JAY-Z and Robert Kraft fight racist book ban with new initiative

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JAY-Z has once again teamed up with New England Patriots owner and fellow billionaire Robert Kraft to launch a new initiative that thwarts recent racist book bans in the United States.

TMZ reported that the two have teamed up through their respective foundations, the Shawn Carter Foundation and the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, to donate a total of $1 million to legal services that provide pro bono relief. to librarians facing legal challenges due to their local book bans. .

The owner of the New England Patriots and Jay were told that they had established the framework for underserved students to obtain scholarships and financial grants and hopefully their works would be made into films, plays, audio books, etc. to get the word out, the outlet reported, adding that JAY-Z and Robert Kraft are also hoping to get banned books reprinted.

The duo kicked off their initiative at the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, NY, with the Book of HOV exhibit.

Footage of Jays’ hometown public library receiving a makeover surfaced earlier this week as lyrics to tracks from the catalog decorated with rap deities like Hovi Baby, Sweet, Encore, Justify My Thug, Smile and more were seen inscribed on the BPL building in the style of a newspaper article.

The Brooklyn Public Library was closed Thursday, July 13 as it prepared to open the aforementioned JAY-Z exhibit to the public the following day, Friday, July 14.

The exhibit is a personal sanctuary for JAY-Z himself and the facility is outfitted with a remake of famed Baseline Studios, which was the recording studio co-owned by Jigga and Juan Perez.

During the exposure, according to TMZ, the couple launched what is called the Books Unbanned initiative, which provides banned books to children, especially those in disadvantaged communities.

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JAY-Z and Kraft have worked together extensively over the years. In 2019, rapper Empire State of Mind joined forces with Meek Mill to team up with Robert Kraft as part of the REFORM Alliance to discuss reform politics, crime and employment rates.

The Alliance works to dramatically reduce the number of people who are unjustly under the control of the criminal justice system, starting with probation and parole. Vows for REFORM: We will not stop until we change the laws, policies, and practices that perpetuate the horrific injustice we see in America.

Other REFORM members also include Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin, Brooklyn Nets co-owner Clara Wu Tsai, and organization CEO CNN Host Van Jones.

Meek Mills’ initial arrest in 2017 sparked the movement after the Championships rapper spent five months in prison and was released in part thanks to the hashtag #FreeMeekMill which sparked criticism of the excessiveness of the initial sentence of a decade of probation.

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