Jay-Z and Team Roc, the social justice arm of Jay-Z's Roc Nation management company, took out full-page advertisements in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribute, The Philadelphia Enquirer, and other newspapers around the US in dedication to George Floyd, as Rolling Stone reports.

During a press conference on Sunday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said that he had recently received a call from Jay-Z about the state's response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Team Roc, the social justice arm of Jay-Z's Roc Nation management company, has published an open letter calling for swift justice for Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old man who was shot and killed by two men while jogging in Georgia two months ago. A video appearing to show the shooting surfaced last week, sparking national outrage.

Among the many mini-controversies surrounding Super Bowl LIV this past weekend, one of the most tedious was the hubbub over Jay-Z and Beyoncé sitting through the national anthem. In a public appearance today, Jay explained that despite appearances, this wasn't a protest.

Five inmates were killed in Mississippi's state prisons within one week in late December and early January, a result of escalating violence some experts attribute to unchecked gang activity and insufficient funding within a system that has spun out of control. Now the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the warden of the state prison are&a...