Monday, October 25, 2010

The State of Jay-Z's Empire // From The WSJ

Full Article Here // Excerpt Below

by John Jurgensen

Rolling through New York City in the back seat of his black Maybach, Jay-Z touches a button to let more light through the translucent roof, then tugs back a window curtain to peek out at the rainy streets of his hometown. The rapper went from a Brooklyn housing project to a top corner office near Times Square, a path traced in "Empire State of Mind," his anthem to the city that has taken a place next to Sinatra's. At age 40 and still rapping, Jay-Z inhabits the rare zone where cultural cachet and corporate power meet.

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