The ROC Empire

[image] Fun Fact: Jay-Z was the first rap star to perform with an orchestra in celebration of an album anniversary, when he performed with The Hustler’s Symphony Orchestra at Radio City Music Hall 20 years ago several other mc’s have since followed suit

[video] LaRussell on Jay-Z: “in my journey where Hov was the guide & still, the blueprint” “we allow Distro kid, Cmd Shft, Vydia & Stem but the minute Hov do it, its a issue” “when a Black man enters where we have no presence/ownership in? - that’s a revolutionary act” #HovDid

[video] AZ is on a press tour for his new album & the radio DJ tried gassing him up claiming he must’ve “beat Jay-Z” in their freestyle battle in high school AZ corrected the interviewer saying yes they battled in school, but that Jay was “more advanced” than he was this is 1987

[image] Fanatics Betting and Gaming, co-founded & owned by Jay-Z & Michael Rubin, just signed a multi-year deal making Fanatics Sportsbook an official sports betting partner & sponsor of the NFL includes rights to access NFL-controlled media, the Super Bowl and NFL Draft & more

[image] Alice Marie Johnson recently helped get JAY-Z’s best friend Emory “Vegas” Jones pardoned. Fun fact: She was convicted in 1996 for her involvement in a Memphis cocaine trafficking organization and sentenced to life imprisonment. But she, herself, was given a second chance.

[video] “Niggas look up to HOV, I never looked up to them.” - JAY-Z

[image] Roc Nation/Jay-Z lead Inspire Change Initiative with the NFL has surpassed a half billion dollars in funding to social justice groups for education, economic growth & criminal justice reform - $575 million - 2,300 matching grants - 700 non-profit organizations - 1000+ cities

[video] a 40 year old verse from Jay-Z 16 y/o with skills making him a finalist in NYC rap competitions skills that made Kane rank Jay over Jaz-O, BK’s most respected mc at the time, & take Jay on tour skills that former Brooklyn kingpin Calvin Klein says influenced a young Biggie

[video] artist @billboardbenny from Marcy had Dehaven on his pod & was trying to get through to Dehaven about his Jay-Z slander “Its been 30 years, D..” “you gotta heal” “you not his big brother” “if a nigga hang w/ somebody that tried to kill me, id treat u the same way”

[video] did ya’ll know Jay-Z was crucial to pushing a national law allowing for the release of thousands in prison for drug possession or distribution & near $400 million for rehab & reentry services a generation of street n*ggas, from old friends like Big Ty to Big Meech, free #HovDid

[image] Thread - Rappers with bars praising or comparing themselves to Jay-Z Kendrick / Drake:

[image] LeBron James, brother and student of the school of HOV—borrowing $300M cash using his Nike lifetime deal as collateral to invest and compound without taxes being a burden. This is the game and rarely seen from the Black community. Trailblazing, yet again, as a ROC boy should.

[image] HOV wore a staggering ~$9M+ worth of watches at his Yankee Stadium shows. Ranging from a Blue Ceramic Audemars to the RM 009 Richard Mille, which is Richard’s lightest Tourbillon ever produced limited to 25 pieces. JAY-Z30

[image] “Im the one they cant control you better be glad it’s him/ half a Billion back into the community that’s just good math for him” - JAY-Z Roc Nation/NFL partnership how it started: how it’s going:

[text] JAY-Z is a billionaire without a HS diploma, let that sink in.

[image] Michael Jordan is currently #3 and HOV is #6. Both were born in Brooklyn.

[video] 9 years ago today Jay-Z released his latest classic solo album for those still unpacking the significance of 4:44, i direct them to the words of many of America’s Black culture scholars/social critics on what constitutes one of the most socially & racially conscious albums ever

[image] It’s not real til that ticket in your Apple Wallet. #JAYZ

[image] HOV, Jimmy Johnson and HOV’s close friend World Wide Wes the Executive Vice President – Senior Basketball Advisor for the New York Knicks.

[image] See y’all there. #TheBlueprint

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[video] Jay-Z’s artistic influence is endless - Wayne - Ye - Push - Fab - Lupe - T.I. - Jeezy - Ross - Kendrick - Drake - Cole - Benny - Nicki - Rapsody - Cyhi - Wale - Meek - Ab-Soul - Joey - Budden - Boldy - Stove what “GOAT debate” when near every mc the last 25 years says its Hov

[image] A national news segment on Jay-Z’s life & legacy in context just dropped in honor of the 30 year anniversary of Reasonable Doubt they even reference Shiny Suit Theory 🥲

[image] Limited-Edition VSOP JAŸ-Z30 Box Set. A rare tribute to the three-decade legacy of Reasonable Doubt, crafted for those who appreciate the journey.

[text] “If Hattie, would’ve transitioned. Before I cleared my name. I would’ve hunted every one of them—playing them silly games.” - JAY-Z

[video] Terrace Martin, jazz fusion savant & co-producer of “To Pimp A Butterfly”, speaks on how witnessing Jay-Z’s writing process changed Kendrick Lamar’s life Jay-Z influenced K dots ability to do Jazz-based music Terrace likens Hov to John Coltrane

[video] Need HOV to get in his bag and give us one more album—heavy shit talkin’ and condescending bars. We need one as a Billionaire.

[image] ‘96 and Forever.

[image] Something is approaching.

[image] Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt went Gold in two months, had two charting Gold singles, & was on the Nutty Professor soundtrack the narrative that “NobOdY heArd it” when it came out, just because Jay wasn’t “Tupac & Biggie” famous has always been dumb heads & the streets loved it

[image] $1,000, flames.

[image] HOV’s favorite fan page.

[image] “Motherfuckers must be smokin’ they La-La-La with crack, .45 gun smoke—choke off THAT.” - JAY-Z @TIDAL [Streaming NOW]

[video] Roc Nation Sports Int just announced a new branding partnership with Chelsea Football Club The Dynasty Is FOREVER!!

[image] $2M RM47 Richard Mille on wrist.

[image] “Bouncing in the Lex Luger, tires smoke like Buddha.” - JAY-Z

[video] “Ayo, my records sell 'cause I was born to do it/ Kick that Willie shit well, 'cause I'm really goin’ through it/ The voice of the hustlers, who else gon' do it?/ Most niggas is locked or in the box with embalming fluid” - JAY-Z, 1996-97 He’s DIFFERENT 🥲

[text] “Still ROC-la-familia—says a lot about you, if you not feeling us.” - JAY-Z

[image] ROC Boy, Bron.

[image] Live, at the main event.

[video] Best storyteller in Rap history and I’m standing on it. Niggas stories don’t be having replay value to BOTH the casuals and die-hards alike. “Allure”, “Song Cry”, “Sweet”, etc.

[image] Investment firm: MarcyPen Capital Partners Co-founder: JAŸ-Z AUM [Assets Under Management]: $1.1B @ForbesBLK

[video] HOV’s mind in the booth is next level—I genuinely wonder if he realizes all of the entendres he initiates. “I went from pauper to the President. Cause every deal I ever made set precedent.” Vs “I went from pauper to the President. Cause every deal I ever made said President.”

[image] S. Carter Enterprises.

[image] JAY-Z and Allen Iverson at Rucker Park in ‘96.

[video] WEALTH.

[video] Jay-Z - American Gangster is a masterpiece that’s it, that’s the tweet

[video] The Jay-Z co-founded United Justice Coalition is on its 4th summit over 100 nationally recognized social justice organizations, more than 1,000 leaders & experts join to share information, resources & advance justice in the prison system, education, civil rights & more #HovDid

[video] The Blueprint 25th Anniversary Library cards are now available for NY residents.

[text] JAY-Z really runs a multi-Billion dollar Empire and is SUPER chill about it—that’s my 🐐 man.