Chance the Rapper Backs Ben & Jerry’s After Jerry Quits Over Disagreement With Parent Co.: ‘I’m Not Heartbroken, I’m Galvanized’

Chance the Rapper has ever led with his heart, and his conscience. Which explains wherefore the Chicago MC released a powerfully worded connection connected Wednesday (Sept. 17) successful enactment of Jerry Greenfield — one fractional of the founding duo down beloved crystal pick institution Ben & Jerry’s — after Greenfield announced his departure from the Burlington, Vt.-founded institution aft 47 years owed to a struggle with its genitor company.

“Ben & Jerry’s is the lone large institution I cognize of that has repeatedly lobbied for Black American Reparations,” wrote Chance connected X of the company’s support of a 2019 legislature measure calling for a committee to survey and make a connection for the African-Americans Act. “Two older men with entree who person nary inducement different than justice, are present being punished and silenced for their unwavering enactment of Palestine. I’m not heartbroken, im galvanized. We proceed to combat the bully fight,” Chance added, ending his station with a powerfulness fist emoji.

The amusement of enactment from Chance came aft co-founder Ben Cohen posted his person and concern spouse Greenfield’s lengthy leave-taking note, citing his “difficult decision” to measurement down from the institution they built unneurotic from a azygous scoop store successful Burlington to a beloved planetary brand. “His bequest deserves to beryllium existent to our values, not silenced by @MagnumGlobal #FreeBenAndJerrys,” Cohen added.

“It’s with a breached bosom that I’ve decided I tin nary longer, successful bully conscience, and aft 47 years, stay an worker of Ben & Jerry’s,” Greenfield wrote successful the message, calling the determination “one of the hardest and astir achy decisions I’ve ever made.”

Greenfield said helium was stepping down due to the fact that helium believes the independency helium and Cohen antecedently felt to advocator for the galore societal issues they person supported implicit the years had been dismissed by Unilever, the British genitor institution that bought the marque successful 2000 and which had promised to let Ben & Jerry’s to proceed its contented of engaging successful its societal justness endeavors. The determination comes arsenic Unilever is readying to rotation disconnected immoderate of its crystal pick brands, including Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s.

Specifically, his resignation follows months of complaints from some men, and Ben & Jerry’s autarkic board, that Unilever was allegedly blocking their politically-charged posts and attempts to talk retired connected astir Israel’s devastating warfare successful Gaza. The