or, Why Is This Man Smiling So Hard?
There was a huge groundswell of grassroots chagrin and skepticism when Barclay’s Bank of London was awarded the bid for the naming rights to the arena portion of JAY-Z’s new megaplex real estate development in Brooklyn.
Yes, the same Barclay’s Bank that was a major underwriter for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Yes, the same Barclay’s Bank that has profitted from generation of civil war in central Africa. Yes, the same Barclay’s Bank that kept South Africa afloat during it’s apartheid regime when even the most greedy corporations had left that country shores. Is JAY-Z being used as a pawn by actual Net’s owner BRUCE RATNER, to satiate the colored people that are opponents of this eminent domain project or is JAY-Z the most incredible Black visionary since MARCUS GARVEY? Let’s examine some of the clues…
Those examples listed provide proof of the corporate synergy that JAY-Z and Barclays both share, but what if JAY were to take his 0.0000001 stake ownership in the Nets and his profits from the sale of the arena’s naming rights and buy a turkey for all of the families that are being kicked out of Brooklyn on their asses? I think Brooklyn residents need to start seeing that turkey as our reparations for slavery.
My advice to Brooklyn is to take the turkey while it’s available. That’s as good as shit is gonna get and in a minute it’s about to get a lot worse.
Roc-A-Fella y’all.
jay-z aint shit. money over integrity and bros before hoes. i been over this coon. not saying he has hella clout to pull, but making money isn’t the end all. thats what happens when we shit on our ugly youth. it come back to bite us in the ass. for reference pls see above and dennis rodman.
Since when did hustlers give a damn about the community anyway? Jiggerman is just out for self while other negroes gas him up by giving him props.
Until you people see his name on the paper work, shut the fuck up.
Maaan!! That is straight fucked up! Jay-Z is doing the exact same thing the white people programmed everyone to do. Create boundaries with everyone, help out only yourself, take and don’t give back to the people who helped you get there. He is just living that mentality, and how can you expect things to change when niggas like this keep doing what they doin. This world is crazy, i’m outta here.
Jay Z has no say in the matter. He’s a micro minority stock holder. People shouldn’t get mad at him now….he’s been saying its all about the money for like 10 albums. Nas already exposed his character on ether. People expect too much from a man who once said he don’t pray to god he prays to Gotti.
This is BS, but check out the uncanny resemblance to Marcy’s finest.
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I have been saying this about him for a long time now and all anyone ever says is “but he is the greatest rapper alive”, have not heard any Tupac type stuff come out of him YET so I disagree. He AND B are about getting paid thats it…they dont give a shit bout people in the ghetto…Brooklyn is about to become very rich just wonder where the poor will go….
So what do you guys advocate he do in the interim either to stop Barclays or get the ppl’s attention? Sell over his ownership in the Nets?
Gonna have to jump on the bandwagon and say this is f-ed up..However, not surprising. He’s all about the money, but as E spoke, seems like he’s been that way from jump.
I’ve never been a fan of his as I could personally never figure out what contribution he brought to hip hop. He’s a sex, money, H**s, jewelry type of rappin’ cat so I’ve never expected anything else from this dude. Oh, there’s the contribution, my bad….
yeah men i love jayzee, u know what i mean men he his my man foreel men and i pray he remember me here in nigeria, and also to all my pretty babes all over united states and all over the world fell me this is my phone no 08085071191
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Great article, I especially like what you had to say in the last paragraph.