JAY-Z Wins Peabody Award
Jay-Z will be adding another award to his collection! According to Variety, the 2017 documentary he produced: “TIME: The Kalief Browder Story” will earn this honor. The documentary told the…
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 27: Honoree Jay-Z accepts the President’s Merit Award onstage during the Clive Davis and Recording Academy Pre-GRAMMY Gala and GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jay-Z on January 27, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for NARAS)
Michael Kovac/Getty ImagesJay-Z will be adding another award to his collection! According to Variety, the 2017 documentary he produced: "TIME: The Kalief Browder Story" will earn this honor.
The documentary told the story of Kalief Browder, a man from the Bronx, NY, who was arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack.
Browder was sent to Rikers Island and faced mental and physical abuse over the course of 3 years locked up, without being convicted. He committed suicide at the age of 22.
The Peabody Awards will take place on May 19th in New York.
