The NFL and Roc Nation have announced that, in support of the social justice platform Inspire Change, Meghan Trainor, Meek Mill, Rapsody, and DJ Pharris will be performing a free concert at Grant Park in Chicago on Thursday, Sept. 5. Proceeds from the concert will be donated to social justice organizations, and parts of Trainor and Mill’s performances will be livestreamed on NBC and NFL Network’s pregame coverage from 7:30 to 8:10 p.m. ET, before the first game of the season kicks off between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field.
Trainor, Mill, and Rapsody have been named the first Inspire Change Advocates in advance of the concert. It was also announced that Inspire Change will sell apparel later this year.
The announcements are already garnering strong reactions on social media:
NFL and Jay Z is like Kaepernick kneeled so Meghan Trainor could soar.
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 30, 2019
Those of us who criticized the Jay-Z and NFL partnership predicted this. Honestly, this is disgraceful.
And if you think profits won’t go in the pockets of Jay Z and the NFL you’re a fool.
How do you with a straight face ban Kaepernick then make money off of him? https://t.co/XBHBIC7TsM
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) August 30, 2019
The fact that Jay Z really said we’re past kneeling and is promoting shirts for Meghan Trainor… pic.twitter.com/e2OX9AuvC5
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