Jay-Z has been a major supporter of Trayvon Martin’s family after his unlawful murder in 2012.
Standing on stage alongside Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, the Roc Nation mogul delivered a speech to the hundreds of people who came in support to march. In his speech, he called Martin “A beacon of light” whose name will “sit alongside the greats who lost their lives to push our culture forward — the Martin Luther Kings, the Gandhis.”
The rap mogul is the executive producer of an upcoming feature-length narrative film and a six-part television docu-series on Trayvon Martin’s life and the events surrounding his senseless murder.