“You wanna know what’s more important than throwin’ away money at a strip club? Credit / You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This is how they did it.”
JAY-Z’s 4:44 has sparked controversy from all angles since it dropped last week, and the above lyrics from “The Story Of O.J.” have been referred to by many commentators on social media as anti-Semitic.
One of JAY’s biggest defenders is his old friend and fellow mogul Russell Simmons, who posted his thoughts on Facebook and Twitter, referring to JAY’s critics as “mischief makers,” writing, “Jay Z was celebrating that bond that was built when no other community gave and continues to give us as much support in our fight for liberation in this very white country.”
Simmons ended by writing: “To all those focusing on negativity go buy the album, it’s focused on positivity.”
JAY and Simmons worked together on an anti-Semitism PSA back in 2006, wherein they refer to anti-Semitism and racism as “the same thing.”
This line offers sound advice. No need to make a big deal out of it. Jay is crediting a group who know what it takes to succeed financially, and acknowledges that the black community should follow the same formula for success. He’s not making any bigger political statement than that- simply put, stop wasting money on frivolous bullshit.
shut it down the goyim know. oy vey!
Its funny how blk ppl always get labeled as being racist, when no one in the history of the world have been targets of racism more than blk pll. Like ATOM says stop wasting money on frivolous bullshit!
“Black ppl always get labeled as racists”?? Where they do that at????
Yea not true at all, black people GET AWAY with the most racism and prejudice.
if it was Yelawolf rapping that you would be demanding an apology
Boring.
juden protecting juden?
Where was the anti-Semitic comment?