And forgive me if this thread has been made already.
But I was listening to Blueprint today and thinking when it's all said and done Jay will probably be my most respected rapper ever. Not my favorite rapper or who I consider the best rapper, but my most respected rapper ever. Mostly for how he handles business outside of hip hop and his character.
Dude is an entrepreneur and hustler of the highest order. The different economic ventures he's into and the success he's achieved is really unparalleled in the rap game.
Plus you never hear dude in the media sh*tting on people heavy. Don't get me wrong, he will sneak diss the sh*t out of you and he might stab you, but you never see him acting like a b*tch on social media or getting in nasty public beefs. All dirt gets handled behind closed doors. Even when he caught a 20-piece in the elevator you never heard a peep, and I can respect that.
And he bagged the illest female in music period--wifey wise, music wise and business wise. Gotta respect that
Which brings me to the thread... I started wondering why Jay's experienced so much more success outside of hip hop than other rappers... especially Nas because I consider Nas the better emcee (because he deals with better content). But outside of hip hop Nas's success is low compared to Jay. Even emcees who had more commercial success have not had as much business success as Jay.
Summary: So honest question, what's your opinion on why Jay has had so much more business success than other hip hop artists?
But I was listening to Blueprint today and thinking when it's all said and done Jay will probably be my most respected rapper ever. Not my favorite rapper or who I consider the best rapper, but my most respected rapper ever. Mostly for how he handles business outside of hip hop and his character.
Dude is an entrepreneur and hustler of the highest order. The different economic ventures he's into and the success he's achieved is really unparalleled in the rap game.
Plus you never hear dude in the media sh*tting on people heavy. Don't get me wrong, he will sneak diss the sh*t out of you and he might stab you, but you never see him acting like a b*tch on social media or getting in nasty public beefs. All dirt gets handled behind closed doors. Even when he caught a 20-piece in the elevator you never heard a peep, and I can respect that.
And he bagged the illest female in music period--wifey wise, music wise and business wise. Gotta respect that
Which brings me to the thread... I started wondering why Jay's experienced so much more success outside of hip hop than other rappers... especially Nas because I consider Nas the better emcee (because he deals with better content). But outside of hip hop Nas's success is low compared to Jay. Even emcees who had more commercial success have not had as much business success as Jay.
Summary: So honest question, what's your opinion on why Jay has had so much more business success than other hip hop artists?
