PROPS to Jay Z

[The Buddy Love Show]

Richest man in hiphop and a high achiever:

http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2007/08/15/hip-hop-millionaires-biz-cx_lg_0816hiphop.html

Hip-Hop Cash Kings
Lea Goldman with Jake Paine 08.16.07, 6:00 AM ET
While most of us look forward to retirement, Shawn Carter, better known to the planet as master rapper Jay-Z, couldn't stand the view from the sidelines following his 2003 farewell The Black Album. Despite a frenetic schedule as president of Def Jam Recordings and co-founder of its ultra-successful Roc-A-Fella Records imprint, Jay-Z managed to squeeze in a comeback last year with Kingdom Come, his 11th studio album, which debuted at the top of the pop and rap music charts, selling some 2 million copies.

But those weren't the only paychecks coming in. Jay-Z also owns the 40/40 Club sports bar franchise, with locations in New York and Atlanta, and a small stake in the NBA's New Jersey Nets. (He's often photographed in courtside seats alongside his girlfriend, pop superstar Beyoncé.) Plus the native New Yorker (from Brooklyn's hardscrabble Marcy Projects) collects income from blue-chip endorsement deals with Budweiser, Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ), and General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ). All told, Jay-Z banked an estimated $34 million in 2006, earning him the top spot on Forbes' first-ever list of hip-hop Cash Kings.

In Pictures: Hip-Hop Cash Kings

Unlike traditional music genres like pop, rock and country, whose artists generally make the bulk of their money selling albums and touring, hip-hop has spawned an impressive cadre of musicians-cum-entrepreneurs who have parlayed their fame into lucrative entertainment empires. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who nabbed the No. 2 spot on the list, presides over G-Unit, a diverse portfolio of businesses that includes apparel, ringtones, video games and even a line of fiction. All told, "Fiddy" as he is known to fans, made an estimated $32 million last year. "I'm creating a foundation that will be around for a long time, because fame can come and go or get lost in the lifestyle and the splurging," he told Forbes last year. "I never got into it for the music. I got into it for the business."


At No. 3 is impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, formerly known as "Puff Daddy," who lords over Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group. That enterprise is responsible for TV series like MTV's Making the Band franchise, the Sean John clothing line, the bestselling Unforgivable cologne and a pair of restaurants called Justin's, named after one of his sons. The Bad Boy Records label, backed by Warner Music Group (nyse: WMG - news - people ), released albums last year by Danity Kane, Cassie and Yung Joc. Last year, Diddy himself released his first album in four years; Press Play debuted at the top of the U.S. pop and rap charts. All told, Combs made an estimated $28 million last year. (Representatives for Diddy, ever the showman, insist that figure is much higher.)

Generally, the most successful "hip-hopreneurs" run their own labels, taking a cut from the artists they sign. Both Eminem ($18 million) and Dr. Dre ($20 million) boast Interscope-backed imprints; both helped produce and release 50 Cent's last two albums, which have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Fifty owns his own G-Unit label which produces artists like Young Buck and Lloyd Banks, among others.

Other lucrative businesses: producing tracks and beats for other artists. Listers like Timbaland ($21 million), Scott Storch ($17 million) and Pharrell Williams ($17 million) are among the most sought after--and pricey-- producers on the planet. Rappers like Snoop Dogg ($17 million) collect massive fees for cameos on other artists' tracks. Last year, in addition to releasing Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, his eighth studio album, Snoop Dogg ($17 million) made guest appearances on hit singles by Akon, Mariah Carey and the Pussycat Dolls.

While endorsement deals with top-shelf brands used to be the exclusive domain of pop's biggest acts--Michael Jackson and Madonna, among them--hip-hop artists now routinely land such gigs. This year Chamillionaire ($11 million) inked a deal with Energizer; The Game ($11 million) peddles Skechers sneakers. And in an irrefutable sign of just how corporate hip-hop has become: Last October Anheuser Busch named Jay-Z "co-brand director" for Budweiser Select.

Our estimates are based solely on 2006 income. In March, Jay-Z sold his Rocawear apparel label to Iconix (nasdaq: ICON - news - people ) for $204 million. Forbes estimates he pocketed about a quarter of that, after taxes and other payable commitments. And in May, Coca Cola (nyse: KO - news - people ) announced it would buy Glaceau, maker of VitaminWater, for $4.2 billion in cash. Once the deal is consummated, 50 Cent, who agreed to endorse the brand in 2004 in exchange for a small stake, should walk away with some $100 million. Best efforts were made to contact every member of the list for comment.

Forbes and E! Entertainment teamed up for a one-hour special about the list, which will premiere on Saturday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m. ET. The E! special features exclusive interviews with Big Boi, Lil Jon, T.I., Swizz Beats and Scott Storch. Check your local listings.

[The Buddy Love Show]

the most important words from the above article:

"Unlike traditional music genres like pop, rock and country, whose artists generally make the bulk of their money selling albums and touring, hip-hop has spawned an impressive cadre of musicians-cum-entrepreneurs who have parlayed their fame into lucrative entertainment empires. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who nabbed the No. 2 spot on the list, presides over G-Unit, a diverse portfolio of businesses that includes apparel, ringtones, video games and even a line of fiction. All told, "Fiddy" as he is known to fans, made an estimated $32 million last year. "I'm creating a foundation that will be around for a long time, because fame can come and go or get lost in the lifestyle and the splurging," he told Forbes last year. "I never got into it for the music. I got into it for the business."

[chldfknungrnd764]

The brotha is handling his business well!:hail:

[D J 1 3 8]

MARCY, son!

[Mack-Williams]

Gotta give props to 50 too. Both of them cats got good business minds.

[chldfknungrnd764]

"I never got into it for the music. I got into it for the business."


Says a lot about the big picture!

[Huey P. Freeman]

Gotta give props to 50 too. Both of them cats got good business minds.I gotta give it up to both guys(and Sean Combs) they definitely have taken care of business(even if their music SUCKS!!!!).

[DaveR]

... Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who nabbed the No. 2 spot on the list, presides over G-Unit, a diverse portfolio of businesses that includes apparel, ringtones, video games and even a line of fiction. All told, "Fiddy" as he is known to fans, made an estimated $32 million last year ...
That's House! ... no, I mean 50's house in CT :rofl5:

http://www.theratandmouse.co.uk/weblog/20070525fiftyc1.jpg

[TAC]

That's House! ... no, I mean 50's house in CT :rofl5:

http://www.theratandmouse.co.uk/weblog/20070525fiftyc1.jpg

SH*T too BIG ROBIN!!!

[chldfknungrnd764]

SH*T too BIG ROBIN!!!


I agree!:scared:

[D J 1 3 8]

SH*T too BIG ROBIN!!!

Robin Masters n shit

[DaveR]

Robin Masters n shit
http://www.netweed.com/prohiphop/graf/fiftyshouse.jpg

50 Cent's 51,657-square-foot crib has 19 bedrooms, 35 bathrooms, a theater, disco, indoor pool and spa, tennis and basketball courts and an infinity edge outdoor pool with a 40-person hot tub tucked inside a rock grotto behind a waterfall. But that's not all. The private compound also has its own Koi pond, gardens, a guest house, a board room and state-of-the-art security systems.

[chldfknungrnd764]

Robin Masters n shit

Kind of crib where a robber breaks in and stays for a week while jacking the crib a little at a time.http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t194/eastep1/stickup.gif

[Phyllis Hyman Cherry]

From Marcy to Hollyhood.And dont forget he got the hottest chick in the game wearing his chain!

[The Buddy Love Show]

All paid for by hiphop loving white wimmins

to quote Kalinga: "THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!!!!"

[tony winter]

I'm sorry but didn't it start with dealing crack? I just can't give props to that. True he's a business man but damn...the origins are just not good.

[Phyllis Hyman Cherry]

Tw you gotta do what you gotta do.At that time becoming a drug dealer was genius.This is not toward you Tw but why do some people get so uptight about drugs.People that do drugs want to do them so why not let them.When i was in the throws of my coke addiction i enjoyed every single minute of it it was fun.Im not gonna sit up here and pretend getting high from coke isnt fun.The drug dealers didnt force me to buy it was me who wanted to get fucked up.

[DaveR]

I'm sorry but didn't it start with dealing crack? I just can't give props to that. True he's a business man but damn...the origins are just not good.
Crack was his Venture Capital

[tony winter]

Tw you gotta do what you gotta do.At that time becoming a drug dealer was genius.This is not toward you Tw but why do some people get so uptight about drugs.People that do drugs want to do them so why not let them.When i was in the throws of my coke addiction i enjoyed every single minute of it it was fun.Im not gonna sit up here and pretend getting high from coke isnt fun.The drug dealers didnt force me to buy it was me who wanted to get fucked up.

I guess you weren't around to see what crack did to good people.
I'm off this.

[The Buddy Love Show]

I guess you weren't around to see what crack did to good people.
I'm off this.

alcohol hurt a lot of people

and John F became the president

[tony winter]

I'm not talking about alcohol.

[Sal Paradise]

I'll bet thier isn't one multi millonair with out skeletons at least as bad as hustling rock in Brooklyn.

[mhd]

props to j for millions but disses to bob johnson for billions? wtf?

[The Buddy Love Show]

I'm not talking about alcohol.

and I'm not talking about crack

[Phyllis Hyman Cherry]

Yes crack was and continues to be devestating.But again personal responsiblity is the key phrase here.Noone forced people to smoke crack.

[chldfknungrnd764]

Yes crack was and continues to be devestating.But again personal responsiblity is the key phrase here.Noone forced people to smoke crack.

There's not one millionaire who didn't do something on the "dark side" to attain their wealth.

[Dolemite73]

There's not one millionaire who didn't do something on the "dark side" to attain their wealth.

And that makes it right? If it is, then that is pretty Machiavellian. I am not down for getting rich off of the misery of others. Not saying Jay and the rest of them did this, but karma tends to come back on folks when they do things like that.

[The Buddy Love Show]

Jay Z claims to have slang drugs on the corner. Dont know if he did or he didnt, but he damn sure turned his life around and I have a lot of respect for that.

[chldfknungrnd764]

And that makes it right? If it is, then that is pretty Machiavellian. I am not down for getting rich off of the misery of others. Not saying Jay and the rest of them did this, but karma tends to come back on folks when they do things like that.



I agree with ya, too many folks gettin rich while many areas of the hood suffer.

Many of our businessmen and community leaders have a great deal of "stink" on them, still don't make it right.

So much money smells legit but comes from shady sources, it will come out eventually.

[Saved1]

If those two "hip-hopreneurs" had made an honest living towards reaching the success they've achieved, as mentioned in that article, then maybe I'd give a damn.

[The Buddy Love Show]

If those two "hip-hopreneurs" had made an honest living towards reaching the success they've achieved, as mentioned in that article, then maybe I'd give a damn.

If you didnt give a damn, why did you write?

Doesnt make much sense

[DaveR]

(If these claims are true)

At least these cats got rich off other people ('s whatever)

Kinda puts shame to people staying broke, for the love, and still breakin the damn law (not paying taxes, file sharing, posting on the job, and not paying ASCAP fees)

:rofl5:

[The Buddy Love Show]

(If these claims are true)

At least these cats got rich off other people ('s whatever)

Kinda puts shame to people staying broke, for the love, and still breakin the damn law (not paying taxes, file sharing, posting on the job, and not paying ASCAP fees)

:rofl5:

damn, why ya have to come at cats like that

imma print up some T-Shirts for househeads (the black kind):

Its All About the Love (front)
STEAL SMALL (back)


MO MONEY!!!!!!!

[chldfknungrnd764]

(If these claims are true)

At least these cats got rich off other people ('s whatever)

Kinda puts shame to people staying broke, for the love, and still breakin the damn law (not paying taxes, file sharing, posting on the job, and not paying ASCAP fees)

:rofl5:


Any bank deposit slip with "love" as the deposit gets rejected every time.

You can't "take that to the bank"!

[DaveR]

damn, why ya have to come at cats like that

imma print up some T-Shirts for househeads (the black kind):

Its All About the Love (front)
STEAL SMALL (back)


MO MONEY!!!!!!!
:biglaugha::biglaugha::biglaugha:

[Saved1]

If you didnt give a damn, why did you write?

Doesnt make much sense

Oh, you forgot?:lol:

[The Buddy Love Show]

Oh, you forgot?:lol:

is making sense going to be a problem for you?

[chldfknungrnd764]

Saved1 comes in swinging on the first two posts of their DHP career!:eek:

[The Buddy Love Show]

Saved1 comes in swinging on the first two posts!:eek:


ATTICA!
ATTICA!
ATTICA!

[Saved1]

is making sense going to be a problem for you?

Never has been a problem.......

My first reply was simply an opinion to what you had posted. Why be a lil' prick about it?

[Paula]

Many of our community leaders have a great deal of "stink" on them, still don't make it right.

Emphasis on community leaders who haven't sold not one crack rock or line of coke. Getting rich off of folks' misery -- playing like they are pious humble middle class folks when they are rolling in it -- same numbnuts who condemn Jay-Z. I agree with PDub. At least J turned his venture capital methods into something positive.

[Mr.I]

He's come a LONG way since "Hawaiian Sophie"

[Paula]

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
-- Honore de Balzac

[The Buddy Love Show]

Never has been a problem.......

My first reply was simply an opinion to what you had posted. Why be a lil' prick about it?

If you could compose a proper sentence I might actually feel insulted.

[The Buddy Love Show]

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
-- Honore de Balzac

I like that quote

[Paula]

"While endorsement deals with top-shelf brands used to be the exclusive domain of pop's biggest acts--Michael Jackson and Madonna, among them--hip-hop artists now routinely land such gigs. This year Chamillionaire ($11 million) inked a deal with Energizer; The Game ($11 million) peddles Skechers sneakers. And in an irrefutable sign of just how corporate hip-hop has become: Last October Anheuser Busch named Jay-Z "co-brand director" for Budweiser Select."

But I thought Jay-Z just did it for the love :rofl5: William, seriously, thanks for posting this.

[DaveR]

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
-- Honore de Balzac
'Behind' every great fortune lies another fool that wasn't willing to work 80hours/wk, pay attention in class, or was known to repeat the words "that's not my job" quite often
-- Honore de DaveR

[The Buddy Love Show]

'Behind' every great fortune lies another fool that wasn't willing to work 80hours/wk, pay attention in class, or was known to repeat the words "that's not my job" quite often
-- Honore de DaveR
hahahahahahahaahaha

it takes all kinds

[DaveR]

hahahahahahahaahaha

it takes all kinds
Behind every great fortune lies a dude that said "reduce the size of that fuckin' dancefloor, and make room for tables w/ Bottle Service"
-- Honore de PWW

[Saved1]

If you could compose a proper sentence I might actually feel insulted.

My lack of proper sentence structure should be the last thing you should worry about. How embarrassing would it be for you if I had to rip you a new one using insults? And on a message board, of all places?

Please don't make me squat down to your level.........

[The Buddy Love Show]

My lack of proper sentence structure should be the last thing you should worry about. How embarrassing would it be for you if I had to rip you a new one using insults? And on a message board, of all places?

Please don't make me squat down to your level.........

"hold me back"...lol

bring the heat neinstein

[Steven Stewart]

I finally figured out what hate smells like....:biglaugha:

[The Buddy Love Show]

I finally figured out what hate smells like....:biglaugha:

I'm featured in Forbes, Run my own business empire, Co-own a sports team, throw fabulous White Parties, Run a division of a fortune 500 firm, live in a 51000 square foot mansion...but my past (which has been vetted by a major corporation) is still troublesome

LOL

I guess if we were talking about DJ Malcolm X and MC Elijah Muhammed it would be all good

[Steven Stewart]

I'm featured in Forbes, Run my own business empire, Co-own a sports team, throw fabulous White Parties, Run a division of a fortune 500 firm, live in a 51000 square foot mansion...but my past (which has been vetted by a major corporation) is still troublesome

LOL

I guess if we were talking about DJ Malcolm X and MC Elijah Muhammed it would be all good


The nerve of that never been convicted fucker....:rolleyes:

[RX]

why the fuck do y'all bother?

[Huey P. Freeman]

The nerve of that never been convicted fucker....:rolleyes:His past is irrelevant. What he is doing now is what matters. Like I said, his music sucks, but I got to give him props for his business savvy, making it big and staying out of trouble. More power to him.

[Huey P. Freeman]

why the fuck do y'all bother?Seriously I don't know what else the man could do. I don't understand the animus towards him. From what I see of him and what he has accomplished he should be admired.

[RX]

Seriously I don't know what else the man could do. I don't understand the animus towards him. From what I see of him and what he has accomplished he should be admired.

i'm telling you, i have never seen a bunch of cats that love poverty. well, yeah - i have - but at least they fight for causes and shit. i see more integrity at the raw food festival than in this thread.

why the fuck bother talking success to these cats? it's like trying to get a winehead to walk home - muthafucka ain't going nowhere until he can focus.

there are so many other cats out here that are nameless yet in the same game making the same amount of mint pimping the same fuckers complaining about how they made their money because they don't realize THEY are how they made their money.

like we used to say, you could sell a nigga the revolution on a top and he'd roll it and smoke it.

[Paula]

Behind every great fortune lies a dude that said "reduce the size of that fuckin' dancefloor, and make room for tables w/ Bottle Service"
-- Honore de PWW

:lol: Behind every great fortune lies a promoter (who used to be a bartender) that could meet the bar guarantee

-- Honore de Paula

[Martin Red]

That's House! ... no, I mean 50's house in CT :rofl5:

http://www.theratandmouse.co.uk/weblog/20070525fiftyc1.jpg

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[Paula]

:lol: nice. good morning Martin :wavey:

[Moksha]

"hold me back"...lol

bring the heat neinstein

Hahahaha @ Buddy Love not even botherin' with this dude.

[fred da warrior]

"You sell blue skies, I sell hoes and dope.....It's all a HUSTLE."

Honore de Bumpy Jones

[The Buddy Love Show]

"You sell blue skies, I sell hoes and dope.....It's all a HUSTLE."

Honore de Bumpy Jones


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

NOTHING LIKE THE CLASSICS

seriously, a lot peeps I know have gotten caught up in some shit in the past. Some of us are now doctors or lawyers or just plain working joes.

[fred da warrior]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

NOTHING LIKE THE CLASSICS

seriously, a lot peeps I know have gotten caught up in some shit in the past. Some of us are now doctors or lawyers or just plain working joes.

Black people got churches on every corner yet there is no room for redemption? Somebody 'splain that to me

[Mack-Williams]

When you broke, morals sometimes takes a back-seat.

[kaaos]

but do these guys give a significant amount back to the community?

[The Buddy Love Show]

but do these guys give a significant amount back to the community?

yes

[D J 1 3 8]

but do these guys give a significant amount back to the community?

I guarantee you Jay-Z employs more black folks at this very moment than every single house music vocalist in history combined.

[djmarbll]

alcohol hurt a lot of people

and John F became the president

To add to that, William H. Russell and Alphonso Taft founded the Skull and Bones in 1832, William's cousin Samuel helped to finance the organization. Samuel Russell was the richest opium dealer in the world at that time. " By the mid-1830s the opium trade had become "the largest commerce of its time in any single commodity, anywhere in the world." -- from Wikipedia.
Chris Rock once said that behind every fortune is a great crime. I think Jay-Z selling crack pales in comparison to what Skull and Bonesmen and the Kennedy family have gained from the sale of opium and bootlegged liquor respectively. In addition, during the '80s, when Reagan was president, his VP was George H.W. Bush. Bush allowed tons of cocaine to be delivered into the US while VP, and is of course a Skull and Bonesman, like his father Prescott (who stole the skull of Geronimo during a Skull and Bones initiation ritual in 1918), and son George W. Bush.

[djmarbll]

props to j for millions but disses to bob johnson for billions? wtf?

Bob and Oprah are on another level being billionaires. Who dissed him, besides Aaron Mcgruder, who once had Martin King say in a Boondocks episode speech that "BET was the worst thing I've ever seen"? LOL.

[djmarbll]

And that makes it right? If it is, then that is pretty Machiavellian. I am not down for getting rich off of the misery of others. Not saying Jay and the rest of them did this, but karma tends to come back on folks when they do things like that.

True. Some people say that's why America itself is in trouble. Its most powerful secret societies and its very foundation is based on some of the greatest crimes or illegal activity in human history.

[djmarbll]

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
-- Honore de Balzac

I knew Chris Rock got this quote from somewhere, lol.

[The Buddy Love Show]

Bob and Oprah are on another level being billionaires. Who dissed him, besides Aaron Mcgruder, who once had Martin King say in a Boondocks episode speech that "BET was the worst thing I've ever seen"? LOL.

I've called Bob a pimp

I think he's on a different level than Jay-Z. I dont expect much from a rap idol/entertainer...i expect way more from a corporate exec

I respect Bob Johnsons accomplishments...I'm just sad he sold an ideal so cheaply

[djmarbll]

When you broke, morals sometimes takes a back-seat.

When you're rich, morals can even take a further back seat, especially if you're a rich oath-taker.

Fixed

[DaveR]

but do these guys give a significant amount back to the community?
Hell Ya, he invites the 'community' ... that's significant :rofl5:

50 Cent getting along fine in suburbia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7318667/

...

Condon, 33, was among the lucky few who received a personal invite to a 50 Cent party in this upscale town, population 24,000, which is home to an all-girls’ boarding school, private 18-hole golf course and country club ... and 50 Cent’s mansion.

...

But in Farmington, 50 Cent is all good.
“We want to have prom at his house,” said a beaming Liza Dionne, an 18-year-old student at Farmington High School. “We left a letter in his mailbox, but haven’t heard back yet.”

...

So how did Condon get inside those gates? She’d been visiting a friend who lives on the same street when 50’s manager knocked on the door, carrying a huge glossy invitation and a magnum of champagne.

That night, Condon and her crew rubbed elbows with the likes of rappers Busta Rhymes and Foxy Brown, model Tyson Beckford, and of course 50 Cent’s G-Unit clique.

Although the neighbors admit sticking out among the Hollywood-types, the 28-year-old rapper gave them all VIP access.

“There were definitely a few people there who you wouldn’t normally see at a 50 Cent party,” said local radio DJ Buck. “But I guess he just wanted to prove to them that ’I can have a good time and there won’t be any trouble.”’

[djmarbll]

I've called Bob a pimp

I think he's on a different level than Jay-Z. I dont expect much from a rap idol/entertainer...i expect way more from a corporate exec

I respect Bob Johnsons accomplishments...I'm just sad he sold an ideal so cheaply

I know people who don't like Bob Johnson because he's a Boule member or that he did sell BET to Sumner Redstone's Viacom, but I do appreciate the fact that he created BET in the first place. It didn't always show 95% trash like it does now. On top of that he bought a stake in the Charlotte Hornets with Michael Jordan and a few others. I can honor that, regardless of what people think about the brother.

[djmarbll]

Hell Ya, he invites the 'community' ... that's significant :rofl5:

50 Cent getting along fine in suburbia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7318667/

...

Condon, 33, was among the lucky few who received a personal invite to a 50 Cent party in this upscale town, population 24,000, which is home to an all-girls’ boarding school, private 18-hole golf course and country club ... and 50 Cent’s mansion.

...

But in Farmington, 50 Cent is all good.
“We want to have prom at his house,” said a beaming Liza Dionne, an 18-year-old student at Farmington High School. “We left a letter in his mailbox, but haven’t heard back yet.”

...

So how did Condon get inside those gates? She’d been visiting a friend who lives on the same street when 50’s manager knocked on the door, carrying a huge glossy invitation and a magnum of champagne.

That night, Condon and her crew rubbed elbows with the likes of rappers Busta Rhymes and Foxy Brown, model Tyson Beckford, and of course 50 Cent’s G-Unit clique.

Although the neighbors admit sticking out among the Hollywood-types, the 28-year-old rapper gave them all VIP access.

“There were definitely a few people there who you wouldn’t normally see at a 50 Cent party,” said local radio DJ Buck. “But I guess he just wanted to prove to them that ’I can have a good time and there won’t be any trouble.”’


Exactly. I can guarantee you there were very few people of color in that community, and probably nobody from 50's neighborhood. If it wasn't for Dr. Dre and Eminem (along with 50 getting shot nine times), 50 wouldn't even have the money to be in that house.

[Huey P. Freeman]

Has it ever occurred to the Jay-Z detractors that his crack selling days might be pure fiction? I bet 90-95% of these rap mopes ain't done shit. And if they did they were so low level that at the end of the day it was insignificant. Especially compared to what he is doing now. I haven't heard of him getting in any trouble at all. Someone help me get what the problem with Jay-Z is about.

[The Buddy Love Show]

Has it ever occurred to the Jay-Z detractors that his crack selling days might be pure fiction? I bet 90-95% of these rap mopes ain't done shit. And if they did they were so low level that at the end of the day it was insignificant. Especially compared to what he is doing now. I haven't heard of him getting in any trouble at all. Someone help me get what the problem with Jay-Z is about.

Yep

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

Has it ever occurred to the Jay-Z detractors that his crack selling days might be pure fiction? I bet 90-95% of these rap mopes ain't done shit. And if they did they were so low level that at the end of the day it was insignificant. Especially compared to what he is doing now. I haven't heard of him getting in any trouble at all. Someone help me get what the problem with Jay-Z is about.Its just that tha P is a den of negativity - that's all. Either cats are negatively negative or positively negative, but anyone who is positively positive refrains from logging in.

Me? I'm negatively positive. Figure that shit out.

[DaveR]

Exactly. I can guarantee you there were very few people of color in that community, and probably nobody from 50's neighborhood. If it wasn't for Dr. Dre and Eminem (along with 50 getting shot nine times), 50 wouldn't even have the money to be in that house.
Giving Back, ain't an invitation to a party ... learn humor :icon_rofl:

[kev]

how many disco/house record labels do you think had some help from some good ol' dirty money?

[Daniel, Grand Duke of Stony Island]

how many disco/house record labels do you think had some help from some good ol' dirty money?Um...well...House/Disco examples don't really help the argument...I mean, House is in such bad shape, you kinda wish the dope game would take it over...like the mafia did with Vegas...

[däp]

i wonder where russell simmons fell on the list?

[DJ Rated M]

Has it ever occurred to the Jay-Z detractors that his crack selling days might be pure fiction? I bet 90-95% of these rap mopes ain't done shit. And if they did they were so low level that at the end of the day it was insignificant. Especially compared to what he is doing now. I haven't heard of him getting in any trouble at all. Someone help me get what the problem with Jay-Z is about.



nope.....


he used to chill out in trenton and used to do it....

[Elbert Phillips]

I'm sorry but didn't it start with dealing crack? I just can't give props to that. True he's a business man but damn...the origins are just not good.

Everbody loves a "winner" no matter who they are.

[Huey P. Freeman]

nope.....


he used to chill out in trenton and used to do it....Dime bagger or weight mover? I highly doubt the latter.

[djmarbll]

The mob used to control the distribution channels for vinyl and never showed a genuine interest in running a label, even though I'm sure some people have started labels or have had some of their expenses paid for a label thru La Cosa Nostra.

[fred da warrior]

Dime bagger or weight mover? I highly doubt the latter.
I have yet to hear a Mike Barnes story about Jigga Man on here (and if anybody knows its probably him) so I'm thinkin Jay was working 3rd shift stirring up ready rocks in a saucepan at the dopehouse.....but that's STILL all good tho'....

Personally, I always wondered the source of Dame Dash's income......HE'S the mysterious muhfugga

[MadMixer]

Its just that tha P is a den of negativity - that's all. Either cats are negatively negative or positively negative, but anyone who is positively positive refrains from logging in.

Me? I'm negatively positive. Figure that shit out.

You got the clap?