{"id":749146,"date":"2026-06-29T15:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/?p=749146"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:00:29","slug":"jay-z-issues-cease-desist-notices-for-druski-skit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/2026\/06\/jay-z-issues-cease-desist-notices-for-druski-skit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z issues cease &#038; desist notices for Druski skit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_749015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-749015\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jay-Z-GettyImages-2281025094.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-749015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jay-Z-GettyImages-2281025094.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jay-Z-GettyImages-2281025094-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jay-Z-GettyImages-2281025094-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jay-Z-GettyImages-2281025094-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-749015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay-Z on June 15, 2026, in Philadelphia. (Photo: MAURICE VAN STEEN \/ ANP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jay-Z is very insecure when it comes to his hair and his public image. The 56-year-old rapper responded to BET host Druski&#8217;s comedy skit by issuing cease &#038; desist notices.<\/p>\n<p>The Internet comedian mocked Jay-Z&#8217;s Roots Picnic performance while rocking an afro lacefront wig.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Druski pokes fun at JA\u0178-Z by mocking the rapper&#39;s Roots Picnic performance at the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BETAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BETAwards<\/a>. ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vjgH7JlqMp\">pic.twitter.com\/vjgH7JlqMp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; XXL Magazine (@XXL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/XXL\/status\/2071420191238430863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The skit went viral on Sunday, and thousands of copies of the video spread across X.com, TikTok and Instagram. Jay-Z&#8217;s team allegedly issued thousands of takedown notices to social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright notices were also sent to BET, ViacomCBS, and Paramount Pictures. It seems Jay-Z&#8217;s image (and his afro) are copyrighted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m wheezing ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qn0UoL7mMr\">pic.twitter.com\/Qn0UoL7mMr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pam (@nomadicsunset) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nomadicsunset\/status\/2071572656739025205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Black Media on X.com: &#8220;Multiple viral clips of Druski impersonating Jay-Z at the BET Awards have been taken down from X following copyright claims. This isn&#8217;t the first time the 56-year-old rapper, who is older than X&#8217;s owner Elon Musk, has had videos and photos of himself removed from the platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Multiple viral clips of Druski impersonating Jay-Z at the BET Awards have been taken down from X following copyright claims.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the 56-year-old rapper, who is older than X\u2019s owner Elon Musk, has had videos and photos of himself removed from the platform. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgOMmMbzdT\">pic.twitter.com\/wgOMmMbzdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BlackMedia__ (@BlackMedia___) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlackMedia___\/status\/2071654118150525121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jay Z got BET, ViacomCBS, &amp; Paramount Pictures to copyright Akademiks for posting Druski making fun of Jay Z but they didn\u2019t copyright XXL hmmm ???<\/p>\n<p>THE JIG IS UP??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cjzbCMpDxB\">pic.twitter.com\/cjzbCMpDxB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iMOv591PwP\">https:\/\/t.co\/iMOv591PwP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ??? (@COMEONACONEH0E) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/COMEONACONEH0E\/status\/2071606458232209731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay-Z is very insecure when it comes to his hair and his public image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":749016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[545],"tags":[2585,10407,18195,120,6915,1706],"class_list":{"0":"post-749146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-comedy","8":"tag-cease-and-desist","9":"tag-comedy-skit","10":"tag-druski","11":"tag-jay-z","12":"tag-midlife-crisis","13":"tag-viral-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749146"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749150,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749146\/revisions\/749150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandrarose.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}