The Grammy winner, along with real estate developer Bruce Ratner and Barclays Bank, has just been slammed with a whopping $5 billion dollar lawsuit from one of Hip Hop's founding fathers, Clive Campbell, best known as DJ Kool Herc.
According to the New York Observer, Jay Z, Ratner, and Barclays Bank are all part of the $4 billion Atlantic Yards Project in Brooklyn, New York.
Bruce Ratner has his sights on building a basketball arena for Jay Z's Nets and more than 6,000 apartments in downtown Brooklyn.
Barclays Bank owns the naming rights to the arena, and has been accused of having links with the slave trade—an accusation the bank denies.
In other news…
According to the suit, Campbell is seeking $5 billion for slavery reparations claiming Ratner and Jay-Z worked “in concert” with Barclays, and “profited from the African Slave Trade and continue to profit from these gains, through a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and continue to date to oppress Black people, enslave them, unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth.”
No statement from Jay's camp has been released.
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Completely retarded.
wtf???
Cosign. How the fuck was Jay involved in the slave trade and he wasn't even born until the 70s? Only people that could say he profitted from slavery are the artists signed to Roc-A-Fella. Jay should counter sue for being a complete fuckin moron.
i would COUNTER sue his ass for 5 billion dollars for completely wasting our time!!!
100% cosign
that shit sounds crazy
The nigga just broke and wants money.
How stupid that he should attempt to use the slave trade as a factor.
I cant front. If I was broke and had a snowballs chance in hell at getting any money by suing Jay-z Id do it too.
But the slavery thing is a little bit much. Its actually kinda funny.
slavery reparations??? roflmao
wtf there still slavery?!
all over the world motha fuckas get bought and sold for cheap or free labor. Black Market, sweatshops, prostitution, forced to fight in wars in Africa, South America, Asia...
just because its not in the media thats reporting news that the government wants you to know doesnt mean it doesnt exist......can you honestly say you know alot about any area of the earth barring USA, Europe, and the Middle East?
DOPEHEAD BITCH
COME THE FUCK ON ! Jay-Z to pay reparations.
ASSHOLES he is BLACK....
no he isnt, prove it.
Kool Herc and his lawyer is fucking nutz!
So what da fuck makes Kool herc think he entitled to 5
billion dollars?
Nigga just mad dat rappers wasnt makin multi millions when he
was popular
Jelousy is Muthafucka!!!!
I'm wondering the same shit......How was he personally affected by the slave trade?
LMFAO! RADAMEZ I COULDN'T have put it any simpler!
CAN YALL SAY: CRABS IN A FUCKIN' BARRELL!???!
A fuckin' disgrace!
So instead of going after NYPD for murdering blacks...or BUSH for murdering every fuckin' body...
This muthafucka goes after Jay-Z.....
For $5,000,000,000!!!!!!!!
What the fuck is wrong with us black folk???
~Be Eazy!
the founder of hip-hop going at one of the only dudes keeping it alive...we're all screwed...good thing it won't go no place
wow dats fuckin retarded
loooool sorry, i had to larf, is this for real, were the cameras at, am i being punked??? cumon man
If you're gonna sue someone for benefiting from the slave trade, sue 80% of the corporations in this country, not two people.
If blacks were denied reparations by their own government for the years of slavery based on constitutional arguments, then how the fuck would someone be able to force private individuals to pay reparations for slavery in a civil lawsuit? And how does Kool Herc get a personal claim of right? Hell, every black descendant form Africa has suffered as a result of slavery. Do you realize how many potential plaintiffs there would be? Let's see, about 6 % of a nation of 300 million citizens. It ain't gonna happen! This shit will get laughed out of court.
That would be the biggest class action suit since civilization began!
DAMN!
Every african american in USA, every decendent of an african american would be a part of it!
Fuck makes Herc think HE of all people should be entitled to 5 billy?
The judge has to toss this shit out of court... it would literally start a "Reparations War" !
~Be Eazy!
So since Jay-z black would he end up getting money back. And how mcuh do we get per person.
it sounds crazy but for them to even file the lawsuit there needs to be enough evidence for it to go to court....this is def a lot deeper then a 2 paragraph article on defsounds.....need to check wat it is on the news sites
Enough Evidence? This is a civil suit, not a criminal suit.There doesn't need to be "Enough Evidence", only one court that will except such a stupid law suit.
if you click on the New York Observer link.....its not even kool herc its another dude with the same name....faulty reporting
lmaooo WTF... this has to be true, you cant make this shit up
wow i done heard it all now smh slave trade lol
FUCK JAY-Z!!
the nigga gettin to the money what you
expect
?
I gettin tired of all these conspiracy theories
what the fuck does jay z have to do with the slave trade
its 2008 stop blaming everything on the color
of your skin
Yall some small minded motha fuckas, its a symbolic lawsuit. He know he not gonna win, he's a political activist he's doing it to bring attention to the fact that the bank who going to own the naming rights to the arena the Nets are gonna be playing in profited off the slave trade, owned slaves and was involed in the Apartied in South Africa. Thousands of blacks are gonna be going to an Arena paying homage to this bank and not thinking twice about it.
Simple niggas.
thanks for enlightening us because until i thought about wat you said i prolly woulda sided with the rest of these niggas
the should sue and give to those families most affected and barclay bank was a bank that financed supplies for the trade.
Campbell is seeking $5 billion for slavery reparations...
DIS NI66A IS SMOKING SOME SERIOUS C_R_A_C_K PEOPLE!!!!!
Who the fuck still gives a fuck bout Kool Herc??!!!
DIS NI66A GOTTA BE BROKER THAN HUMPTY DUMPTY- TRYIN TO PUT HIMSELF BACK TOGETHER LIKE THIS!!!!
Jay-Z: American Gangster to American Enslaver! lol
okay this dont really make sense to me...
Herc has lost his goddamn mind
Let's say Herc wins the lawsuit. Does he collect the 4 billion? How could he consciously accept 4 billion made off the backs of slaves? That would make him worse than massa.
It's not even Kool Herc, it's a different Clive Campbell
dammn 5 billion!!!!!!!!! if that happen jay is gonna go bankrupt
this is lame like an average nigga like myself trying to sue bill gates, even if i win im still going to look stupid because it doesn't make any sense to go that far with stupidity....get at the kid ~1~
:))) MAN THIS IS SOME FUNNY SHIT!!!!
This is what the years do to you nigga get you senile
if you have a little knowledge in history, you would have to see this does not make sense.
if you ever watch vh1 you would see that dude gives millions each year to africa with the water to life thing
also this shit sounds retarded are we suppose to belive this lol
Imagine the speakers he's gonna be able to get now with 5 billion dollars...
LMAO!!!!...how u gone sue a blakk man for slavery reparations...he went through slavery too..LMAO!!...
Kool Herc need to go scratch some records and shut the fuck up. Roc Boys in the building tonight
That's ridiculous...
Just another 1 hating doing his job! Shit it's a publicity stunt, it has to be i can't believe they even let that be publish...
wow!i guess they owe us too right?
OKAY OKAY....Now this fool, this fool right here wants a part of Jay's fortune??? If he's talking about Slaves as in terms of construction workers gettin under paid this dude seriously done snorted up his money, for real. If he had an ounce of knowledge, he'd know the union pays its workers VERY WELL, with company 100% paid health, dental, and eye insurance. This fool done got old and ignored for many years. Does he have an album coming out??? If so, this is the saddest example of a publicity stunt.
youngG timothy the boy genius...lol...read the article again, your definetly missing something..lol
Damn, fool it'd be easier just to ask Jigga for a mil than trash his name in the papers. Just like Raekwons broke ass aking Ye and J-Hova to donate 100k each to the hood, this fool fell on hard times too.
shit they should sue jayz for brainwashing black ppl today that thinking buying $200 shoes $400 jeans is "cool" i think hes the 1 that started that shit and now most black teens today try to live luxury lifes while theyre probally not making more that $9/hr...u feel me?
Damn, how come you never hear of Jay suing anyone??? Think about it...exactly.
I doubt jay has 5 billion dollars.....
huh....He "only" worth 500 million....After he moves The Nets and Lebron to NY he'll have those billions though.
bullshit
friviolous law suits like this are filed all the time, he is obviously not going to win 5 billion dollars, this type of law suit is meant to strike social awarness, its not to win that big of a monetary award... the very thing he is suing for is ridiculous, reparations..lol...im half black and in no way was i directly effected by my ancestors being enslaved therefore i definetly dont deserve reparations, people should quiet that noise none of us deserve reparations...
friviolous law suits like this are filed all the time, he is obviously not going to win 5 billion dollars, this type of law suit is meant to strike social awarness, its not to win that big of a monetary award... the very thing he is suing for is ridiculous, reparations..lol...im half black and in no way was i directly effected by my ancestors being enslaved therefore i definetly dont deserve reparations, people should quiet that noise none of us deserve reparations...
Shiiit, we deserve reperations. We wont get them, no, but you were effected. Every black person who is a decendant of an enslaved African was effected. It effected the work your great-grandparents and grandparents were able to do, where they were able to live, the education they were allowed to receive, as well as the social climate they were made to live in...which in turn effected your parents and were they were raised, and what type of education they recieved, what jobs they got and what social climate they were raised in, which in turn effected you, your older brothers or sisters or cousins or whoever. It's why there are so many black "Hood" stars (as your name suggests) as opposed to "Dartmouth" stars, "Harvard" stars, "Yale" stars, "Upper middle class" stars, "Wall Sreet" stars, "Fortune 500" stars...
Reperations should come in the form of free education for our time denied any at all and some tax breaks.
haha sorry in advance but theres your evidence right there. Yes you were affected (not effected) and so was your education apparently haha but seriously get over it, slavery was along time ago, how much more time and how many more concessions and handouts do african americans need to get back to even
plus its insulting to all of the hard-working, successful african americans that took it in stride and still made it with hard work and perseverence.
hey see, like i said, sub par education, but I make due ya dig. Effected, affected, I got it...
But see I am over it, and I DONT believe we should be asking for repaerations. Not because we dont deserve them cuz we def deserve them, but just cuz we aint getting them so fuck it.
actually before you talk you should speak what you know, my sister is a dartmouth graduatre class of 05 and she now attends columbia law school and will graduate this year in the top 5% of her class, my pops is auditor and finacial advisor for meryl lynch and schaub.....my parents have very good jobs and have an education from a very good school(ucla, where i currently attend), they were both raised in watts and were exposed to the worst of the worst, they worked hard and made a chose to make something of themselves, people like you always blame all your problems on everyone else, other than yourself.......guess hard work has nothing to do with it huh???? lol
I said "so many" and "as opposed to", not that there were none, and I wasnt really talking specifically about you as I was just using your name as an example.
Thats good for you and your family and I acknowledge that there are many black families whove succeded like yours (and mine), but I dont think theres any intelligent argument that there are not disproportionate numbers as far as the percentage of blacks vs whites who attend those type of schools and achieve success in that manner.
The majority of us are starting from a disatvantage when compared to most of our white counterpoints, its a fact, and the heart of it comes back to slavery, which was followed immediatly by black codes, segregation, and Jim Crow.
and you should speak what you know "people like you"
You dont know who or what I am. I dont blame my problems on shit but the way life goes, but I am smart enough to recognize why my surrounding are what they are and not be foolish about it.
I am a success story my nigga, Im good. I'll let you hold something if you need it.
AND AGAIN NONE OF US DESERVE REPARATIONS!!!!!
ha ha get the fuck out here ha ha
Get That bullshit owwta here
i have nuthin but respect 4 kool herc cause of him bein an pioneer on hip hop, but dis shit is nuts. btw herc is from jamaica. he aint even got sfrician heritage
Someone tell me this is some kinda joke , and yeah i do respect Kool Herc but this does not make any sense i need to see his papers so i understand his case
wtf, this guy is holding on to something (slavery) just because things didnt go his way. In no way do i feel slavery was right.
SO IF HERC GETS HIS MONEY WHICH I THINK HIS SURE HIS GONNA GET OTHERWISE HE WOULD NOT MAKE A CASE FOR IT, IS HE GONNA SHARE THIS MONEY WITH THE REST OF us THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND IS THAT GONNA INCLUDE JAY IN THAT HANDOUT TOO??????
peace
if herc needs more names for his list he may as well add Oprah am sure she's got stake in some bank some where and she does has the money to pay him off
peace
that has to be the dumbest thing ive ever heard of
wat???? fuk outta here wit dat BULLSHYT! waste of time n money.........
Sue Jay-z bitch ass for doing buisness with a fuking slave trader most of y'all don't even know da facts just cause it's Jay-z bitch ass u niggas stick up for a nigga stupid ass nigga
THESE BOYS HATIN FOR REAL THEY JUST MAD CAUSE THAT MAN GOT THEM PECOS AND THEY BROKE. GET THAT MONEY J.
Cool Herc fuckin up...He need to dead this shit ASAMFP.
this is by far the DUMBEST SHIT IVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE
Cool Herc is old, broke, and stupid.
Why would u sue Jay Z (who is black) and try to make him pay reparations for slavery? ppl do the dumbest stuff!
Nothing Kool about DJ Herc. He just wants his name in circulation.
No response from Jay-Z because it doesn't warrant one. Kool is mental.
jay is a 60's baby(nabahood69), and he aint say shit cuz u gotta wait 4 the lawyers but he will b alrite