Disrespectful views at Tha Kang, T.I.? Nah, Ms. Banks you're out of line. Yeah Harris' Aussie ain't that dope but neither are you. I just saw you at Coachella and I wasn't impressed. You got the look, the swag, the tough talk but where are the tunes? "212" is alright but that's where it stops. According to Jay-Z's old board rules: You have no right to diss Tip. Look in the mirror and ask yourself: How many classic albums have you created? Are you on anyone's top 10 MCs list? Do you have any hardware on your walls, ma? Cliff is right. Keep him out of the girlfight. You're heavy in these tweets, but I hope you're finding time to create music that backs up your buzz. Or you'll soon be begone like Kreayshawn. You young ladies today bore me. *Turns up Mia X CD* No Limit forever!
The best things in life are free, but hopping on Hov's press conference stage uninvited is gon cost cha. Whatcha did was wrong! ⎯B.DotJay-Z Barclays Center Press Conference
Thursday, March 11 2010 3:26 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Blog, FocusA press conference was held this afternoon for the groundbreaking of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn Yards. Set to open in 2012, the 18,000 seat arena will become the new home of the New Jersey Brooklyn Nets. Many local residents oppose the move due to imminent increases in traffic and living costs.
In attendance were Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Governor David Paterson. Nets co-owner Jay-Z, gave a brief speech, in which he paid homage to the memory of his nigga, Biggie. We did it Brooklyn!
Tags: al sharpton, barclays center, brooklyn, Jay-Z, michael bloomberg, new jersey nets
man making moves
greatest of all time
Groundbreaking on a number of levels.
This dude Jay has made brilliant business moves while still being among the hottest rappers in the game for over a decade. Love him or hate him. Ya can’t knock his hustle.
(Wonders how long it’ll be before the hating begins)
WE did it BROOKLYN? You do know that the majority of people in Brooklyn (well those in the projets who it REALLY affects) dont care for this and actually despise it?
WE didnt do it. JAY-Z and his incomprehensible quest for capitalistic gain did it. I love the man’s music. He is one of the greatest rappers of all time and has about 3 albums in my top 15 greatest rap albums ever. BUT..for him to do this, to fuck up the lives of thousands to build a stadium with ticket prices that wont be affordable to the people in the area and disruptive to the traffic of the area and even more fucked up to mom and pops businesses just demonstrate and solidifies ONE fact:
Jay-Z sold out.
There’s a difference between growing up (Common’s maturity from “Resurrection” to “Be”) and just completely selling out (Jay-Z shitting on gangsta rap even after stating he’s a “thug nigga till the end.”) He’s completely corporate and I really do not think there is an ounce authenticity in his body for the down trodden in Brooklyn.
(BTW- HE’S HARDLY IN BROOKLYN TOO. Bet he’ll be there more now.)
Why a drug dealer and a tax thief is with Blooberg & David Paterson?
BTW JAY Z IS NOT A MASON:
They use him to promote them & giving him money for this promotion
BUT I can confirm he is not of them.
Masonnery requires to be smart and reading a lot of things and jay z cant even spoke a word without saying “You know” like a non educated goon
He hanging with some of them but one they will find a new one to promote their movement they will give him up just like they do for Tupac & other stupid rappers.
I feel bad for those who are impressed with his achivement
all he has done is taing money from the people taxes & dealing drugs he is not a business man neither a politician he is just an international drug dealer protected by some masons
the masons he is promoting
OLD JAY DA CONRBALL DONT BELONG TO THE MASONNERY AND WILL NEVER BELONG TO THEM
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HOV THE G.O.A.T
KEEP THE GOOD WORK AND LET SENSITIVE NIGGAS CRY LIKE BABIES
Dashing says:
Thursday, March 11 2010 at 3:34 PM EST
Groundbreaking on a number of levels.
This dude Jay has made brilliant business moves while still being among the hottest rappers in the game for over a decade. Love him or hate him. Ya can’t knock his hustle.
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NOTHING MORE NEEDS TO BE SAID…
Funny how in the midst of this happy clap the media turns a blind eye to the real issues;people are actually been removed from they homes and community to accomodate the arena. Jay-z done sellout the hood for his personal gain.Simpletons celebrating a white capitalist agenda being fronted by a minority-stake rapper.
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price,peace at any price,safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life” – Theodore Roosevelt
@BAPHOMET
“jay z cant even spoke a word”
Really?
hov is the smartest blackman and icon and role model
lmao @ jay fingers
I guess nobody saw what Birdman was wearing at Lil Waynes sentencing a few days ago….a hat with the Free Masons logo on it….the compass with a big “G” in the middle. So no, you don’t have to know how to “spoke a word” to be a mason
and i support the stadium being built. If that’s what it takes to clean up the neighborhoods and push the worthless motherfuckers out, so be it.
I AM GLAD THAT OLD JAY DA CORNBALL FINALLY DRESS LIKE A GROWN MAN AND STOP WEARING KIDS BAGGIES
SEEING HIM DRESSED LIKE A 15 YEAR OLD KID REMINDS ME OF DONATELLA VERSACE & HER SURGERY FACE …CORNY
AND LMAO @BROOKLYN WE DID IT
Did what?Being a celeb who still deal drug like he still live in the hood lmao LAME
Stealing from taxpayers = not cool
FUNNY HOW SOME OF YOU IGNORANT UNEDUCATED KIDS SPEAK. THIS MAN IS CREATING A NUMBER OF JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE IN BROOKLYN WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO WORK IN THE ARENA. NOW THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE NETS WILL BE BRINGING IN ONCE THEY HOST AN ALL STAR WEEKEND? JAY Z HAS CREATED MORE JOBS THAN BARACK, AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS HATE?
LMFAOOOOOOOO
ON ANOTHER NOTE, NOTICE JAY’S FACE WHEN BUDDY SAYS “FROM BRICKS TO BILLBOARDS” LOL, HE WAS THINKING OF ANOTHER BRICK.
stop the hate. affordable housing and over 5k jobs will be available for everyone.
“he compass with a big “G” in the middle ”
I can wear it too it doesnt mean shit
And BTW LIL WAYNE IS NOT AS IGNORANT AS JAY Z
HE PLAY THE INORANT GOON TO TAKE MONEY HE IS SMART BUT HE STILL GO TO COLLEGE & IS STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY
WHERE IS JAY Z AT?WEARING 15 YEAR BAGGIES AND TALKING AT A NATIONAL TV SHOW WITH WORDS LIKE “you Know”
AND FOR THE IGNORAN GOONS IN HERE DONT BE FOOLED OLD JAY DA CORNBALL ISNT NOT A MASON HE IS USED BY THEM THEY GIVING HIM MONEY FOR PRMOTING THEIR VALUES IN ORDER TO RECRUE SOME SMAR KIDS BUT WILL NEVER ALLOW A CAMEL FROM BROOKLYM BEING ON OF THEM
THIS MASONERY THING IS JUST A MARKETIN SHIT TO TRY TO IMPRESS SOME GUETTO GOONS
MASONERY IS A DEEP & VERY STRICY FRATERNITY THEY DONT NEED BLACK GOONS
THEY USE THEM TILL THEY FOUND ANTHER JOE BLOW IN SEARCH OF CELEBRITY
LOOKK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO DMX JAY Z WILL END UP I N PRISON IN FEW YEARS I WILL BE THERE TO CELEBRATE IT CAUSE I CANT STAND HIM
jay-z accomplished what no other rapper ever did… he got embraced by the president, the mayor of the most important city in the world… and he still keeps it 100% hip-hop… these yung gucci flame soulja gangsters y’all young dudes follow will never… EVER get that type of success.
BROOKLYN KEEPS ON TAKING IT!
I can remember a long, long time ago when Hammer had a vision…..and put all kinds of people to work……and was shitted on regularly by those who wallow in negativity and ignorance. If yall can manage to put you hate on hold for just a minute and reflect on the lyrics of Stevie Wonder in “As” maybe you can understand the progress of Jay Z:
…”now I know sometimes lifes hate and troubles, can make you wish you were born in another time or place, BUT YOU CAN BET YOUR LIFE TIMES THAT AND TWICE ITS DOUBLE THAT GOD KNEW EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTED YOU TO BE PLACED.”
Im not going to go into too much details on the under handed dealings that seems to be going on, thats never her nor there. but the bigger issue that needs to be applauded is that now, the city and the people of Brooklyn will/can look forward to many jobs becoming available, and for that and that alone, i applaud Jay Z, or Mr. Beyonce, which ever he feels like being!
JAY DOING BIG THINGS WHILE YALL WORRIED ABOUT IF HE A MASON, WHAT HE’S WEARING, AND HOW HE’S SPEAKING!!!!!!
LMMAOOOOOOO
Jay is the coolest nigga on the planet…now he needs to take that magic touch to east coast rap.
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lol at jay’s face when dude said ‘bricks to billboards’
I cant understand why people are hating on this
the stadium will bring more businesses at least 300 job for brooklyn
true enough it will bring more traffic
which in turn brings more visibility
that visibility will help shed light on the shitty areas that needs to be upgraded
also how much will be made from the taxes they will have to pay
property tax sales tax
ieghten security in that area to make sure the people going to the venues are safe
which will make the area safer
i cant say its a win win because i am sure there a some that didnt want to move but its no liked they kicked them on thier ass
they gave notice hey will selling the building so we are not renewing your lease or just bought them out
Jay is far from raping the cumminty for his own gain
between this stadium and Bey opening up her project Brookolyn is getting a major upgrade
pretty soon Tribeca wont be the only part people want to visit
go ahead and wear free masons gear without actually being a mason and see what happens….
you think it’s a joke? Do you know what a mason is? What they stand for? and no, not some worship the devil, wipe humantiy of the map type shit…..
dont speak on something you dont know anything about you fucking idiot….
dude can’t even form complete sentences….
this generation is lame…full of ignorance…..
“when you surround yourself with ignorance, how can you value intelligence?”
LOL
KOMET BROKE IT DOWN FOR THESE IDIOTS.
@mkjhgf my thoughts exactly…its funny how people have such a distorted perception of what being a Mason is! Young black men, and even some white men, whom belong to the prestigous league, know it is much more than a damn fad and or trend! And if Jay is infact a Mason *which i truly think he is* its a good thing. The Masons have done so much, and do so much for communities as well as their sisters The Eastern Stars! Educate yourselves people! We are our own worst enemy
there are always going to be pros and cons. but answer this, to the people that think this is a sell-out move:
what are the alternatives for the people of brooklyn? are you sitting down plotting ways to better the quality of life of the city? in 10yrs, without this stadium, what would brooklyn look like? better, or worse than it does now?
jay, in hip hop, coming from where he did, is the FIRST to do anything this fucking huge. so there are bumps and bruises along the way, mistakes. he’s laying the blueprint and it isnt flawless…but he doesn’t have one to follow.
on some really real shit yall, we need to be cheering this nigga on and encouraging him. all this hate though, it’s got to stop. it’s like a cancer in our community and in hip hop too. you never see jay-z spreading hatred, just working and doing him. 50 is the hating ass rapper. a briliant business man, but he don’t give a fuck about nobody…and if it was up to him, he’d be the ONLY success in rap. Jay has done a lot of shit on behalf of the culture. no matter where he goes, he’s jay-z and he’s hip hop. sure he aint on the block no more, but the nigga represents. (even if u dont like his new music), he represents out here in america and abroad for us. i can’t understand why niggas tear this muthafucka down when its cats out here that shit on our music, culture, and the poor of us. i got enough flames for them niggas, i can’t do that to a muthafucka like jay. he’s flawed, but got damn he’s making power move after power move. it’s non stop.
who woulda thought….a fuckin rapper from marcy. shits crazy
@LadyLuck
i always tell these niggas to research Prince Hall. smh, “you will perish because of what you don’t know, and refuse to learn”….<—thats real.
Can you HATE!!!!!????? REALLY!!!!??????
50 don’t give a fuck about nobody? Didn’t he just do 40 day in Jamaica Queens…you know actually touch the people and see the joy on their faces. Not to knock Jay but he’s far from the humanitarian your making him out to be. He doesn’t donate his time, just his funds and recieves the credit for it in profit. Simple economies..great businessman..but no hero bro.
FYI… jay owns less than 1% stake in the Nets and if the Russian would have bought it Jay would have made approx.. 1.5 million before tax, about 900k. They are using the guy and he’s using them for press. Jay don’t have big money like Diddy, Russ or even 50.
Jay’s that nigga
“go ahead and wear free masons gear without actually being a mason and see what happens”
You must learn how to read I SAIS JAY IS NOT A MASON AND WILL NEVER BE. HE GOT MONEY FROM MASONS & THEY ALLOW HIM TO ACT LIKE SO TO GET FREE PUBLICITY BUT THEY DONT RECRUIT 40 YEARS OLD DRUG DEALERS WHO CANT FORM A SENTENCE PUBLICY WITHOUT SOME GUETTO WORDS SO YES HE WEARS MASONS SIGNS BUT IT JUST MEAN HE IS HELPED BY THEM BUT HE WILL NEVER NEVER BE ON OF THEM HE IS SO STUPID AND NON EDUCATED.
HE CANT EVEN HAD A CONVO WITH REAL MASONS
“Do you know what a mason is? What they stand for? and no, not some worship the devil, wipe humantiy of the map type shit…..
dont speak on something you dont know anything about you fucking idiot….”
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MASON IS AND I CAN CONFRIM TO THE RR READERS THAT JAY Z NOT OF THEM MASONERY IS MORE THAN BEING GIVING MONEY TO PROMOTE VALUES
BEING MASON IS ALSO LINKED WITH PHILOSOPHY AND ENTLIGHTMENT
AND BEING A MASON CAN TAKE MANY YEARS EVEN FOR THOSE WHO HAS BEEN RAISE IN PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE …SO HOW CAN A NO EDUCATED GOON BE A MASON
STOP WITH THE JOKE PLEASE.GO TO SLEEP AND STOP WITH HIS MASON LIES
NO ONE WILL BE FOOLED SINCE I ‘M HERE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH
I TOLD THAT TO ONE OF MY FRIEND THAT A RAPPER FROM BROOKLYN WHO STILL LIVE WITH HIS MOTHER AND STILL WEARING DIAMOND CHAINS AND BAGGIES @ 40 WAS TRYING TO CLAIM HE WAS MASON
HE CANT STOP LAUGHING ALL THE DAY ABOUT IT
SO STOP THE BULLSHIT PLEASE
I M NOT HERE TO GIVE YOU DETAILS ABOUT MASONERY BUT JAY Z IS NOT THE FIRST ONE WHO KNOW THE SECRET ABOUT PYRADMIDS AND ALL SEEING EYE
MASON SECRETS WILL NEVER NEVER BEEN REVEALED TO HIS BLACK GOON
SO HE CAN KEEP THE PROMOTION BUT HE NEVER BELONG TO MASONERY
jigga doin the damn thing. its bittersweet though. i still want him to rap about peddling snowflakes, but he gotta watch his mouth for his political connects. american gangster part 2 needs to drop with jay slangin pies one more time. i dont get why yall cant big up one nigga without putting another one down. jay doing his thing, 50 doing his thing, they both bosses in the game. respect.
PRINCE HALL IS ONLY FOR EDUCATED NIGGERS NOT FOR GOONS FROM BROOKLYN
STOP THE BULLSHIT PLEASE.
IT DOESNT WORK ANYMORE SINCE MORE THAN 500 PERSONS HAVE SEEN WHAT I JUST SAID.
JAY Z STANS ARE FULLY AWARE OF THIS TRUTH
OLD JAY DA CORNBALL DONT BELONG TO THE FREEMASONERY AND WILL NEVER
THE PUBLICITY STUNT IS OVER
Fuck I can’t stand this BAPHOMET nigga. Muthafucka get a life and quit hatin’ u fuckin’ idiot.
Really who gives a fuck if jay is a mason or not? Homie is just helpin his community. You can’t knock that.
@Dayum
right, touch the people, see the joy on their faces, and then poof he’s gone, leaving them to the same shit he found them in. its called magnanimity, what Jay is doing. a man that has a $10 to his name giving his time like that is needed. a multimillionaire like Jay AND 50 have to build institutions. it goes beyond charity. institutions that assist in the economic empowerment (among other things) of the people in question.
5,000+ jobs were just created. that’s gonna feed people nigga. on their own. that’s gonna take 5,000 jobless people and give them legit employment. you can’t shit on that. i’m sorry.
and i never called jay some big humanitarian. i just said he’s involved in some VERY noteworthy shit, given what we know of rap and rappers. so tearing the nigga down is just a bad look for all of us. weighing pros and cons, cool, but acting like this is the fuck up of the century is just bullshit.
@Cola
Affordable housing will be available? Ok, read The Condemnation Little B by Elaine Brown or just open your eyes and see that when big capitalistic corporations drive people out of their homes “PROMISING” to give them affordable housing it NEVER happens. Do you know why? Because the corporations view the people whose housing they removed as “bad images” and will deter attractions. And if you cant see the gentrification happening here then you’re more blind than ever.
and what i said of 50 was directed at all the conflict and mindless bickering beef he is constantly bathing his brand in. and he’ll openly shit on any “competition” of his. but truly, niggas shouldn’t even be competing like that. there surely enough success to go around. but i love what 50 does business wise too, and the knowledge he drops in interviews. cuz he drops plenty. word to Young Guru.
“Really who gives a fuck if jay is a mason or not? Homie is just helpin his community.”
THIS IS NOT WHAT I CALL HELPING THE COMMUNITY = HE IS A TAXES STEALER BILLIONNAIRE BUT HE REAMAINS A TAX STEALER AND A DRUG DEALERS WHILE MANY PEOPLE ARE STRIGGLING TO FIND SOMETHING TO EAT
IT THIN THIS IS DISGUTING / STEALING OUR MONEY AND THEN BRAGING ON AN ALBUM ABOUT HOW HE ROBBED US AND HOW HE IS DEALING WITH YOUNG JEEZY PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES HE IS THE WORST PEOPLE EVER IN THIS EARTH
HE IS NOT A MASON BUT HE IS A DEVIL FOR STEALING YOUR MOM MONEY
Jay-Z Caught Up In Federal Investigation Over Casino Venture
New York Governor DAVID PATERSON has denied rumours his friendship with JAY-Z influenced him to approve a new race track and casino venture.
Bosses at event promotion company Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AEG) landed a lucrative multi-million dollar contract from New York state officials in January (10) to upgrade the existing Aqueduct Race Track venue and turn it into a top race track and gaming site – known as a racino – the only legal gambling place in the city.
But the ethics surrounding Paterson’s choice of contractor has been called into question after it was revealed Jay-Z holds a seven per cent stake in AEG via his firm Gain Global Investments Network LLC.
The rap superstar established a friendship with Paterson after they teamed up to stage his star-studded 9/11 benefit concert at the Big Apple’s Madison Square Garden last September (09).
Jay-Z signed a deal with AEG executives later that month – but the agreement has prompted a federal investigation into whether Paterson showed unfair favour to AEG’s contract bid as a result of the star’s involvement in the company.
AEG spokesman Jonathan Rosen has dismissed the accusations, insisting the hip-hop mogul’s widespread appeal prompted them to court the star.
Rosen tells the New York Post, “Given (Jay-Z’s) superstardom and his long and deep connection to New York, the partners thought he could bring a unique perspective to shaping a facility that would truly be an entertainment destination.
“The partners were looking to bring in someone who could bring marketing and community advice to the team.”
A spokeswoman for Paterson has also denied the rap connection played a role in the Governor’s decision.
She says, “There is absolutely no relationship between Governor Paterson’s friendship with Jay-Z and the choice of AEG.
@Nathaniel
I agree it will give jobs to jobless people. But what about where they’re going to live? What about the insane traffic thats going to be a product of it? And what about the gentrification that will happen? Name me one time a sports team has taken people out of their homes and it benefited them.
Baphomet. Find the caps lock key. Turn it off. Now go sign up for some community college english classes, learn how to write. Come back after your semester ends, and impress us.
@BAPHOMET and what is your solution to this disenfranchment of the poor comunity?
@BAPHOMET never mind I don’t care!
@TEEJAY
YOU ARE DESPERATE DEAR I JUST KILLED JAY Z ON HIS OWN WEBSITE (I KNOW HE GIVES SOME MONEY FROM MY MOM TAXES TO ELLIOTT WILSON) AND ALL YOU DAN SAY TO DEFEND YOU IDOL IS THAT?
LMFAO
@TheTruth
yes yes and yes. i don’t pretend this shit is gonna do good and bad. my nigga i live in Atlanta, so i don’t profess to know shit about the makeup of brooklyn (never been to NY), but i still say if we don’t have alternatives to what is being done, then what we talkin bout? (no pun)
there was no stadium build in atlanta recently at all, and they came through and tore down every single project housing complex in atlanta. giving the people vouchers. the last was Thomasville Homes, housed over 1200 families. (i know NY is bigger), but there were like 8 or 9 in the A that are now a memory. some bigger than that, some smaller. no stadium, they just said “lets clean up the city” and straight ran through our shit. so i don’t know to what degree what’s going on in NY is directly related to the stadium or to what degree the pros and cons weigh out, but i do know our answer to stopping this shit goes beyond what we’re discussing. and i dont have the fucking answers so i’ll fall back. shit is frustrating as hell tho