VIDEO: Stephen A. Smith Goes Off On Jay-Z’s Friends For Not Defending Him Publicly During Rape Lawsuit

Let’s talk about Stephen A. Smith and his recent rant about Jay-Z’s friends not having his back and defending him publicly in the rape lawsuit. Now, you know Stephen A. is not one to hold back, and he didn’t hold back on this one!

So here’s the deal. Jay-Z was hit with a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. Now, we’re not here to debate whether he’s guilty or not, that’s for the courts to decide. But what got Stephen A. fired up was the fact that none of Jay-Z’s friends came out to defend him. That’s shocking!

Stephen A. Smith went off on his show and trashed all of Jay-Z’s friends for not coming out to defend him before the rape lawsuit was dropped. Sometimes, you think you have good friends until you are in hot waters.

Smith addressed Jay-Z’s associates angrily on The Stephen A. Smith Show when speaking about the case and how Jay-Z was the only one to speak on his own behalf. “Most of us would have let our lawyers handle this, we would have shut up and stood quiet,” he said.

“And to the people that have smiled in Jay-Z’s face, supposed to be his friends, where are y’all at?” Smith asked at around the two-minute mark.

“If y’all ever handle some stuff with me the way that some of these people handled stuff with Jay-Z, y’all can kiss my ass and you go to hell,” Smith continued. “Because at the very least somebody should be able to say, ‘I’ve known Stephen A. for 20, 25, 30, 40 years, nah I can’t see him doing that.’”

Smith then reiterated that Jay-Z had to defend himself when others wouldn’t. “You just gonna go silent and leave him hanging like that?” Smith ranted. “Ain’t like he was silent. Ain’t like he was hiding and leaving others to talk for him. He spoke and said, ‘I’m innocent this isn’t true,’ and nobody could stand up and say, ‘Nath that brother that I know, I couldn’t see that.”

Of course, we don’t know what went on behind the scenes. Maybe Jay-Z’s friends supported him behind closed doors. But in the court of public opinion, silence can speak volumes. So whether you agree with Stephen A. or not, one thing is clear – he’s not afraid to speak his mind and call people out when he thinks they’re in the wrong.

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