Jay-Z and the NFL: Was Hip-Hop's Biggest Name Used to Rehabilitate a League?
Kaepernick says Roc Nation’s NFL partnership helped shift attention away from his protest, and he says 500 million dollars has gone to Inspire Change programs.
- In his new memoir, *The Perilous Fight*, Colin Kaepernick alleges that Jay-Z planted "hit pieces" claiming he no longer wanted to play football and acted as the "Black face" of the NFL to subvert his social justice protests.
- Following high-profile police shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, NFL owners including Robert Kraft and Terry Pegula sought to subvert protests, while Kaepernick rejected recruitment attempts by Roc Nation.
- At a 2019 press conference, Jay-Z announced an NFL partnership with Roger Goodell, declaring "we've moved past kneeling" while the deal committed over $500M to the Inspire Change initiative and Super Bowl halftime show curation.
- After previously reaching out to Jay-Z to thank him for wearing his jersey on *Saturday Night Live*, Kaepernick told Michel Martin he felt the rap mogul's NFL deal deliberately undermined his social justice movement.
- As Kaepernick reflects on his career ending in 2017, tension between the two figures persists; while Jay-Z continues performing, the rift underscores the NFL's lasting impact on protest movements and industry backlash.
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