Jay-Z takes 'Occupy Wall Street' T-shirts off clothing website amid criticism

[appleman1324]

jay z is the point zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero one percent. He couldn't be for the occupy movement, full of shit.

and the guy in this video looks like a combination between havoc from mobb deep and jadakiss and carries their realness, good point man!

[macdaddy3055]

jesus is coming back and its going to be when he gets ready which shouldnt be long so just wait i understand what your saying in the video people who are desperate for money and attention do stupid stuff

[WILLJPX]

All I want is to make money, be happy and find love. I don't care about this shit yah hippies

[thegiantpaperpanda]

Great video! I completely agree. This is the lowest form of illogical decision making. Jay-Z thought because many of the OWS protesters are of a younger crowd that he could manipulate them in to buying useless slave-wage manufactured t-shirts. It's rather pathetic, really.

[TheMystickarow]

why would you support the occupy wall street crap.. its so ridiculous and childish

[phil29ism]

@TheMystickarow How is a political movement that has emerged out of the peoples frustration with the corporations and governments complete lack of attention to their voices "ridiculous and childish?"

[TheMystickarow]

@phil29ism Instead of being little children and bitching about whats they dont have they could go get a job, get a degree and get a job making good money. Instead they are being little kids and bitching about it and asking for handouts.. I.E. welfare checks and foodstamps. Poor people who arent trying to do anything to better their life. Just living off the government.

[elveisftw]

Great points, subbed

[MadArtistsProduction]

good poiint. i was also outraged at how someone with350 million would try to take advantage of people speaking up. but then again, thats what happens after you sell your soul to the devil

[Carvalc001]

jay-z doesn't even own the company anymore. and apparently they don't make much off the tshirt. and it was one of his young designers that created it. jay-z just wore the shirt.

[DrewSmoothTV]

Nigga look like Kendrick Lamar w/ Cancer.. *Just Jokes*

[DrewSmoothTV]

Yo voice all fucked up LMAO!

[bostonaccent1]

Good point bro. You hit the nail right on the head. They want to make loot. That is true capitalism, so we can't hate him for it. I just think it's funny that with all the money he makes he becomes a money junkie. It's his Karma from the crackheads he used to sell drugs to. Now he is like a crackhead craving more money, kinda like the greedy corporate pigs OWS is up against who steal our money for bad bets. Bad move on any of those hip hop dudes down there including Kanye and Russell Simmons

[huntingtonbeachify]

Nice video ! Great points. I LOVE the fact that people of all races are coming together for the good of mankind. LOVE and EQUALITY for all. The OCCUPY WALL STREET movement isnt about $ for me, its a time of awakening for humans to realize their full potential. We have the ability to take care of one another and this isnt happening so we must evolve! ONE LOVE

OWS

[greatbydesign33]

I think that punk is illuminati and cointelpro. The shirt was a ploy to distract, divide, dismiss, and dilute the movement and the real issues involved. He wanted the movement to be seen as a big Joke just like him and his wife Beyonce. Stick to entertainment Z cause if you really wanted to help you would have made a shirt that says "Shut Down the Federal Reserve" - (priced at cost) with proceeds going back to the movement.

[RAIZER99]

@greatbydesign33 read my mind bro

im boycottin rocawear n all jay z merchandise n any other merchandise n people on the industry that try to squeeze sum money out of this

[FlawlessHitz]

why do jay z and p diddy have to get back to the community....thats not a law....and u say we put them where they at now....ok but we bought the CD's and they got the cash....it's called exchange, so u got the CD or Sean John & Rocawear clothes and now they got the money from the clothes the black community bought....so your statement is useless

[LIFEGUARD805]

@FlawlessHitz so true, and on a bigger picture, all the crap we buy from China means that now they got the money from the Americans who are asleep. China gots the dollar and the power ! right up there with JayZ and Pdiddy and all the rest.

[FlawlessHitz]

i dont ever remember p diddy makin violent songs.....so get your facts straight bruh

[Ricodabodyguard22]

Anything done by celebrities (T.V., big screen, politics, etc.) is all about keeping their name in the spotlight and in people's mouths. The less they're mentioned, the quicker they will be forgotten. Let's not look to "these" guys to lift up the community, let "us" be the beacons of light for those who seek knowledge and guidance. Those guys (Jay-Z, Kanye, Russell Simmons, etc.) will eventually come around to leech off the press, but others will know what their true motive are, self-promotion.

[LuKasAV6]

Great comments! It's bad enough Jay-Z's clothes are made in China and Mexico, but this Occupy Wall Street t-shirt fiasco is just insulting. I remember how pissed I was when after years of him promoting and immortalizing Cristal champagne in his songs, a Cristal spokesperson released a statement indicating the company wants nothing to do with the hip-hop community.

(By the way, poorer business decisions were made by NetFlix founder not too long ago.)

[Slickteez1]

SLICKTEEZ . COM OCCUPY SHIRT

[xxxsssxxxsss]

@Slickteez1 You're a piece of shit for making profit off of people trying to make a change. Go fuck yourself, trash.

[mixtecdesign]

my modern black heroes,

Jerry Rice

Dave Chappelle

Kevin Keith

Victor Wooten

Dr. B. Sirius

TUPAC

and of course even though before i was born...

Martin Luther King jr.

[mixtecdesign]

i only knew about jay-z after TUPAC died. but again i never traveled to NY.

ASK YOURSELF.... WHAT WOULD TUPAC DO??? pac died because he brought the ugly truth for all of us to see not just black but all kinds. PAC was crazy and maybe if bribed the right way he would be here today with stupid t-shirts also.... JAY-Z was never ment to be a gangsta rapper... it just happened because of the time and media trends. poor guy ... wait he has more money than most musicians with better talent than him..

[roscoegino]

Making money is a religion for most businesspersons just as football is a religion for Penn State. When that happens, more serious issues take a backseat or are ignored completely. It's too bad. I never listened to all that Illuminati stuff surrounding him, but this doesn't exactly brush that off now.

[tomkes100douchebag]

Ha ha!! Y'all are so depraved cause ya heroes are obvious scumbags like Jay Z, Kanye, and that cocksuckin coward Chris who beat up his bitch. Meanwhile, there aint no real black heroes like Harry Belafonte who regularly and righteously stuck us whites into the shit of our own making. These phony bitches are so transparent and yet none of y'all get it. Sad!

[WhereisZEMBLA]

amazingly well put, thanks

[wtfhisup2]

Well said.

[CaliCal68]

time to play some nas - ether 

[ConsiousSista]

JayZ is part of the 1% he knew what he was doing trying to make profits off the backs of the 99% GREED!!!

[Whitney1983smitH]

Jay z is a hardcore faggot.

[stejomo]

jay Z is a freemason

[stejomo]

word

[MrDromaeosaurid]

I wonder if Jay-Z's selling of these shirts and intent of supporting occupy wall street is in line with some sort of agenda of freemasonry or the illuminati. We already know Jay-Z is being used.

[LOLz420k]

I agree Jay-z likes to flash his money infront of his fans who probably struggle day to day.he could care less about occupy or the 99% Fuck him

[chuck9788]

Nice video, your a bright fellow.

Jay Z, used to be a drug dealer in Marcy projects. He sold drugs to children!! So how is it that we should we be surprised that Jay Z is selling out?

This is certainly not the first time Jay Z and Beyonce have been greedy. Remember Beyonce singing for former dictator Ghadaffi's brutal son at a new years party?

On the real, these are bad people that are profiting while laughing at us at the same time.

Any comments from Jay Z? No. Because he's a COWARD.

[SpikeyJamez]

@chuck9788, Of course, he's a coward. He's a manipulated asshole sucking the corporate music industry cock. Revolution never will be televised nor on the radio. Independent Hip Hop is where it's at now.

Sole, B. Dolan, Immortal Technique & all the other intelligent rap cats are out there doing the justice at the Occupy movement, so again, these industry rappers don't know sh*t. God bless the internet for keeping all of us informed.

[bigmike82011]

@chuck9788 lmao how did he sell out.? what possibly could he do in the hood.

[chuck9788]

@bigmike82011 He turned his back on his community years ago. What can he do? Be a better person. Instead, his incredible GREED makes him no different than the other corporate slime that we see on a daily basis.

Jay Z is not a good role model. And he defines the term "sell out".

Do you feel differently?