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[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] 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] “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:

[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

[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 🥲

[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

[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

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

[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 🥲

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

[image] “This song here is dedicated to Danny Dan, may he rest in peace Who at his funeral left us with the words that He did it his way” Jay-Z released the original version of his debut single onto DSP’s, the intro of which pays homage to 80’s NYC kingpin Danny Diamonds aka Danny Dan