Music mogul Jay-Z based Roc Nation in 2008, and the leisure firm has dealt with the manufacturing of the Tremendous Bowl halftime present for the previous a number of years.
A rape allegation was just lately introduced in opposition to the rapper and businessman.Â
Whereas NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated he was conscious of the allegations, he rapidly dismissed considerations the state of affairs would negatively alter Jay-Z’s working relationship with the league.
“We’re conscious of the civil allegations and Jay-Z’s actually sturdy response to that,” Goodell stated Wednesday after the NFL’s winter conferences. “We all know the litigation is occurring now. From our standpoint, our relationship will not be altering with them, together with our preparations for the subsequent Tremendous Bowl.”
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Recording artist Jay-Z with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell earlier than the Tremendous Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Feb. 12. 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Immediately Sports activities)
A lady sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging she was sexually assaulted at an awards present after-party in 2000, when she was 13.
On Sunday, the lawsuit was amended to incorporate a brand new allegation that Jay-Z was additionally on the social gathering and took part in an unlawful sexual act.
Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Footage’ “The E book Of Clarence” on the Academy Museum of Movement Footage Jan. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Monica Schipper/WireImage)
Jay-Z, whose actual identify is Shawn Carter, denied the allegations and asserted the rape accusation made in opposition to him was a part of an extortion try. He additionally referred to as the allegations “idiotic” and “heinous in nature” in a press release launched by Roc Nation, one in every of his firms.
“My lawyer obtained a blackmail try, referred to as a requirement letter, from a ‘lawyer’ named Tony Buzbee,” Jay-Z shared in a press release posted on Roc Nation’s X account. “What he had calculated was the character of those allegations and the general public scrutiny would make me wish to settle.”
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The NFL teamed up with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in 2019 for occasions and social activism. The league and the high-profile leisure firm prolonged their partnership earlier this yr.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Jay-Z on the Roc Nation and NFL partnership announcement at Roc Nation Aug. 14, 2019, in New York Metropolis. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Pictures for Roc Nation)
Kendrick Lamar has been tapped for the Tremendous Bowl halftime present on the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans Feb. 9. Roc Nation and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will function co-executive producers of the halftime present.
Beyoncé, who’s married to Jay-Z, will carry out at halftime of the Christmas Day recreation between the Ravens and Texans in Houston. Beyoncé, who has extra Grammys than another artist in historical past, was born in Houston.
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“I feel they’re getting extremely comfy with not simply with the Tremendous Bowl however different occasions they’ve suggested us on and helped us with,” Goodell stated. “They’ve been an enormous assist in the social justice space to us on many events. They’ve been nice companions.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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