Jay Z: Hip Hop’s Played Very Prominent Role in Helping Racial Relations

Jay Z explains in a new video from Oprah Winfrey‘s TV network why he believes hip hop has had some of the greatest impact––not just in America, but all over the world––on racial relations. He said, “I think that hip hop has done more for racial relations than most cultural icons.”

(He did single out Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as an exception.)

Jay Z said that hip-hop has shown to unite people of all races all over the world, because “it’s very difficult to teach racism when your kid looks up to Snoop Doggy Dogg.” He also pointed to how much more integrated clubs are now and how people can have better conversations about race after singing to the same songs.

Jay Z made similar remarks back in 2009, when he said hip hop has done more than any politician to improve race relations.

Watch the clip below, via OWN:

[h/t HuffPost]
[image via screengrab]

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