Imagine you take the dinner with jayz over 500k and he tells you this :wow:

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People are dumb

Jay-Z got rich because he was a talented artist. End of story.
being better at something that most other people in the world often nets you a successful life. Unless you talent is in a useless trade

People act like he's Jim Kramer and is going to tell which stocks to invest in to get rich or something
 

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People are dumb

Jay-Z got rich because he was a talented artist. End of story.
being better at something that most other people in the world often nets you a successful life. Unless you talent is in a useless trade

People act like he's Jim Kramer and is going to tell which stocks to invest in to get rich or something
I think it's more than artistic talent to be fair. There are plenty of talented rappers. There are plenty that sold more records than him. I think he got rich because he knew when to bey on himself and when to align with certain people. If you notice, he was also never really into drugs, never had multiple kids out of wedlock (that we know of) and the businesses he invested in he knew how to promote within his music. I wouldn't necessarily say his rapping talent is what made him a billionaire.
 

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Jay Z is one of my favorite rappers of all-time...but I'm taking the 500k

I know the fake rich posters would say dinner tho, lol
 

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I think it's more than artistic talent to be fair. There are plenty of talented rappers. There are plenty that sold more records than him. I think he got rich because he knew when to bey on himself and when to align with certain people. If you notice, he was also never really into drugs, never had multiple kids out of wedlock (that we know of) and the businesses he invested in he knew how to promote within his music. I wouldn't necessarily say his rapping talent is what made him a billionaire.
But none of the advice he gives you will apply unless you are capable of being a platinum recording artist as well. Meaning the only people that should be taking advice from him are other rappers who are trying to go from millionaire to billionaire. Some dude that works at Popeyes is gaining nothing taking the dinner or the money
 

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But none of the advice he gives you will apply unless you are capable of being a platinum recording artist as well. Meaning the only people that should be taking advice from him are other rappers who are trying to go from millionaire to billionaire. Some dude that works at Popeyes is gaining nothing taking the dinner or the money
I agree with that. Just to clarify, i think 99.9% of people should take the money over the dinner.
 

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I’d take the $500k and pay some base head to throw a can of light brown paint on his ass to give Jay that camel complexion.
 

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being better at something that most other people in the world often nets you a successful life. Unless you talent is in a useless trade
I've learned lately that no such thing exists. Its only a talent deficit within such trades.


I used to clown gender studies and black studies students and professors until last week. NPR did an exposè on the cig industry in relation to black people. Turns out the most talented folks in those inherently useless disciplines were paid handsomely in the 60s, 70s, and 80s to get menthol cigarettes from the mega cig firms into black male pockets .


The specificity at which they could target their demographic socially, geographically, economically, etc is mind boggling because of their meticulous study of us . Its to the extent that within a heterogenous city, they could angle blackmale billboards in such a manner that they wouldn't be visible to their white clients, but would be clearly visible to the rec centers, corner stores, and workplaces frequented by black men.

The brilliance at targeting the right black politicians in 2008 and during COVID to frame their product as a civil rights issue is down right Machiavellian.





That npr segment had me in the car like :ohhh:


It dawned on me that if you really are the best at even things that seem useless you will be paid.
 
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