Jay-Z Selling Occupy Wall Street T-Shirts; No Plans to Share Profits With Protestors

[meegbear]

Source: HollywoodReporter.com

Jay-Z is releasing a new line of T-shirts in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement Friday via his Rocawear clothing label, but he doesn't plan to share any of the profits with the protesters.

The rapper was recently seen wearing one of the shirts, which tweaks the phrase "Occupy Wall Street" by crossing out the "W" and adding an "S" to make it read "Occupy All Streets."
The protests, which started Sept. 17 in New York, have since spread to Los Angeles and other cities as demonstrators protest corporate greed and corruption.

The Business Insider noted the "irony" in that Jay-Z has no intention to distribute any of the proceeds to protestors.

A Rocawear spokesperson told the publication: "The 'Occupy All Streets' T-shirt was created in support of the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement. Rocawear strongly encourages all forms of constructive expression, whether it be artistic, political or social. 'Occupy All Streets' is our way of reminding people that there is change to be made everywhere, not just on Wall Street. At this time we have not made an official commitment to monetarily support the movement."

Read more: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jay-z-occupy-wall-street-shirt-rocawear-260334

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WHAT A DOUCHE

[Myrina]

1. Sigh. I knew there had to be more than 1 reason I don't like him ...

Asswipe.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. at least 99 reasons to dislike Jay Z

Exploitative greedy, he is the 1%

[sarcasmo]

3. Greedy, Douche Bag, typical one per-center.

[OhioChick]

4. Cheap ass n/t

[PoliticAverse]

5. And so the 1% learns it can profit directly from the movement...

I wonder where the T-shirts are made.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. Fuck you, leech.

Tax his sorry ass!

[sarcasmo]

20. +1

[ChromeFoundry]

7. "If you're feeling like a douch-bag, go on brush your shoulders off.." -nt

[tcaudilllg]

8. Sounds like a gang slogan.

Right thing to do would be organized boycott.

[Lost-in-FL]

9. This is an improvement...

considering that he used to be a drug dealer.

[catbyte]

10. What a POS

[and-justice-for-all]

11. Thats low...nt

[SoapBox]

12. Boycott time...

Hey JerkFace-Z...you are disgusting.

[alp227]

13. I can't believe that it'll take a BACKLASH for Rocawear to change their minds

typical corporate greed. That confirms the deep divide between the 1% and the rest. At least Michael Moore knows that there are way more people beyond his class.

Maybe if a lot of radio stations stop playing his music then he'll reconsider. And...many of the young OWS'ers will still listen to Jay?

[Maven]

14. He and Beyonce are both awful.

[Major Hogwash]

15. Wow! This is incredibly stupid.

No wonder his star has faded so much recently.

[Occulus]

16. Hmmm. Looks like it's bootleg T-shirt time.

I seriously hope the design gets copied over and over by multiple vendors. To coin a phrase, this dude deserves to lose his shirt over this!

[CJCRANE]

17. Put your money where your mouth is, Jay-Z . . . nt

[OhioChick]

18. Update:

Occupy T-Shirts Disappear Amid Criticism

Jay-Z and Rocawear have removed their Occupy Wall St. themed t-shirts from Rocawear.com -- after the rap mogul came under heavy fire for profiting off the protests, without donating anything to the cause.

Jay-Z was photographed wearing the "Occupy All Streets" shirts earlier this week and began selling them on his website. Checking the site today ... the shirts are now gone.

Before the t-shirts were pulled ... TMZ spoke with Grim, one of the leaders of the Occupy movement, who told us, "Jay-Z, as talented as he is, has the political sensibility of a hood rat and is a scrotum. To attempt to profit off of the first important social moment of 50 years with an overpriced piece of cotton is an insult to the fight for economic civil rights known as #occupywallstreet."

We've been calling Jay-Z's camp for the past two days ... no word back.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/12/jay-z-occupy-wall-street-t-shirts/#.Tr7MF7JBmt8

[sibelian]

19. Jerk.

Unsurprising, frankly.