Harry Belafonte, Jay Z And Intergenerational Beef  Jul 30, 2013
Hip-hop beefs don't burn any slower or get any more bizarre.
Last year, Harry Belafonte, the acclaimed singer, actor and
civil rights activist, was awkwardly quoted by a foreign
reporter in a Q&A about modern celebrity and social
responsibility. The always-outspoken Belafonte didn't really
hold back.  Q: Are you happy with the image of members of
minorities in Hollywood today?  A: Not at all. They have not
told the history of our people, nothing of who we are. We are
still looking. ... And I think one of the great abuses of this
modern time is that we should have had such high-profile
artists, powerful celebrities. But they have turned their back
on social responsibility. That goes for Jay-Z and Beyonce, for
example. Give me Bruce Springsteen, and now you're talking. I
really think he is black.  Jay Z responded churlishly to
Belafonte's shade, first in lyrics on his latest album, and then
more expansively in an interview with Elliot Wilson last