Jay Z being sued $5bn for slave trade
Jay Z is being sued $5 billion by a man seeking slavery reparations.
Both Jay Z and developer Bruce Ratner have been accused of “working in concert” with Barclays Bank and “profit[ing] from the African slave trade” by activist Clive Campbell.
Ratner is in charge of Brooklyn’s $4bn Atlantic Yards project which will see the construction of 6,000 new apartments along with a basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets.
As part-owner of the Nets and a staunch suporter of the Atlantis project, Jay-Z has found himself drawn into an argument over slavery after Barclays brought the naming rights to the basketball arena for $400m.
The bank faces long-standing accusations that it had links to the 18th century slave trade with some suggesting that it co-operated with South African apartheid, although Barclays deny the claims.
Campbell accuses them of being involved in “a conspiracy dating back hundreds of years and [continuing] to oppress black people, enslave them, [and] unlawfully deport them to all corners of the Earth.”
Quite an accusation especially Jay Z being a black icon. Although Forbes names Jay Z and the richest rapper in 2007, $5bn is a lot of money to be handing out. You can be sure Jay Z ain’t going to let this slip.
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