bloodline families of course!) eventually, God willing, we will be done with these horrible actors. God bless anyone reading this.
NINJA PLEASE! LETS WORK ON PRISON REFORM BUT DO NOTHING ABOUT THE TGING THAT GETS THEM SENT TO PRISON. HA! PURE FOOLISHNESS. HE HAS THE ULTIMATE INFLUENCE OVER HIPHOP AND HIS (WHO.RE OF BABYLON) WIFE (OVER R&B) BUT DOES
NOTHING TO REFORM THIER DEMONIC AND DISTRUCTIVE NATURE.
ONLY THE BLIND FOLLOW THESE SATANISTS!!!!
Don’t tell me about justice