Jay Z quietly posting bail for protesters, writer says

[theworldismine13]

Jay Z quietly posting bail for protesters, writer says
http://news.yahoo.com/jay-z-quietly-posting-bail-protesters-writer-says-223858518.html

- Rap mogul Jay Z has quietly used his wealth to post bail for people arrested in protests across the United States against police, an author close to him said Sunday.
Dream Hampton, a writer and activist who worked with Jay Z on his 2010 memoir "Decoded," made the revelations in a series of messages on Twitter that were deleted but were posted by the hip-hop magazine Complex.

"When we needed money for bail for Baltimore protesters, I... hit Jay up, as I had for Ferguson (and he) wired tens of thousands" of dollars within minutes, read one tweet.

She also tweeted that Jay Z and his pop superstar wife Beyonce wrote a "huge check" to support the burgeoning "Black Lives Matter" movement aimed at stopping police brutality.

Protests spread last year after a white police officer shot dead African American teenager Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.

Major demonstrations, some turning violent, erupted last month in Baltimore after another African American man, Freddie Gray, died from a spinal injury sustained in police custody.



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Jay-Z on November 17, 2011 in Hollywood, California (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss)
The tweets appeared aimed at defending Jay Z and Beyonce, who have faced accusations from some activists that they have only paid lip service to the cause without tapping into the couple's estimated $1 billion net worth.

Hampton later wrote that she deleted the tweets because Jay Z "would be pi-issed to see I was offering evidence" that he is taking action.

Jay Z on Saturday performed in New York as an exclusive for Tidal, the music streaming service he has launched with fellow stars.

In a freestyle segment, Jay Z paid homage to Brown and Gray -- and belittled Tidal's rivals Spotify and Apple.

Jay Z and Beyonce met with Brown and Gray's families last week at a peace concert in Baltimore by Prince, leaving without making public appearances.

The power couple are also strong supporters of President Barack Obama, throwing a multimillion-dollar fundraiser for him during his 2012 campaign.

 

[CHL]

 

[Calmye]

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I may have to rethink my camel-bashing shtick.

 

[Kitsch]

Dream Hampton.

 

[crazydee7]

DA tryin to give a nikka shaft again
Half a mill for bail, cause I'm african

 

[DEAD7]

 

[thekingsmen]

People not seeing this as a desperate ploy to save Tidal from absolute meltdown. He quietly posted bail that was not quiet at all for someone to speak on twitter.

 

[OsO]

Bailing people out who shouldn't have gotten themselves arrested in the first place.... waste of money.

He needs to wire me tens of thousands so I can put that money to good use and get this revolution poppin!

 

[Family Man]

Jay-z should strangle that bytch Dream Hampton. If he wanted this to be known he would have said it himself. What a stupid c*nt that woman is.

 

[Stay Seeking]

Dream Hampton.

This bytch has literally finessed a mediocre career out of being "aspiring" ...nothing she's done has been creditable, just snake-oil salesmen like leveraged. This is her passive aggressive CAC side hard at work, trying to stay "relevant" and throw that nikka Jay under the bus with her dry snitching ass.

How you a "fan" of Hip-Hop and violate the code of the streets, calling that shyt "journalism"?


...bytch, leave Hip-Hop journalism to Elliot Wilson Grandpa Simpson looking ass.

 

[Family Man]

This bytch has literally finessed a mediocre career out of being "aspiring" ...nothing she's done has been creditable, just snake-oil salesmen like leveraged. This is her passive aggressive CAC side hard at work, trying to stay "relevant" and throw that nikka Jay under the bus with her dry snitching ass.

How you a "fan" of Hip-Hop and violate the code of the streets, calling that shyt "journalism"?


...bytch, leave Hip-Hop journalism to Elliot Wilson Grandpa Simpson looking ass.

She's also the same bytch that claimed Nas hires ghostwriters.

 

[Stay Seeking]

She's also the same bytch that claimed Nas hires ghostwriters.

Exactly...this pic is smiley worthy, her name should be a fukking "adjective", ol' "dream hampton" ass nikkas....

 

[MidwestD]

The whole "Hov don't do nothin" from the coli militants has always been bullshyt, and this is another example. Jay been doin alot of good on the low
for years. Another quick example is the fact that he has, and is still paying the tuition for Sean Bell's kids since he was killed by the police.

 

[DaPresident]

Thats my GOAT...