Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, is a load-bearing figure for the Black excellence assimilationist imaginary, and Kaepernick’s protest was a major moment and saga for Black politics of this century. They’ve been at odds for years, and that conflict seems to be coming to a head.
Read more via Scalawag: In The Field: Resolving the Kaepernick-Carter Contradiction.
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TL; dr: Jay-Z and company are a product, designed to transfer wealth from your pocket to the syndicate.
Kap is authentic.