Jay-Z - under
increasing pressure to back out of a collaboration with the luxury store
Barneys New York after it was accused of racially profiling two black customers
- said Saturday he's being unfairly "demonized" for just waiting to
hear all of the facts.
The rap mogul made his
first statement about the controversy in a posting on his website. He has come
under fire for remaining silent as news surfaced this week that two young black
people said Barneys profiled them after they purchased expensive items from
their Manhattan store.
