Is Jay-Z an Uncle Tom?

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

Someone from another forum said:

Jay seems obsessed with white artists like Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, and Kurt Cobain, even going as far to say that Kurt Cobain shut down Hip-Hop in 1991, and he continued this trend on MCHG. When Jay did get around to mentioning a black entertainer on "Nickles and Dimes" it was in a disrespectful manner.

"I'm just tryna find common ground
'fore Mr. Belafonte come chop a nikka down
Mr. Day O major fail
respect these youngins Boy, it's my time now"

This dude actually called Harry Belafonte "Boy" a man that dedicated his life to fight for the rights and freedoms of Black people even risked his life as others in the movement were being murdered and lynched he still marched and spoke out and continues to do so now, you call him Boy?

And the worse part of the album is this dude allowing Frank Ocean to sing "I hope the black skin don't dirt a white tuxedo" which is s disgusting, that is some Clarence Thomas, Allen West level c00ning.

There has also been a flurry of Jay-Z experiencing white side of fame and Jay, trying to compare himself to them. Its ok to vacation in Europe, but jay gotta go to Africa and even include the Pyramids in his raps.

 

[DontEemTry]

I like how you ignore the entire message behind Oceans.

 

[Jayson_bourn]

Yeah I guess he does compare himself to white people alot

This is reaching though.

 

[Greenhornet]

yeah pretty much ... he tricks black people into thinking he's some bill gates dude though.
thats why white people pay him

 

[dre]

lol was Uncle Tom

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

the Boy part is a reach..thats just Hov rhyming, but i was lowkey offended at how he went at Mr Belafonte like that.

dude says you need to do more for your people, so you backhand him in song and go right back to bragging about your possessions? he's def wrong for that.

 

[WEKetchum]

The whole point of "Oceans" is debunking this history of famous white men like Christopher Columbus and the former U.S. presidents, and rewriting history so that black history shines through as the real origins of America. On "That's My B*tch" from Watch The Throne, he talks about how not enough black women are brought up as mainstream classic examples of beauty.

In other words:

 

[The 2020 New Member]

lmao. i'm not saying either one of them are but is jay an uncle tom? standing next to kanye...never...

 

[Rekkapryde]

Going at Belafonte was a no no.

 

[Gravity]

Some of you people are just downright stupid.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

The term Uncle Tom is loosely based off the novel Uncle Toms Cabin. The meaning in which it is used today doesn't coincide with the novel.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

The whole point of "Oceans" is debunking this history of famous white men like Christopher Columbus and the former U.S. presidents, and rewriting history so that black history shines through as the real origins of America. On "That's My B*tch" from Watch The Throne, he talks about how not enough black women are brought up as mainstream classic examples of beauty.

In other words:

dont let Hov's white guilt fool you

 

[NotaPAWG]

No

 

[WEKetchum]

dont let Hov's white guilt fool you

 

[Red Maverick II]

If you have to ask then