re: Jay-Z becomes Hip-Hop's first billionaire.

He might be wrong on racism or America, but he isn't a shitty rapper and worked with image and investments to make money.


If anything he is being attacked by the industry he built for trying to improve the image and culture of it.

I get rap music isn't for everyone, so I wouldn't dare ask someone to listen to a song, but listen or at least read the lyrics to The Story of OJ.

The guy does exactly what most conservative jaw bumpers ask. Tells the people listening to get over the image and 'cultcha' and make something by looking at what other ethnicities/cultures have done. Invest, build from within, etc.

I don't pretend rap/hip-hop is some great artform, but sometimes it can remind you of classic country and speak a lesson....if you aren't too closed minded to listen

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He is a shitty fricking rapper and yet he struck it rich

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This is just an indefensible opinion, IMO.

Jay-Z has some great lyricism in his earlier work. For my money, verse 2 in D'Evils is lyrically the best rap verse ever. Then, he transitioned to incredible commercial success and was as commercially successful as any rapper.

If you just don't like rap, that's one thing. But calling him a ****ty rapper? Objectively, he's the exact opposite. He had critical, technical and commercial success, which is no small thing.