Jay-Z and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell met with selected media members in New York Wednesday to discuss the league and Roc Nation's two-fold entertainment and social justice partnership.
The central topic proved to be former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, however.
Both sides have received post-partnership criticism given that Kaepernick—who received significant backlash after protesting social injustice and systemic oppression during the 2016 NFL season—has been out of NFL work for three years.
Jay-Z responded to the criticism, per Jason Reid of The Undefeated:
"We forget that Colin's whole thing was to bring attention to social injustice.