Yahoo! Music — "A little boy got shot down today/ I hope his family is okay/ Is it our race that pay/ I hope the whole world be okay." more info

Consequence of Sound — In response to the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. more info

Idolator — The release of the track was prompted by the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. more info

CNN Showbiz — Jay Z dropped an emotional new song about the killings of black men by police officers, "Spiritual," Thursday night. more info

Rolling Stone — In light of a pair of police shootings that killed African-American civilians in Baton Rouge and Minnesota, Jay Z has unveiled a new track titled "spiritual" inspired by the rash of high-profile instances of police brutality. The song is Jay Z's f... more info

Stereogum — This morning, we all woke up to some horrifying news: Five police officers murdered at a protest in Dallas. But even as we’re trying to make sense of that, we’re still processing the trauma of the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, ... more info

E! Online — Late Thursday night, Jay Z released a new song, "Spiritual," as a commentary on police brutality and the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. "I made this song a year or... more info

NME — Jay Z producer says police later apologised and offered to buy him dinner more info

NME — Fury over the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling inspires musicians to take action more info

The Mirror — Four police officers were shot dead during a protest in Texas on Thursday night more info