Complex: Why Does Everybody Hate Jay Z?

[kingblaze84]

Soul Rattler presents: "Every conversation about Jay Z's philanthropy"



Guy 1: Jay Z don't do nothing for his people!

Guy 2: He has college scholarship funds and foundations directed at helping people in need.

Guy 1: Those are just tax write offs. What has be done to contribute to other people's causes?

Guy 2: Hes donated to Artists for Peace and Justice, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Global Poverty Project, GRAMMY Foundation, Keep A Child Alive, Music for Relief, PlayPumps, Red Cross, Robin Hood, and Spring Hill Campaign for Adolescent and University Student Empowerment.

Guy 1: But...

Guy 2: And there was that Water for Life thing he did with the United Nations. And there was that 9/11 thing.

Guy 1: But that's just him throwing money at problems. He ain't actively involved!

Guy 2: Jay campaigned on behalf of the Barack Obama, was in Sanford, Florida with Trayvon Martin's parents, threatened to pull his line from Macy's after that racial profiling thing, and recently met with New York mayor about police brutality.

Guy 1: But he's a rapper tho. How come he never mentions us in his raps?

Guy 2: Hes mentioned Sean Bell, Danroy Henry, Fred Hampton, Martin Luther King, among others his records.

Guy 1: Name ONE record where he speaks on problems relevant to us.

Guy 2: Murder 2 Excellence, Minority Report, Beware of the Boys freestyle, A Millie freestyle, Stranded.

Guy 1: .... Why Jay always gotta brag about his charity efforts? Nas doesn't have to talk about his charity on records!

Guy 2:

LOL nice post, all facts....

 

[kingblaze84]

When's the last time yall actually purchased music?

The last time i bought any music from retail or a digital service was in 08, since then i just download & get everything for free

I buy music all the time. Purchased my last album a week ago.

 

[NuffRespect]

Jay fell off after reasonable doubt

 

[willywanker]

Fuck TIDAL too. Why pay for shit I can get free?

So, by "Fuck Tidal", what you really mean is "fuck all retail and digital outlets"?

I don't buy music at all. I see no point.

So you'll listen to men and women rap and sing, but you don't feel the need to pay them for their talent? Assuming you have a job/career, what if your employer/customers saw no point in paying you for your work?

If they could make me work for free, they would. Why? Capitalism. My employers don't care about me. lol This America, bro. You get what you can and exploit others.

Why would I feel the need to pay for your talent? Why? What does your talent do for me exactly? lol What return am I getting off of this investment? I'm offended that you feel the need to charge me for listening to you. lol

Then don't fuckin listen to the music. The fuck?

Nah, fuck that. I like music but I ain't paying for it when I can get it for free. lol [/quote]

How can you do jay like that? How can his family eat if you won't pay? I bought magna carter 3 times even tho its garbage.

 

[Trill Gate$]

Jay is the Triple H of rap in so many ways.

 

[choppa_style]

Fuck TIDAL too. Why pay for shit I can get free?

So, by "Fuck Tidal", what you really mean is "fuck all retail and digital outlets"?

I don't buy music at all. I see no point.

No offense but why you in this thread then?

 

[GunTown]

Don't hate him just don't think his music is decent or enjoy any of it or even a song

His Freestyles i can bump though

But as an MC i can never deny he can spit better than any other and technically as far as bars no 1 is touching him as far as word play, entendres, punchlines, rhyme patterns, multi's, similie's, subliminal battle raps, flows, freestyles

Just simply don't like his music

 

[D0wn]

Ppl hate jay cause he's blk n successful.... n he aint shy about it.

 

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[D0wn]

Ppl hate jay cause he's blk n successful

That's bullshit and a wack ass cop out.

its easy to be a villain as a black man... shit they hated Micheal Jackson. and they hate Obama.

black and successful warrants hate.

 

[raheemclassick]

Jay-Z has given out many jobs (Rocnation, Rocawear, etc) but he could do a lot more for the wider community. And he did visit Africa and help with clean water programs, so I give him some credit for that. But again he can and should do more.

Please name other artist and what they are doing for the Community ???????????????????

 

[Louis Devinear]

It's funny to me all the hate jay gets.

When master p was out here robbing all his artist and athletes you ain't hear shit from the people.

J. Prince do same shit he get applauded. And hailed as the supreme OG.

Even when Suge was on top doing some of the foulest shit. Niggas was tipping they cap.

But since it jay and he going against corporate conglomerates niggas wanna cut they eyes and thumb they noses at him. I bet you if jay was out here doing a bunch of "RNS" niggas would be laughing, applauding and praising but since he's hob nobbing and rubbing shoulders with cacs you niggas view it as he think he better than us black people. Watch them crackers turn around and shit on him and I'm laugh in his face. That's a real crab mentality we as blk people suffer from. FYI they treat all black peoples like shit. Wether you rich or poor. They did it to Martin, Marcus, Malcolm, Michael and so on. It's called divide and conquer.

"Wicked thoughts devils resort to trick knowledge"

 

[murdap]

He overrated for one to be honest i cant put one jay album in front to back and let it play without hitting the skip button. Reasonable doubt is the lamest so called classic album ever made the shit was a 2.5 out of 5 rating at best