It's always interesting when rappers make their "best rappers of all time" lists. Musical taste is a subjective thing, so these lists can't be wrong. There's always a set of stock answers to the question -- Biggie, Tupac, Jay-Z, Eminem -- and the lists get more interesting when they get further away from those stock…

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.