Jay-Z loaned his voice to a New York Times video art short condemning America’s war on drugs as an “epic fail.” The rapper places solid blame on its failures on Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, but oddly NEVER mentions the Clinton years. How politically convenient of him.

“Drugs were bad; fried your brain. And drug dealers were monsters, the sole reason neighborhoods and major cities were failing,” Jay-Z says. “No one wanted to talk about Reaganomics and the ending of social safety nets, the defunding of schools and the loss of jobs in cities across America. Young men like me who hustled became the sole villain, and drug addicts lacked moral fortitude.”

That was the other point made during his narration: how people of color are disproportionately targeted by police officers. 

“Even though white people used and sold crack more than black people, somehow it was black people who went to prison,” he said. “Crack is still talked about as a black problem.”

And though he spoke of the huge rise of incarcerations that occurred in the 1990s, Jay-Z never mentioned the Clinton legacy of criminal justice reform that is responsible. Not surprising coming from a Democrat and friend of the family.

Watch the four-minute animation below:

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