Jeezy Speaks on His Support for Ferguson Protests (Article + Video)

#AMPtv got the word that the Atlanta rap star has explained speaking with Louis Farrakhan about current protests in Ferguson and the influence of celebrity voices.

During a sit down with Houston’s 97.9 The Box, Jeezy chose to talked about current protests over police violence in Ferguson, Missouri. He told the station that he had spoken with Louis Farrakhan about the police killing of Mike Brown and the continuous aftermath, Jeezy also made a statement on the power and influence celebrities have.

“I don’t know if I’m really supposed to say this or not but I got a call from Farrakhan yesterday about the whole incident, we talked for almost an hour,” the Seen It All rapper said. “That was my whole thing, like to him, I always knew how to take a role of leadership I just never had a cause. I don’t really think it’s just about money, everybody wanna be successful but when you’re still successful—you look at Oprah, you look at Tyler Perry, and these people—we associate success with money. So when you’re successful it’s cool to be about your money, but when things happen you gotta step up and be a leader. You gotta step up and handle your business. If you got a million followers or two million followers, these are two million people that’s gon’ listen, that’s gon’ tell two million other people what’s going on. And the whole thing [with Mike Brown], I spoke with his mother and everything. Even the whole thing with that, I was there. I was doing a show and I’m from that so I just didn’t feel comfortable touching that town without going to touch the people. All those things going on, I don’t wanna come through there and just give money and leave. Actually, to keep it a hundred, I didn’t want to do the show. I didn’t. I didn’t feel comfortable. It didn’t feel authentic. It didn’t feel real. But I get it ‘cause people wanna enjoy themselves but in the back of my mind, my son’s 18-years old. Even with the things that’s going on out there I just feel like it gotta come from up top. Barack Obama, our whole government gotta come in and shut that down ‘cause if somebody else gets hurt it’s gonna spread even farther.”

During the conversation, Jeezy took time to speak on the military equipment and weapons being used in the city. When he spoke he said “there should be no reason for any law enforcement to shoot any unarmed person.”

See what else Jeezy had to say in the interview video below:

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