I was in shock on why Fox Network and NY Post thought it was appropriate to address Rap Mogul Jay Z as a former crack dealer!
I thought it was pathetic and in poor taste of them using someone's past to judge his present. They made several references to that in their distasteful article which was really unnecessary.
Jay Z is presently an accomplished Rapper and business man that many young people look up to as a role model. Really sad i must say!
Jay Z is presently an accomplished Rapper and business man that many young people look up to as a role model. Really sad i must say!
Read their article below:
"When you need advice on a subject, you go to an expert.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) did just that when he had a policy meeting on the subject of how cops enforce the laws with hip-hop mogul Jay Z — who earned most of his expertise in crime as a crack dealer.
The governor’s spokeswoman, Melissa DeRosa, on Wednesday described their confab in Cuomo’s Midtown office as “productive.’’
The two discussed “a top-to-bottom review of the criminal justice system and how we can all work together to pass a reform package,” she said.
The rapper built his musical career on songs about his past criminal exploits slinging crack in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing project.
One online report lists 187 references to crack or cocaine on his 12 solo albums, including last year’s chart-topping “Magna Carta Holy Grail.”
In addition to his rap boasts about drug dealing, his criminal justice experience includes being charged with stabbing people and bashing them on their heads with bottles at his favorite city nightclubs.
David Laska, a spokesman for the state GOP, was outraged about the meeting.
“Given Jay Z’s history with the law, he’s as serious a source on police policy as Vladimir Putin is on freedom of speech,’’ he said.
Source: Fox
Source: Fox
