President Donald Trump does not have a friend in Jay Z.

The 4:44 rapper criticized Trump and his administration for its overt appeal to white nationalism and white supremacy in an interview Friday, Sept. 22 with BBC Radio 1.  

"I believe that we are resilient, especially us as black people and especially the culture. We've been through so much more than this guy," he said. "This guy, I'm looking at him like, man, this is a joke, with all — I can't even say with all due respect — with all disrespect."

These statements aren't coming from nowhere.

A month ago, the nation was rocked by protests in Charlottesville, Virginia where various white nationalist groups gathered to protest the removal of a Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue. And many were in the city to "preserve white heritage" because of their perceived belief that minorities were taking away their rights.

After violence erupted and white supremacist James Alex Fields, Jr. rammed into a crowd of counter-protesters killing one and injuring 19 people, Trump claimed violence was equally on both sides. He even called some among the white nationalists "fine people." The president has made harsher statements about NFL players protesting the National Anthem. 

"We are all linked some kind of way. So if you oppress a certain people, everyone is in danger, karmically and in real life. If I'm being oppressed and you have this big, nice mansion, I'm coming inside there. That's gonna happen, that's just how life is."

“Until everyone is free, no one is free,” Jay Z said. "Period. That's just a fact."

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