Jay Z Addresses Police Brutality In Tidal Freestyle: “They Kill Freddie Gray Right, Shot Down, Mike Brown”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Music mogul Jay Z used his publicized Tidal B-Sides concert last night (May 16) to address a wide range of topics including the death of Maryland man Freddie Gray.

During his Saturday set, Jigga Man dropped rhymes about various current affairs, notably various police brutality cases.

“I don’t need no middlemen to talk to my n—s / I understand if you don’t understand I figure my n— / That’s where we differ / I take what’s mine you accept what they give you / I get you/ I don’t take no checks / I take my respect / Pharrell even told me ‘Go with the best bet’ / Jimmy Iovine offered the safety net / Google came around with a crazy check / I feel like YouTube is the culp-a-rit /. N—s pay you a tenth of what you supposed to get / You know n— die for equal pay, right? You know what I’m worth / I ain’t your slave right / You know I ain’t shucking and jivin’ and high fivin’ / You know this ain’t back in the days right / But i can’t tell by the way they kill Freddie Gray right / Shot down / Mike Brown / Like the way they did Tray right? / Y’all gone’ keep choking’ n—s / we gon’ turn style / I ain’t your token n— / You know I came in this game independent right / Tidal / My own label / same difference / Oh n—s is skeptical of they own shit / You bought nine iPhones and Steve Jobs is rich / Phil Knight worth trillions you still bought those kicks / Spotify’s nine billion and they ain’t say shit / ‘Lucyyy you got some splainin’ to do’ / The only one they hatin’ on look the same as you / That’s cool / I know they tryin’ to bamboozle you / Spending billions on meryin’ to confusin you / I had to tell myself ‘Hov, get used to it’ / It’s politics as usual.” (The Hollywood Reporter)

Along with the freestyle, Jay reunited with ex-Roc-A-Fella Records rapper Beanie Sigel.

Jay Z unwrapped not only his pristine and nostalgic B-Side tracks for his TIDAL X concert Saturday night (May 16), but a moment that many have been waiting for happened in a matter of minutes. While running through classic Roc-A-Fella records, it was only fitting that Jigga brought out his familia including Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, Freeway, and Beanie Sigel. (VIBE)

Sigel unleashed his emotion from the event on his Instagram page last night.

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State Property’s Freeway also hopped onto social media to celebrate the moment.

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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  1. They trying to mess with jay z money now he wanna get pro black with all this racism going on he aint say Jack now you want us to help you out no doubt if yall bread so long f dem tidal songs take your loss like a boss and don’t coon cuz in the end dem white folks a plan your doom stay black then u wont have to try to come back I cee you did a show with state property the same brothers you left for that monopoly what u want to use them again hova thats a sin you reap what you sow stay down and you will glow stay a snake u start catching bad breaks that happen to the fake

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