UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Jay-Z's 'Occupy' shirts pulled

|
 
Kanye West and Jay-Z perform at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City on November 9, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo
Kanye West and Jay-Z perform at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City on November 9, 2011. UPI/John Angelillo 
License photo
Published: Nov. 12, 2011 at 5:55 PM

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- "Occupy All Streets" T-shirts advertized by Jay-Z's clothing brand disappeared from the company's Web site after reports the items would not support protesters.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. hip-hop mogul's clothing brand, Rocawear, said Friday proceeds of his "Occupy All Streets" T-shirts would not go to help those in need.

By Saturday, all "Occupy" items had disappeared from Rocawear's Web site, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The New York Daily News said Jay-Z wore a shirt with the play on words for "Occupy Wall Street" at one of his Manhattan concerts this week.

"At this time, we have not made an official commitment to monetarily support the movement," a Rocawear spokeswoman said in a statement issued to Gawker.com Friday.

A Rocawear representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment, the Journal said.

Topics: Occupy Wall Street
© 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 16
Flags-In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
View Caption
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
fark
Photoshop this man and his magnificent mask
How to fill out that Taco Bell job application like a BOSS
An abandoned runway in the French countryside, a daring Frenchman sits astride his home built bicycle....
Moore, OK to well-wishers: Please, no more socks and underwear, we have enough to last 20 lifetimes....
Man gets fifteen months and prison and a $56,000 fine for cutting down more than two dozen black...
Attention Fearless Freaking Farkers and all around good Samaritans. Threadless and the Flaming Lips...