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It’s been no secret that Obama likes Jay-Z, he recently told Rolling Stone that Jay-Z is his Ipod. I just can picture Obama on Air Force One singing Jay-Z line, “And if Al Sharpton is speaking to me somebody give him the word that we don’t approve”. Obama spoke on hip hop as well saying:

The Illinois senator has praised the pair as “great talents and great businessmen”, insisting he’s happy to have the support of the duo in the upcoming November (08) election.
But Obama admits he still has reservations about the current state of music in the U.S., and hopes the industry will begin to take its cues from the business-minded music duo.
He says of his concerns of hip-hop culture: “I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics, but I think the genius of the art form has shifted the culture and helped to desegregate music.
“It would be nice if I could have my daughters listen to their music without me worrying that they were getting bad images of themselves.” Source

So for the Intellectuals with swagger out there remain cool.

Lil Wayne might need to go back to school. Weezy told Rolling Stone that he didn’t know Jay-Z crowned him the next King until his boy told him.

On “Mr. Carter,” Jay-Z calls you “my heir, Young Carter” — that had to feel pretty cool.
That line right there was hard! Unbelievable. I didn’t even realize it at first. My homie had to tell me “You know what he said, right?” I didn’t even get it. I was like, “Why is he saying ‘air’? Is he just talking about the air?” But I’m smart enough to know that he’s smart enough not to just be talking about the air. I felt real dumb, but then I felt so good. It was an incredible compliment.

He also talks about how he would call Baby and Rap on his answering machine.

Yeah, they were real raps, not like, “Hello, I’m leaving a message.” Every time he saw me, he asked me to rap so whenever I called him and he didn’t pick up, I’d leave a rap. I was about 12, I didn’t understand that no grown-ass man wants you calling his phone all day.

Lil Wayne might need to go back to school. Weezy told Rolling Stone that he didn’t know Jay-Z crowned him the next King until his boy told him.

On “Mr. Carter,” Jay-Z calls you “my heir, Young Carter” — that had to feel pretty cool.
That line right there was hard! Unbelievable. I didn’t even realize it at first. My homie had to tell me “You know what he said, right?” I didn’t even get it. I was like, “Why is he saying ‘air’? Is he just talking about the air?” But I’m smart enough to know that he’s smart enough not to just be talking about the air. I felt real dumb, but then I felt so good. It was an incredible compliment.

He also talks about how he would call Baby and Rap on his answering machine.

Yeah, they were real raps, not like, “Hello, I’m leaving a message.” Every time he saw me, he asked me to rap so whenever I called him and he didn’t pick up, I’d leave a rap. I was about 12, I didn’t understand that no grown-ass man wants you calling his phone all day.

Lil Wayne might need to go back to school. Weezy told Rolling Stone that he didn’t know Jay-Z crowned him the next King until his boy told him.

On “Mr. Carter,” Jay-Z calls you “my heir, Young Carter” — that had to feel pretty cool.
That line right there was hard! Unbelievable. I didn’t even realize it at first. My homie had to tell me “You know what he said, right?” I didn’t even get it. I was like, “Why is he saying ‘air’? Is he just talking about the air?” But I’m smart enough to know that he’s smart enough not to just be talking about the air. I felt real dumb, but then I felt so good. It was an incredible compliment.

He also talks about how he would call Baby and Rap on his answering machine.

Yeah, they were real raps, not like, “Hello, I’m leaving a message.” Every time he saw me, he asked me to rap so whenever I called him and he didn’t pick up, I’d leave a rap. I was about 12, I didn’t understand that no grown-ass man wants you calling his phone all day.

There might be a bit of trouble brewing over at Live Nation. According to the Wall Street Journal after giving Jay-Z 150 Million, Michael Rapino the chief exec for the company wants to slow down deal making to make sure these deals are making a profit. While chairman & concert promoter Michael Cohl, wants to quickly strike deals with as many as 15 more artists. Live Nation’s stock price, which has fallen more than 44% since its first big deal and with the ever changing music industry Rapino wants to play it safe.

The battle that has played out in recent weeks was complicated by Mr. Cohl’s threat to take with him stars he says he brought to Live Nation over the years, including the Rolling Stones and U2. People familiar with the matter say Mr. Cohl also said he would buy back Concert Productions International Inc., which he sold to Live Nation last year for $123 million in stock and $10 million cash. People close to the company say he has no contractual right to buy back the business.

This sort of reminds me of when CMB disbanded. Rock A Bye Baby

Apparently there is an actually Ghetto Film School where Dame Dash & Marky Mark are on the advisory board. Part of there mission statement is “ASSETS-BASED teaching – recognizing the glass is also “half-full” with today’s urban youth” I wonder if they teach people how to make movies like Soul Plane and Death of a Dynasty. Oh and the 2 woman Dame is hugged up with are also in attendance at the 4th Annual Ghetto Film School benefit dinner and awards ceremony at Bottino on June 9, 2008 in New York City. I bet they served Fried Chicken and Watermelon.

Jay-Z & Lil Wayne – A Billi

I’m bout to put all of these A milli freestyles on a mixtape and sell them!!

Props to Young Sav

As previously reported Jigga is having a bit of trouble selling out some of his UK concerts. But could it be due to the same hate that got the Rachel Ray ads pulled? Probably not but there are some signs of racism going on. SCOTTISH singer K T Tunstall was quoted in a UK paper going off on her country men.

“People need to get a f*****g grip – Jay-Z is one of the biggest stars in the world. Of course he should be headlining.

“Glastonbury is about diversity and introducing people to stuff they maybe haven’t seen before.
“It’s prejudice against hip-hop. So does that mean we should get rid of the world music and dance stages?

“I’m not a huge hip-hop fan but I’d really like to see Jay-Z.”

The Organizers have been getting a lot of flack because Jigga doesn’t play a guitar like Lil Wayne. But Jay is taking it in high spirits saying.

“We don’t play guitars, Noel, but hip-hop has put in its work like any other form of music. This headline show is just a natural progression. Rap music is still evolving.

“People have a passion and have an opinion about who should perform there.

But the world changes and we have to embrace the change. I’ve never been involved in anything this controversial. What’s the big deal about doing a show?” Source

And to figure we are about to elect a black president in the states and we can’t even headline a concert in the UK. I guess America is the greatest country in the world.