Before I begin, I find it sad that bad is considered good in the black community.
Richard Nixon said that it would take blacks 500 years to get it together. I think he missed a zero if we continue to celebrate dumb nikkas who's claim to fame is being ruthless and destroying the black community for a rep then subsequently rapping about it.
Pimps & pushers are celebrated to no end. If youre not one of the dummies who's proud of their city's body count, im not referring to you though..
My NY uncle who grew up in BK was heavy in the game, knew of Klein and the real 50 and he told me that Jayz wasnt the don that HE claims to be.
I know you might mean he had put in more "work" (smh who fckin cares)then Pac at the time but even Pac's enemies would admit he was a natural born leader & not a "scary" cat... At least Pac tried to speak on black empowerment at times but was still contradictory as fck...
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Brooklyn O.G. Discredits Jay-Z
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8 years ago
Brooklyn O.G. Discredits Jay-Z
Brooklyn Don, Calvin "Klein" Bacote speaks on Jay-Z. Claiming Jay's rhymes revolve around HIS life not Jay's and that Nas spoke nothing but the truth on Ether.
by joelz
During the ‘80s and early ‘90s in Brooklyn, one of the names
ringing in the streets was Calvin
“Klein” Bacote. Not to be
confused with the fashion designer. This is the man that most would recognize
the name from Jay-Z’s
Allure,
“I never felt more alive/ than ridin’ shotgun in Klein’s green five.”
Recently released from prison, after spending his last 13
years locked up on drug charges; Bacote
is determined to hit the streets hard. From working with DJ Clark Kent on a new mixtape series
Streets is Talking; starting his own label, Shut Em DownEntertainment
(currently with acts such as Natural
and St. Laz); to being Akon's tour manager.
Klein was
recently on Kay Slay’s
Shade45 radio show and discussed some
interesting issues about fellow Brooklynite, Jay-Z.
You were afilliated with,
you were partners with Jay-Z early in his career?
“Don’t go partners.
That’s a little too much for dude. To give him that in the 80’s that’s like way
too much … I mean back then, he was in line. He was a soldier” Klein responded.
“In the 80’s … Jay was not trying to be a drug dealer, he was trying to
be a rapper. In order for him to transcend himself into this hell of a dude, he
had to take characters of guys from the 80’s; one being myself.”
So this is one of
those stories of rappers not speaking about real life and they’re speaking
about someone else’s life?
“I mean I give him 10%
of his life he talked about … He’s from Brooklyn. He lived in Marcy Projects.
His name was Shawn Carter. He got that right”
“You see James Brown
getting royalties for people sampling him right? I want royalties from you
sampling me now,” Klein said
then proceeded to repeat Jay’s line
from
Allue. “He was humble about it. He
gotta realize you can’t just live the next person’s life without acknowledging
‘em when they come home.” [So he did pay homage?]
“Yea he had to.”

The fukk are you talking about? Jay was heavy in the dope game when Pac was a ballerina.
There's a plethora of reasons to attack Jay's character, but he was legit in the streets.