Jay-Z Continues To Defend His NFL Partnership In New Song With Jay Electronica

Jay-Z cleverly addressed the critics of his NFL partnership in a featured verse for Jay Electronica’s debut album “A Written Testimony.”

In his lyrics for the "Flux Capacitor" track, the 50-year-old clarified his decision to work with the league despite his claimed support for Colin Kapernick and his controversial protest against racial injustices, XXL reports.

"Why would I sell out? I'm already rich, don't make no sense," Jay-Z rapped. "Got more money than Goodell, a whole NFL bench/Did it one-handed like Odell, handcuffed to a jail/I would've stayed on the sideline if they could've tackled that [expletive] themselves."

The verse comes after the businessman revealed why he and wife Beyoncé remained seated during Demi Lovato’s National Anthem performance at the 2020 Superbowl. In January, he told an audience at Columbia University that it wasn’t a form of protest, but rather a look at the two in “artist mode.”

“Demi [Lovato] comes out,” he recalled. “And we’re talking about how beautiful she looked and how she sounds. And what she’s going through in her life for her to be on this stage and we’re so proud of her.”

Jay-Z and Roc Nation’s partnership with the NFL has given the artist quite a bit of say when it comes to selecting and organizing musical performances for the league.

“I didn’t have to make a silent protest,” he said regarding Super Bowl LIV. “If you look at the stage, the artists we chose…We were making the biggest, loudest protest of all. Giving the context, I didn’t have to make a silent protest.”

“The Story of O.J.” rapper has previously defended his decision to work with the league saying it was necessary to spur change in how the sports empire deals with social justice and diversity.

“No one is saying he hasn’t been done wrong,” Jay-Z told the New York Times. “He was done wrong. I would understand if it was three months ago. But it was three years ago and someone needs to say, ‘What do we do now — because people are still dying?’”