Jay-Z is among a group of community leaders who are using the moving words of Martin Luther King Jr. in a powerful full-page newspaper ad. It pays tribute to George Floyd and others who have died due to police violence.

JAY-Z has taken to the nation’s top newspapers to decry the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis P.D. custody. The 50-year-old mogul co-signed a full-page ad that included quotes from a 1965 speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave in Selma, AL during the height of the civil rights battle. The late leader spoke about standing up for justice in the face of police violence. Sadly, it is still a nationwide issue 55 years later. Protests across the country erupted following the viral video of a handcuffed and unarmed Floyd, 46, pleading that he couldn’t breathe while police officer Derek Chauvin, 44, kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes during a May 25 arrest. The officer was fired and later arrested and charged on May 29 with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in connection with Floyd’s death.

In the ad — which the rapper signed with his name “Shawn ‘JAY-Z’ Carter” — the quote from MLK read: “A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.”

It continued, “So we’re going to stand up amid horses. We’re going to stand up right here in Alabama, amid the billy-clubs. We’re going to stand up right here in Alabama amid police dogs, if they have them. We’re going to stand up amid tear gas! We’re going to stand up amid anything they can muster up, letting the world know that we are determined to be free!”

Jay’s Roc Nation entertainment agency posted the ad to their Instagram page on June 2 with the caption, “In dedication to George Floyd. #BlackLivesMatter #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd.” Not only did the company co-sign th

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