UPDATE: The very first trailer for Hov’s forthcoming docu-series has been released! See the full trailer for the Kalief Browder documentary series below.

Original Story (October 7, 2016)

For those who don’t know, Jay Z is quickly breaking into the TV/movie/documentary space after signing a deal with The Weinstein Group. One of his first projects will be a docu-series deemed Kalief Browder, and yesterday (10/6), Hov held a press conference in NYC to discuss it.

During the presser, the topics of police brutality and the need for criminal justice reform came up. Hov had some powerful words:

“When you have compassion for what someone goes through—we’re all looking for a short embrace at time. Judgement is the enemy of compassion. When you are able to identify that…we’re all not perfect, we may make mistakes. All of us, every single one of us. When you have compassion for what someone’s going through and their plight, my personal belief, having the camera on someone creates more distrust. When we have an exchange and it has to be recorded, something’s wrong there, something’s broken. A camera can’t fix a relationship between a person that’s hired to protect and serve and society. There has to be a relationship. There has to be respect on both sides.”

See the press conference below and stay tuned for more information on Kalief Browder.