JAY-Z has been called out by Dr. Umar Johnson for what he feels is a betrayal of Hip Hop and the Black community as a whole — and it all centers on a recent performance for Tom Brady.
In an outspoken interview with The Art of Dialogue, the activist and internet personality slammed Hov for performing at the NFL legend’s induction into the New England Patriots’ Hall of Fame last month but not any of the events celebrating Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary.
After explaining that he is a longtime follower of JAY-Z’s, Dr. Umar said: “If it wasn’t for Hip Hop, music and culture, he might not be the megastar megabillionaire that he is. Therefore, I would have to agree that the criticism against JAY-Z is well-earned.
“You have no right — no right — honoring a white man, Tom Brady, who’s never done anything of significance for the Black community, and the NFL, who has destroyed Black men’s careers, Colin Kaepernick included, and continues to do so.
“You have no right celebrating Tom Brady’s NFL career and at the same time not perform at the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop […] I believe that JAY-Z owed it to Hip Hop to perform at the 50th anniversary.”
Dr. Umar acknowledged that Jay and his wife Beyoncé “do a lot more than a lot of these other celebrities” when it comes to giving back, but continued to argue that the Roc Nation mogul was “wrong” for not hitting the stage last year in celebration of Hip Hop’s semicentenary.
“If you’re gonna celebrate the white man, you should’ve came and celebrated the Black man,” he added. “And I just hope JAY-Z isn’t suffering from Black male narcissism. You know, we get successful and we start thinking we God and we’re better than other Blacks and we’re too good to be around other Blacks.
“So I hope Mr. Shawn Carter remembers his roots and the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and I hope he remembers everything he had to go through to get where he is […] A lot of people helped JAY-Z get where he got, and for him not to come and pay homage, that was wrong.”
The Pan-Africanist speaker then suggested that JAY-Z can “make it right” by putting on a free concert for “all Hip Hop heads in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop.”
Despite Dr. Umar’s criticism, the Brooklyn-bred billionaire wasn’t entirely absent during last year’s Hip Hop 50 celebrations.
He did put together a free multimedia exhbition at the Brooklyn Public Library called The Book of HOV, which “explore[d] JAY-Z’s global impact as a musician, innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist,” according to its website.
Thousands of artifacts from the rap legend’s decorated career filled multiple floors of the library, including original recording masters, never-before-seen photos, iconic outfits and prestigious awards.
There was even a stunning recreation of Baseline Studios, the famed New York City recording spot where Jigga crafted classic albums like The Blueprint and The Black Album.
The 54-year-old faced similar racially-charged cricism in 2019 when he partnered with the NFL following the league’s alleged blackballing of Colin Kaepernick for taking a knee during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice and police brutality.
The multi-year deal saw JAY-Z and Roc Nation become involved in shaping much of the league’s entertainment programming, including the halftime show, as well its social justice efforts.
Hov defended the divisive partnership by arguing that Kaepernick’s protest was powerful but that “we’ve moved past kneeling” and “it’s time to go into actionable items.”
“I believe real change is had through conversation, real conversation and real work,” he said at a press conference at the time. “And what better way to do it than where the conversation first took place?”
Dr. Umar is a clown trying to exploit the YouTube algorithm by gaslighting Black people into believing his theories for ad revenue. He’s actively trying to tear down any successful Black person using an artificial pro-black stance in efforts to boost his profile. In his eyes, any Black person more successful than him must’ve done through evil means. He is guilty of the very thing he accuses others of…
This mofo trying to scold Jay Z for not performing when hip-hop has been asking him to get his old ass out the way for years.😂
Isn’t this the same person who took donations to open a school and has yet to open said school?
Nobody gives a rats ass what this irrelevant nobody fake ass doctor Umar says about anything and this certified cornball, culture vulture and H0M0 Andy Bastard really needs to get a REAL J0B ASAP. Andy ain’t even from the U.S. he’s from the bum ass UK
What exactly is this guy a doctor of? Talking sh!t about people who are far more talented than him? What a loser
Research, my friend. He has thevcreds
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You are in need a serious mental help. The act is super played out and tired.
You’re hurting yourself, bro
@Even Joker you’re wrong. Honestly it’s the most entertaining thing on here. Nobody wants to read about Bhad Barbie, Stunna Girl or any of these other irrelevant nobodies these lames post about
This article isn’t about any of those people moron. I know reading can be hard…..
He has every right to celebrate whoever the fuck he wants to as he’s his own person. Imagine if a white guy said this about another white guy celebrating a black man instead of his own white race… it would be viewed as pretty fucking racist, no? How is this any different?
maybe jay z could have released new music 50th anniversary highly appropriate who else was there go lecture their sorry ass
What if all black people jump off a bridge will Dr. Umar follow them? People always talking about sell out like we are a cult.
Dr. Umar is a sodomy-craving pseudo-intellectual. He likes dicks in his ass, mouth, and hands, preferably all at once.
The NFL didn’t destroy Colin’s career. They took it away lol. They essentially fired him, because one, they could pay less for someone more talented, and two, he was making political statements and alienating customers. JayZ honored Brady for his accomplishment and skills. Umar retard looks at everything for skin color only. Dude, if you feel that way, go to Africa and try n create an ethnostate. This is America. Anyone here who hates other races should leave, because it’ll only fix more n more.
Racist ppl are so annoying. Celebrate and honor people for their actions and accomplishments. Skin color has nothing to do with it. One love. We are all human beings, it’s CHARACTER that counts, not ethnicity.
these are all fair points made by the doctor although it has nothing to do with Jay Z skin color and more to do with a lot of factors adjacent
@Even Joker You are right about that.
Even when he does give back to his “community”, he’ll still get criticized by that very same “community”. Then they wonder why they can’t have nice things like Jay performing at HH50.
Jay z can perform for whoever. Nobody gets to decide for him. Umar and his kind are weird. Everything is black black black. But yet there is no real unity. We are entitled to think for ourselves. Get over it and move forward.
I hope you are not trying to speak for your people, because you are an idiot and I would be outraged to have you even claim to be a Dr. Let alone speak out on your racist campaign.You should stay out the way and let a real leader speak and maybe you’ll learn something or not.
#1 No one with common should be listening to that clown 😒 because he has a little doesn’t make him educated. Hes a fucking idiot and a hater. Inwould love to sit on table with him and show how much of a foul he is.
Sad. The NFL has made many BLACK men wealthy, so terrible. It’s comments like these that continue to help the divide between the races & continue the divide within the black community itself. When you are part of a group that is about 15% of the US population, one would think you’d be more inclined to work together 😜.
Cool is the rule, chill is the drill 😎
He sounds like a narcissist trying to be a God like imposter. How are you gonna condemn someone for celebrating someone and put a race card on it and capitalize black and leave white lowercase. You sound like a self projecting racist. We are the human race. All lives should be celebrated regardless of color. The world is doomed until we unite instead of stand divided thinking one race is better than the other and it’s the ones doing all the criticizing and dividing that are the main ones that need to be aware of their own racist ways and take a good look at their approach on bringing the world together in a loving way instead of diving in a judgemental, hateful superior way