Belafonte: Jay-Z, Beyonce Turned Their Backs On Social Responsibility

Jigga-Man and Queen Bey might want to listen when grown folks are talking. Recently named the Forbes #1 Power Couple, Hollywood legend and social activist Harry Belafonte took them to task for being all flash and no substance, reports theHollywood Reporter.

THR: Back to the occasion of the award for your acting career. Are you happy with the image of members of minorities in Hollywood today?

Belafonte: Not at all. They have not told the history of our people, nothing of who we are. We are still looking. We are not determinated. We are not driven by some technology that says you can kill Afghans, the Iraqis or the Spanish. It is all — excuse my French — shit. It is sad. 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.

Read more of Belafonte’s sharp and insightful interview at The Hollywood Reporter.