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^yup :smh:

Dumbest tweet I seen all week SMH

Edit: actually the twitter version says if he didn't meet the khardashians lmao
 
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IhaveAQuestion said:
 
So he not gonna put Vic and Sia back on Wolves?
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some guy on kanyetothe put Vic, Sia on the song with Frank and took out Kanye's verse

i much prefer this over album version

embed wouldnt work but heres the stream link http://yourlisten.com/devantny/wolves-cdq-final-attempt#
 
It's fairly well known that Jay is mute when it comes to his people. He just want that check.
 
703 Hwy said:
It's fairly well known that Jay is mute when it comes to his people. He just want that check.
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"America tried to emasculate the greats, murdered Malcolm,gave Casius Clay the shakes"

I would be a mute too. You see what they did to his wife? What they are saying about Kendrick today/last night.
 
703 Hwy said:
It's fairly well known that Jay is mute when it comes to his people. He just want that check.
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I'm not going to go back and forth with the blatant normal troll HOV slander but it's been known that over the years jay and b have been very generous to us and giving back Everyone doesn't screen shot bank accounts like the game bruh
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/...-thousands-bail-out-protesters_n_7306678.html

Writer and social justice activist Dream Hampton took to Twitter on Sunday to give credit to Jay-Z and Beyonce for bailing out protesters in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri.

Hampton, who co-wrote Jay-Z's memoir, Decoded, sent a flurry of tweets claiming the rap mogul "wired tens of thousands [of dollars] in minutes" after she asked him to help with expenses protesters incurred while demonstrating against police brutality.

She also said the Carters helped grow the Black Lives Matter organization by writing "a huge check." She said Jay-Z and Beyonce insist on keeping their contributions quiet.

The tweets, which were later deleted, were meant to address criticism that Jay-Z and Beyonce had remained silent on the topic of black resistance, according to Complex.

"Protest is literally punished with tariffs," Hampton tweeted. "When they fine and arrest people for protesting, more opportunities for exploitation by the state are possible with each encounter."

Complex got screengrabs of Hampton's tweets before they went down, but she later returned to clarify why she'd given the Carters credit.

Jay & B for stacks. It's true they gave, which is why I tweeted it. but I erased it within minutes, because ppl believe what they want to.

— dream hampton (@dreamhampton) May 18, 2015

They gave cuz that's what they do. & should I ever get major bread, I'm gonna be Howard Hughes, wiring out money anonymously too

— dream hampton (@dreamhampton) May 18, 2015

The musical power couple have an estimated combined net worth of more than $1 billion.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/...-Jay-Z-isn-t-ultra-conscious-charitable-He-is
"The greatest form of giving is anonymous to anonymous."
-Jay Z lyric from "Nickels and Dimes"
I am generally skeptical of people who feel the urge to publicly call out what they perceive to be the lack of generosity of particular celebrities. In essence, sitting at their computers, people imagine it something like this: If I had the amount of money that Jay Z has in his bank account and even half of his influence, I'd be doing A, B, and C.

The thing is, it's just not that simple. You can't superimpose someone else's net worth on top of where you are today and then think of how much better you'd be if you had their cash and clout because if you had their cash and clout, you'd also have their challenges and concerns.

I have one tenth of 1 percent of the cultural influence of Jay Z and even less of his money, but those around me have already come to understand that when I do something as simple as retweet something they are doing, haters and racists and trolls come running out of their holes in droves to critique it. Having experienced this reality on a much harsher level for years, Jay Z, already known for being a fiercely private and even shy dude, opted for being an anonymous Robin Hood many moons ago.

Below the fold are some things that I am absolutely sure of about Jay's charitable endeavors that you probably didn't know.

Jay Z is meeting Today with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to urge him to appoint a special prosecutor in the choking death of Eric Garner.

Jay has paid and is still paying for the tuition of the children of NYPD shooting victim Sean Bell.

Quietly, Jay has given financially to people working on the ground in Ferguson.

Quietly, Jay has supported justice for those discriminated against in the trans community.

Jay has paid to send HUNDREDS of high school students, who, by the way, are very often on the margins of society and actually have to have a GPA of 2.7 or below, through college.

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I was literally steps away from Jay Z and Beyonce at a rally for Trayvon in New York City. When they stepped on the scene, and the entire time they were there, they were all anyone cared about. The man on the mic at the time could've screamed "I have Ebola" and started spitting in every direction and people would've ignored him.

Instances like this, and dozens and dozens of others like it, seem to have caused Jay Z to feel that it's in everybody's best interest if he goes behind-the-scenes-incognito on his giving and his advocacy. It's easy for people without influence to think this is a blown opportunity and how if they were him, they'd do yadda, yadda, yadda, but Jay's attempted advocacy at the Brooklyn Nets game versus the Cleveland Cavaliers only further proves that when you are as influential as Jay Z, somebody is either going to find wrong in everything he does or find a way to make a story about justice no longer about justice but about Jay Z.

Long story short is this: NBA players have been showing their support for the family of Eric Garner by wearing T-shirts during warm-ups which state Garner's last words, "I Can't Breathe."

Nationally televised, and attended by both British royalty and American royalty (Jay Z and Beyonce), activists decided to get jerseys to the players to wear. A former investor in the Brooklyn Nets, activists made the shirts, and through several channels got them to Jay Z, who helped get the T-shirts to the players.

Proud, Jay Z took this photo with some of the players.

Jay Z with Brooklyn Nets players
Jay Z took the image with the players precisely to show his support of them and the message they were conveying. He was personally and directly connected to the activists who made it happen. The action that the activists planned was not about Jay Z, but about NBA players wearing the T-shirts before the game and it was a huge success. The media coverage of all of them wearing the T-shirts, on a night in which the story of the game and the British royal attendance alone could've dominated headlines, exceeded expectations.
Yet, now media pundits and cultural critics alike are using the fact that Jay Z didn't wear a T-shirt in the photo as commentary for how he could've gone harder for the cause and opted not to. Fundamentally, this is just misinformation. Jay Z helped make the designed action happen and successfully highlighted it without making himself the center of attention and ultimately detracting from the players who were making a bold step themselves. While it would've been cool to see Jay Z wear a statement shirt, that's what artists do. The NBA players were violating league rules by doing so and Jay Z, as he does well, knew where and how to stay in his lane on that evening.

Ultimately, the critique of Jay Z in this instance and in most instances where people complain that he doesn't do enough comes down to three main thoughts:

1. How people mistakenly think they'd know how they'd act if they were rich and famous.

2. The incorrect assumption that because you don't see Jay Z parading around giving life-size checks in photo ops that he must not be giving real money that deposits into real accounts.

3. The reality that Jay Z doesn't tweet or live his life on social media, but is a private artist and an even more private citizen who lobbies and gives and connects and networks and influences people and causes completely offline fuels people who think if it ain't on Twitter or Instagram it ain't real.

Ultimately, and this much I know, Jay Z doesn't care that you think he's not this or that. He damn sure doesn't care that you think he's not charitable because he isn't charitable to make you think he is, but because the dude wants to make a difference.

More of us should be this way.
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This took all of a minute of research... does Jay make profit off of black people yes, has he been a pillar of materialism in hip hop yes, but that FAR from the only thing he's pushed & him & his team has done MUCH MORE for "US" than them cats sitting up in apple music/ Spotify offices

He's not only aware of the issues but has been working on using his influence to help solve them... but **** him for wanting to help artist get paid off their craft, there greedy..... meanwhile "we" don't care about giving our money to billionaires who probably don't even have a grasp of the social injustice blacks go through
 
Only got 5 songs in, and this project is wild. Ye brought every ounce of emotion and intensity that he’s been trying to express for years. All the radio rants, twitter rants….the energy so far is off the charts it blows Yeezus out the water. Ye finally got back to the kind of beats we needed from him. Also love how every song flows into the next. I wasn’t even realizing the song had changed. More albums should be like that. One big project rather than 14-18 singles.
 
Art Vandelay said:
I could be wrong because I don't have a lot of streaming experience, but would his album alone be enough to drive people to Tidal though. I dig if he released across all platforms and put exclusive tracks in Tidal, like the original Wolves that everyone wants, but to keep the album solely Tidal, I just don't know.
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It's never about one album being exclusive, it's always about multiple albums that will draw subscribers to a service. This may not sway everybody but Ye making this the only legitimate way to get his music will cause some people to make that switch
SaintVitus16 said:
 
Nothing wrong with supporting an artist-owned streaming service you yourself are invested in, but I don't get the resistance to a physical release.

Also, not getting his logic on the "white" publications comment. I get that he's had to fight to get where he is but I am not sure that makes him immune to criticism; nor do I think you have to be descended from slaves to have a valid opinion on his songs. I'd like to hear him explain that one in a way that makes sense.
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I can only assume he's talking about publications that make stupid articles about hip hop. Like the guy who was talkin' mess about Lupe and Talib or he guy who said Justin Beiber had best verse on some Travis Scott track. So it's directed toward those who don't know hip hop but are writing like they do
 
Magic1978 said:
So because you don't know about it or he doesn't publicize it, it means he's mute?
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Jay-Z is helping send underprivileged kids and adults to college with scholarships.

Dudes won't spend 30 seconds to Google but state opinions like they are facts.
 
This albums is gonna burn up spring/summer.

Just need a physical copy. Tidal will be cut off after the trial month.
 
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