I firmly believe Jay Z has been one of the worst things to happen to Hip Hop and black people post 2010. He's the quintessential black capitalist who'll do anything to increase his net worth while pretending he's doing black people a favor.

It’s so f***ing stupid honestly

It’s almost as if… Shawn Carter was a hustler this whole time

Neither of those things have prevented Jay for being criticized and scrutinized lol niggas victimizing themselves because they wanna hate someone.

What has Jay Z done post 2010 that has been negative to the advancement of black people as a whole?

I’m not mad at standing for sumn but they turn around and support other capitalists lol especially rappers

Could you elaborate what the damage he’s done is

don’t hate the playa hate the game baby young!

I understand he's a natural born capitalist. Its the propaganda he spreads through the media and his surrogates that he's looking out for black people's best interests that really annoys me. he's the guy that stabs you while trying to convince everyone else that you bleeding is in your best interest

im quoting synopsis

But they are

Enemy Of The People™️ sighted

I agree I just don't think it has to be said a million times on every topic

Man just don't build no f*** ass casino in Times Square

Jay having a sportsbook and opening Casinos is on brand but Nas?

shuck and jive boys

just shuck and jive

this line of thinking multiplied by 10,000 millionaires ($10 billion, a significant figure) only reinforces the change never happening but oh well I guess lmao

That's my professional snake!

S***'s gone ridiculous for the last couple of years, I mean damn. Was it always THIS crazy? Can't tune into anything without this mess getting propped up

People on this site make b**** made posts like this in one thread then complain that the Kendrick beef ruined this forum in another

That’s so stupid honestly

To think that change could ever happen is laughably naive. Nothing is changing and that’s just what it is

Blaming Jay Z for capitalism is not going to change s***. If anything the disproportionate hate that he gets compared to the people who are the actual problem can just seem like a distraction and a convenient scapegoat.

What should we change? What is the answer? And as self serving as Jay can seem, are you sure that him gaining the power and influence that he has can’t be a positive in some ways? Like what could Jay Z do if he just threw his hands up and said “capitalism bad so I’m never selling d**** or records or clothes”, is that the reality you would prefer? Jay Z just a nobody? Like what do you want

Was my post wrong or something i don’t get it

Strongly disagree with him being one of the “worst things to happen to black people” lol.

You can be against capitalism, and critical of Jay Z, and still recognize he’s not “what’s holding black people back” so to speak. Lotta nonsense talk.

2words and bigwave are Drake Stan’s(at least 2words pretends to be) so what you said isn’t really being represented in this thread.

Hov’s rightfully one of the most criticized artists on this board though regardless of the beef. The people defending him aren’t waiving anything he did off just because he gave Kendrick the halftime show, but they will waive it off for everything else he did in his career.