JAY-Z wants his Trayvon Martin docuseries to do more than simply tell the story of what happened to the slain teenager. In an interview with The New York Times, Hov said he was hopeful his documentary could inspire changes to the controversial “Stand Your Ground” laws in the U.S.
The Times’ Aisha Harris asked Jay if the six-part series had the goal of changing the laws and got a definitive answer from Mr. Carter.
“Yes, absolutely,” he said. “Again, it’s an educational process. This law, we have to get people to understand what it says. Of course, he will not be found guilty. It’s very difficult to be found guilty with this law as it stands today.”
He added, “The system doesn’t work as it exists today. No one wants to talk about that because it’s as if you are bashing police officers. I’m not bashing police officers. I’m just saying the facts do not support this being the answer, the system as it stands today.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Hov discussed regret over his public spat with Harry Belafonte and shared his thoughts on the responsibility of black celebrities to be activists. Check out the entire conversation here.
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story premiered on July 30 on the Paramount Network and BET. New episodes air on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.
Stream the first episode here.
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Thanks Jay z for having my back, bigly!
Beyonce sister almost Zimmerman this jigga puff in an elevator
Trayvon got exactly what he deserved. George Zimmerman is a hero.
You’ll also get what you deserve very soon
Zimmerman is making America great again! Jump on board the Trump train. Jay z and Beyonce don’t love you!
continue to hide behind that computer and make those stupid statements…coward
Mrs. CEO Vixen Model Shani Rose while shooting her movie on Instagram who I discovery while playing a Instagram game on Smooth Mag. gram and it all started with her shared her feelings on Trayvon Martin and her son so this story is still touching everybody in on fields . Song of the nite Jay Z , Beans , & Scarface ( This Can’t be Love )
This is a bad honbre. He is a Hilary Clinton jigga puff.
he dont know what the fuck is he talking about, what carrer did he studied? thas right! NON!
Wow. Jay “stabby/I sell metric tons of coke” Z has something to say about a kid expelled from school punching a white nerd that had a gun on him? Trayvon was an idiot. It cost him his life, like countless other entitled black youth that think they can do whatever they want because their great grandparents where slaves… GTFOH. Blacks are 65% of the prisons and represent 15% of the populous. The problem is obviously elsewhere, idiot.
He got shot up, bigly!
Look at the comments below…yet they visit the hip hop sites….you hate that you love us…yet you love to hate us too…interesting..we’re attractive to you….why is that? We are the salt (flava) of the earth…What’s a cracka without salt? We don’t know…its like we’ll never find out…because they always on our balls…Holla back when one of us comments on a country music site…wont happen cuz like Big Sean says “We dont’t fcuk with youuuu!!!!!
Peace n love..I feel u
If by “salt” you mean steaming turd, then you are correct.
You do know that using terms like “steaming turd” proves his point, right? Carlo, stay on our balls. You obviously need us in your life..
Cucked hiphop artists: “Let’s get rid of Stand Your Ground laws, so that when we are violently attacked, we have to call the racist police to protect us!”
Yes, trust the government with protecting and serving, that always worked out well.
Point blank: Zimmerman should have stayed his azz in his car…wtf are you talkin’ bout?!?
JayZ: The systems broken and is not protecting us!
Also JayZ: Lets give more power to the broken system so we can’t legally protect ourselves. Trust the system.
………It wont
Another classic case of dinduism lmao
What you “dindu” is think before shedding light on your disregard for Black lives. Your sarcasm was not sharp enough for you to hide behind it. We see you. I know you see us. We’re eternal. See you around…