Despite the fact that rapper Jay-Z has signed a lucrative contract with the NFL, the league that tries diligently to appeal to fans’ patriotism, that didn’t stop him and his wife Beyonce from remaining seated during the singing of the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday.
While Demi Lovato stood on the field to sing the anthem, the couple sat while others stood. Just one day before the Super Bowl, The New York Times published an interview with Jay-Z in which he defended his partnership with the NFL from critics, including Eric Reid, a safety for the Carolina Panthers who joined former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a lawsuit against the NFL. Reid called the deal between Jay-Z’s company, Roc Nation, and the NFL “kind of despicable.”
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