Old Jay-Z Vibe interview from 1998: Talks about taking over the drug game in VA, Danny Diamonds, etc

[FunkDoc1112]

This was really good read, I see no reason dude and his stories been pretty consistent throughout his career.

Hell Cam said dude was rich as hell before rap and he has no reason to lie to prop Jay up lol.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

no.....impossible. its a better chance of the sun not coming up tomorrow than for someone to see millions off drugs without any serious beef.

Especially if he claimed to be doing shyt out of state. I have no doubts he was gettin money tho. Just not as much as he claimed

 

[queens4life]

First off this isn’t true

Secondly, Jay caught an attempted murder charge in 1989 in Baltimore with Calvin Bacote

i never heard of the bmore thing
seems something jay would speak on if true
i beat a body type raps

 

[No Hook]

JAY WAS NEVER ARRESTED FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT STABBING UN AND SHOOTING HIS BROTHER....
BUT HE WAS HEAVY IN THE LATE 80'S DRUG GAME???
EXAMPLE 1991 NY HAD 2000 MURDERS ON RECORD
HE COULDNT HAVE BEEN IN THE STREETS LIKE THAT
EVERYONE CATCH'S A BID OR CHARGE

It's only considered a crime if you get caught

 

[ISO]

Have you ever killed anyone?

Nah. And I wouldn't tell you that.

Have you ever had anyone killed?

I wouldn't tell you that either. But no.

 

[DatNkkaCutty]

You don't speak the shyt he speaks in the manner he speaks it...without bein "in the loop" or "in the know".

Might he occasionally embellish a story about his past? Probably..but who doesn't from time to time? There's no way your spinnin the tales the way he has, without really being out there like that...or not bein involved in situations with the individuals he's been known to be associated with.

Damn no wonder the GAWD titled it...."In My Lifetime"....

 

[FreshAIG]

i never heard of the bmore thing
seems something jay would speak on if true
i beat a body type raps

This Man Says He Kept Jay Z Out Of Jail In The 1980s

Jay Z diehards should recognize the name Calvin "Klein" Bacote. Hov famously rapped about the Brooklyn street legend on "Allure," off his The Black Album LP. The lyric was memorable and mysterious at the same time.

"I never felt more alive/ Than riding shotgun in Klein's green Five/ Until the cops pulled guns," Hov spits, without divulging much more info. Now the man immortalized in the line has come forward to speak on it. And though MTV News cannot confirm the veracity of the former street figure's version of events, Bacote claims to have saved Jay from a prison stint.

"That came from a case that he and I caught in '89," Bacote told VladTVin a video interview that was posted to the Internet over the weekend. "We were at a party; mayhem just broke out crazy."

Bacote, who recently wrote the book "Neighborhoods Under Siege: Neighborhoods Under Siege: Memoirs Of A Brooklyn Don," noted that the party was in Maryland, but didn't detail exactly what happened besides an alleged fight in which he, Jay and their crew of about a dozen were significantly outnumbered. According to Bacote, when all was said and done, he and the then-unknown rapper were in hot water.

"Long story short, Jay and I wound up being the ones who got caught," Klein alleges. "We actually got locked up, charged with [attempted] murder, [attempted] murder to maim, battery assault, possession of a deadly weapon."

Bacote went on to claim that he persuaded the victim to drop the charges on either himself or Jay -- but not both. According to Bacote, who already had prior convictions, Jay offered to stand trial in his place. "Jay was like, 'Yo, Klein, you been through a lot, I don't really have no record, I could take the weight of the case,'" he said.

Despite Hov's offer, Klein opted to take the heat because of Jay's rap potential, he claims: "I kinda thought of the man's career. I didn't want him to miss that opportunity."

 

[the cac mamba]

And if for some reason you missed your daily fix of The Simpsons or Seinfeld, you can call Jay and he will act out the episode for you.

 

[Harry B]

Lol @ "Radolfo", Clark Kent was really everywhere even in disguise.

This Man Says He Kept Jay Z Out Of Jail In The 1980s

Jay Z diehards should recognize the name Calvin "Klein" Bacote. Hov famously rapped about the Brooklyn street legend on "Allure," off his The Black Album LP. The lyric was memorable and mysterious at the same time.

"I never felt more alive/ Than riding shotgun in Klein's green Five/ Until the cops pulled guns," Hov spits, without divulging much more info. Now the man immortalized in the line has come forward to speak on it. And though MTV News cannot confirm the veracity of the former street figure's version of events, Bacote claims to have saved Jay from a prison stint.

"That came from a case that he and I caught in '89," Bacote told VladTVin a video interview that was posted to the Internet over the weekend. "We were at a party; mayhem just broke out crazy."

Bacote, who recently wrote the book "Neighborhoods Under Siege: Neighborhoods Under Siege: Memoirs Of A Brooklyn Don," noted that the party was in Maryland, but didn't detail exactly what happened besides an alleged fight in which he, Jay and their crew of about a dozen were significantly outnumbered. According to Bacote, when all was said and done, he and the then-unknown rapper were in hot water.

"Long story short, Jay and I wound up being the ones who got caught," Klein alleges. "We actually got locked up, charged with [attempted] murder, [attempted] murder to maim, battery assault, possession of a deadly weapon."

Bacote went on to claim that he persuaded the victim to drop the charges on either himself or Jay -- but not both. According to Bacote, who already had prior convictions, Jay offered to stand trial in his place. "Jay was like, 'Yo, Klein, you been through a lot, I don't really have no record, I could take the weight of the case,'" he said.

Despite Hov's offer, Klein opted to take the heat because of Jay's rap potential, he claims: "I kinda thought of the man's career. I didn't want him to miss that opportunity."

This must've been just before that event

Never seen a worker rock so many jewels

 

[Bed$tuy]

 

[WSFGDan]

 

[Dad]

I was never around the Calvin Kleins, 'cause to be around them you would have to be under them. You weren't going to be over them. That would have been conflict."

(2:00 min mark)

 

[tuckgod]

Its all true

“I was never around the Calvin Kleins, 'cause to be around them you would have to be under them. You weren't going to be over them. That would have been conflict." - 1998

“I never felt more alive than ridin’ shotgun in Klein’s green 5, until the cops pulled guns” - 2003

 

[WSFGDan]

 

[Harry B]

“I was never around the Calvin Kleins, 'cause to be around them you would have to be under them. You weren't going to be over them. That would have been conflict." - 1998

“I never felt more alive than ridin’ shotgun in Klein’s green 5, until the cops pulled guns” - 2003

You have to consider the fact that he was just fresh out of the streets, his people were still out there, could’ve been the same week Emory got jacked for all we know.

There’s pictures of him and Calvin, there’s them getting locked up, and on and on. But of course on the Coli they think that cats never did shyt unless they snitch on themselves or get caught doing it by the police .

It is semi-true though, Jay and them went down to small cities cause they would be workers under some other dudes in Brooklyn.