Since the release of JAY-Z’s 4:44, the Net has been dissecting, praising and hating Hov’s latest musical effort. A standout track from the 10-track project is “The Story of O.J.” which touches on being so successful one believes they can separate from their race.
“I’m not black, I’m O.J…okay,” JAY-Z raps.
After releasing the stirring black-and-white cartoon video, Tidal released a behind-the-scene commentary of JAY-Z and other celebrity friends discussing what it means to be black in America. Beginning with CNN political analyst Van Jones, the 48-year-old recalls finding out only after graduating from Yale Law School some students were being invited to professor’s homes to be bred for future careers in America’s judicial system.
“I thought I was showing up in class, doing my work, turning things in on time raising my hands. There was a whole other social world going on where those professors were picking students and helping them to become supreme court clerks, and I was just some little black kid from a public school,” Jones said.
Watch the short documentary below.
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