“Prop 47, California; build more schools, less prisons,” Jay Z proclaimed during his set at the Rose Bowl Sunday (August 3) before kicking off “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).” For those unaware, Jigga’s statement was directly related to a proposal that is to be included on the ballot during elections in California this November.

Prop 47, also known as the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” would reduce the penalty for some non-violent crimes from federal to misdemeanors to result in shorter sentences. According to the proposal, prisons will be less crowded allowing for the money saved on inmates to be redirected to fund K-12 school programs (25%), victim services (10%) and mental health and drug treatment (65%).

Author and activist Dream Hampton posted the video of Jigga’s announcement on Instagram captioning the video, “Many of you know that I’ve joined with #VoteYeson47 and @mrmikedelarocha push through a California ballot initiative, Prop 47, that will change petty, nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and reallocate prison spending to prevention and schools. Thousands of poor people will no longer have felony convictions for petty crimes. Tonight, after many recent conversations about mass incarceration, Jay Z stood with us, from the Rose Bowl stage.”

Watch Jay stand with Prop 47 in the video on the following page.