MEDIA Jay-Z and Beyonce Have Been Discreetly Paying the Bail of Baltimore and Ferguson Protesters

[Katashi_itto]

Jay-Z and Beyonce get a lot of flack for being apolitical, but if a series of tweets from noted hip-hop writer, cultural critic and activist dream hampton can be believed, the couple is actually very politically engaged -- but just prefer to keep their social activism quiet.

hampton’s tweets, posted yesterday, claim that Jay-Z and Beyonce have been sending “tens of thousands” of dollars to underwrite efforts in Ferguson, Baltimore and for the Black Lives Matter movement in general. Though her tweets were later erased, Complex magazine had the foresight to capture screen grabs before they disappeared. The tweets are below:

http://www.alternet.org/media/jay-z-and-beyonce-have-been-discreetly-paying-bail-baltimore-and-ferguson-protesters

[virgogal]

1. They are worth about a billion dollars. It's like me donating a dollar.

[Katashi_itto]

3. How much are the Koch Bros donating?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Why do folks always say that?

I remember starting a thread about a large donation Shaq made to Katrina victims and several posters dismissed it because he should have/could have donated more.

[Katashi_itto]

6. Tone deaf? See post #1

[malthaussen]

2. Hooray for them.

And a second hooray that they actually practice the tenets of Matthew 6.

-- Mal

[IVoteDFL]

4. I started my morning with Drunk in Love

How wonderful to see that $$$ I've spent on all things Beyonce over the years ended up someplace good.