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It’s Ova, Hova: Jay-Z On The Cancel Block After Announcement Of Inspire Change Apparel Line?

Roc Nation And NFL Announce Partnership

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When Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation and the NFL announced its current partnership arrangement, many on the outside levied both praise and criticism of the move while employing the “wait and see” approach. Now that it’s been revealed a new apparel line linked to the mysterious social justice program along with an NFL kickoff concert featuring Roc Nation artists, folks on Twitter are getting Hov up out of here.

The announcement went out Friday (August 30) morning and was noticed by the likes of sportswriter Clarence Hill, Jr. early on. From there, an explosion of commentary from the social media network and beyond began to crop up. In short, “Chess, Not Checkers” Twitter has a little egg on their faces if this is truly one of the supposedly positive outcomes of this deal.

Perhaps there is more to come beyond a kickoff concert featuring Philadelphia revolutionary and activist Meek Mill, the talented wordsmith Rapsody, and Meghan Trainor, who has galvanized the masses with the stirring athem, “All About That Bass.”

Hova has been getting roasted on Twitter and Colin Kaepernick, who Jay-Z seemingly sent up the river by doing this deal, had a subtle shot that he placed on Instagram that stings a lot more when you realize the implications at hand. Still, some are still holding out hope that Jay-Z has a deeper plan to unveil but it’s looking bleak.

Check out the Twitter reactions to the Inspire Change apparel line and NFL kickoff concert below.

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Jermaine Dupri Shuts Down Rumors that JAY-Z Convinced him Not to Take NFL Deal, Funk Flex Isn’t Buying It

Jermaine Dupri stopped by Big Tigger’s show on Atlanta’s V-103 to address the claims that JAY-Z told him he shouldn’t work for the NFL.

“He and I never had a conversation where he told me, ‘don’t do what you’re doing.’ What our conversation was… ‘you know what side I’m on, I understand what you’re doing.’ That’s what the conversation was,” Dupri explained.

Funk Flex and Bryan Michael-Cox both claimed Hov advised the super producer not to partner with the league that blackballed Colin Kaepernick for peacefully kneeling to fight for social justice.

“I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH JERMAINE DUPRI… HE CONFIRMED THAT WHEN HE WAS WORKING WITH THE NFL LAST YEAR HE DID GET A CALL FROM JAYZ ASKING HIM.. “HOW DEEP ARE U IN WITH THE NFL?” EXPRESSING… “THAT MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD IDEA,” the Hot 97 DJ tweeted.

The deal in question was JD putting together a free concert series in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park days before Super Bowl LIII.

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However, Flex thinks Jermaine Dupri’s recent interview is a direct result of the “NFL / ROCNATION applying that pressure for YOU to backpedal.” He’s clearly not buying this explanation and isn’t here for JAY-Z partnering with the NFL. He reposted the Atlanta musician’s interview and ended the caption saying, “( I finally understand what Kap / Nessa been Experiencing! )”

What do you guys think?

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