Jay Z has been getting a lot of backlash lately but celebrity artist Daniel Edwards is defending the hip-hop mogul with his latest work of art which depicts Jay Z surrounded by Care Bears. Meanwhile, Jay Z and Beyonce are defying rumors that their marriage is in turmoil after they were spotted court-side at a basketball game together.
After Barneys New York was accused of racial profiling, Jay Z was urged to cut all ties with the luxury retailer who he is currently partnering with over the holidays.
When he decided not to back out of his deal, however, there was a serious uproar but Edwards feels that Jay Z is doing the right thing.
In addition to defending Jay Z he also depicted the rapper in a new sculptor that has Jay Z’s upper-half surrounded by Care Bears in a piece he calls “Jay Z Cares and Shares.”
“Jay Z is an entrepreneur, not a civil rights activist,” Edwards said in a press release.
He also pointed out that Jay Z is still doing a world of good by keeping the deal so that more money can go to his Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation.
“He defended future college funds by standing up to the criticism,” he said.
Criticism about the Barneys racial profiling allegations aren’t the only thing the “Tom Ford” rapper is facing, however.
Mr. Carter is also in hot water for supposedly spending more than $8,000 on drinks for a beauty queen in Antwerp.
While the rumor mill has been going crazy with the story, it seems like Beyonce isn’t paying it any mind.
On Thursday the Carters were spotted sitting court side like usual at the L.A. Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder game and the couple was all smiles.
Rumor had it that there was some trouble in paradise after former Miss Belgium, Claudia Scheelen, said that Jay Z sent her some expensive drinks during his visit to Magic nightclub in Antwerp last month.
“He sent over a drink – he had this huge bottle, it must have been six or 10 liters,” she said.
She also claimed that Jay Z told her that of all the places he’s been in the world, Antwerp had the prettiest women.
As far as there being any actual cheating though, Jay Z’s hands seem to be clean. The beauty queen never accused Jay Z of doing anything other than buying the expensive drink – and in Jay Z’s world it probably wasn’t that expensive of a drink anyway.
