So Jigger told the Barney's haters to kick rocks. How can you honestly still be a fan?

[Juliano Soprano]

I'm a licensed financial adviser, I do this "Suze Orman" shyt for a living slim. What do you do? What's your portfolio looking like? I'm tired of seeing Blacks waste money on material possessions, especially with no resale value. That $2500 spent on a purse could have been invested or saved for her 2 young kids, instead of just one purse.

She had no business in that Barneys store.

So this is the argument you use to defend this shyt?

She was too poor to be in the Barneys store in the first place, so she deserves everything that happened to her wrong or right

There's no defense for this shyt, so blame the innocent victim breh.

 

[boskey]

So....because it's her money, she should have the right to buy high fashion material goods that she couldn't afford without that tax return money, more than likely her monthly salary (if that) over her two young kids & their future?

I see why ya'll n!ggas stay broke. Your vision of priorities is just as fukked up as hers.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA PEOPLE???

I love this whole situation becuz its showing exactly where everyone stands

We got Jigga and his stans saying poor people deserve to be arrested for spending money on luxury items. Meanwhile these same poor people have been listening to Jay Z for 15 years tell them that they ain't shyt unless they own the right luxury items.

Chess playing Hov. Its the perfect swindle.

 

[Marciano]

At this point you're either

A) trolling

B) a moron

We don't know if her kids are starving. You're just assuming. Just because she is buying a purse doesn't mean she picked the purse over her kids. Stop it. You sound judgmental and ignorant. We don't know a thing about the girls money woes. We know she used tax money to buy something she wanted and the store said hmmm you're black and young you should have this, police check this one out.

Secondly, please shut the fukk up. So what, you're in finance. So that automatically gives you the right to judge people on how they are suppose to spend or save the money they worked for. It's not stated that she used her rent money or kids money for the purse. She is actually doing the smart thing and using just her tax money instead of her whole check to buy the damn purse. There is nothing wrong spending a little bit of money on something you like. Should we save more? Absolutely. But if buying a purse is something she wants to do because she earn it, let her rock. Jesus

Naw mayne, you're the ignorant one. For one, you stay criticizing Jay Z for whatever reasons. So you already don't like the man, any chance you get the shyt on him, you will. You seem the type that if he donated half his wealth, you'd be one to say "that's not enough, he needs to donate more!" SMH

You're right, we don't know about this woman's money woes. The same way we don't know about Jay Z's dealings with Barneys, yet you spare one & criticize the other. How hypocritical is that? On a business tip, Jay is probably weighing his options. His dealings with Barneys has the potential to help dozens of kids with furthering their education. If one has the chance to help out dozens over the plight of 2 cases, which would you choose? Most of ya'll have never been a position to make legit business decisions. Like Nas said, a caterpillar can't relate to what an eagle envisions.

According to the article, this woman is only 21, one child now with another on the way, a nursing student & worked at Home Depot. So unless she's getting government assistance, I'm pretty sure she's living check to check. I'm sure she is because nearly 80% of Americans are living check to check. She didn't "earn" that tax return money, she had a child & claimed them on her tax returns. You claim there's nothing wrong with spending a little bit of money, but $2500 on one purse? Do you have kids? If you did, would you want your kids' mom to spend that much on a purse with her tax return money? I'd highly doubt you would but then again I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Marciano]

So this is the argument you use to defend this shyt?

She was too poor to be in the Barneys store in the first place, so she deserves everything that happened to her wrong or right

There's no defense for this shyt, so blame the innocent victim breh.

I'm not saying she deserved how she got treated. Do ya'll not read articles? She had NO issues inside of Barneys. She was BLOCKS down the store from when she was stopped.

And yes, if you are too poor to be in some high fashion store, then you have no business to be in there. What's the point of window shopping or dropping money that's not disposable when you have bigger priorities such as children? Or no financial or retirement plan? That makes no logical sense, damn near no common sense.

Spend money on materials with weak resale value brehs & try to keep up with the Joneses

 

[Digga38]

no troll but she obviously can afford it because she had the $$ to buy it correct?

 

[Marciano]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA PEOPLE???

I love this whole situation becuz its showing exactly where everyone stands

We got Jigga and his stans saying poor people deserve to be arrested for spending money on luxury items. Meanwhile these same poor people have been listening to Jay Z for 15 years tell them that they ain't shyt unless they own the right luxury items.

Chess playing Hov. Its the perfect swindle.

I'm not Jay-Z stan, for one, let's make that crystal clear.

Two, the young woman was never arrested & I never said she deserved it. I did say that her priorities on where to spend her money was fukked up. Three, the incident happened in February & NOW she's coming forward with saying she was harassed by the NYPD. Why wait 9 months?

One can argue that the same way Jay has flaunted his wealth, he also has lyrics where he's said he wanted to see "a million more" of our people getting on his level. For folks that listen to his lyrics & take what he says to heart, whether they feel it's good or bad, that's on them. Music is just entertainment to me. I look up to Eddie Brown, Quintin Primo, John Rogers & Reginald Lewis over Jay Z.

 

[OG Talk]

I'm not saying she deserved how she got treated. Do ya'll not read articles? She had NO issues inside of Barneys. She was BLOCKS down the store from when she was stopped.

And yes, if you are too poor to be in some high fashion store, then you have no business to be in there. What's the point of window shopping or dropping money that's not disposable when you have bigger priorities such as children? Or no financial or retirement plan? That makes no logical sense, damn near no common sense.

Spend money on materials with weak resale value brehs & try to keep up with the Joneses

Man get your red herring about materialism in the Black community all the way the fukk outta here...

 

[MVike28]

Man get your red herring about materialism in the Black community all the way the fukk outta here...

this simpleton ass nikka really thought that bullshyt would fly around here.

 

[Marciano]

Man get your red herring about materialism in the Black community all the way the fukk outta here...

Another nikka with no financial or retirement plan lol. Spend your "Coli Cash" well homie

 

[OG Talk]

Another nikka with no financial or retirement plan lol. Spend your "Coli Cash" well homie

Take your ad hominem attacks with you too...

 

[MVike28]

Another nikka with no financial or retirement plan lol. Spend your "Coli Cash" well homie

 

[boskey]

no troll but she obviously can afford it because she had the $$ to buy it correct?

In 99% of stores this is true. But in Barneys they arrest you and let the judge determine if you can afford it...Just to be safe. Nothign racist about it.

I'm not Jay-Z stan, for one, let's make that crystal clear.

Two, the young woman was never arrested & I never said she deserved it. I did say that her priorities on where to spend her money was fukked up. Three, the incident happened in February & NOW she's coming forward with saying she was harassed by the NYPD. Why wait 9 months?

Phillips says the white officers, a male and female, questioned her for 20 minutes, inquiring where she lives, why she was in Manhattan and how she was able to purchase such an expensive bag.

You're right, she wasn't arrested. Just detained so the cops could give her some sound financial advice...

And it was BLOCKS from the store. Those cops mustve gotten an anonymous tip that there were poor financial decisions being made in the area...

 

[JasonSJackson]

I find it crazy how nikkas can sit around thinking of things somebody could and should be doing with thier time and their resources.....

that shyt disgusts me

If Jay z still choose to fukk with Barneys after this incident then thats his choice.........


If you choose not to, than thats your choice....

You can also choose not to support Jay z or his products because of his choice.........thats an option you have.


but if you nikkas feel so strongly about boycotting barneys whats stopping you from protesting outside their doors? Whats stopping you from organizing one?

There are mad buisnesses out here doing bullshyt to nikkas..........which one have u ever taken a stand against.

Its easy to sit in the bleechers and say what a nikka in the game should have done

why dont you fukkboys try getting in the game and do somethign yourselves......

or shut the fukk up

 

[MVike28]

Take your ad hominem attacks with you too...

he sound like those MLM scam artist nikkas

 

[Juliano Soprano]

I'm not saying she deserved how she got treated. Do ya'll not read articles? She had NO issues inside of Barneys. She was BLOCKS down the store from when she was stopped.

And yes, if you are too poor to be in some high fashion store, then you have no business to be in there. What's the point of window shopping or dropping money that's not disposable when you have bigger priorities such as children? Or no financial or retirement plan? That makes no logical sense, damn near no common sense.

Spend money on materials with weak resale value brehs & try to keep up with the Joneses

OK, So why are you bringing up her wealth if that's not the ultimate issue in this thread then? If you wanna rant about how us black people need to do better with our money, then make a thread about it and give us some good financial tips like @Hiphoplives4eva said.

Don't try to derail the thread and attack the victim because you don't agree with Jay getting blamed.