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<strong>Chicago</strong> <strong>Street</strong> <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2017</strong> 15<br />
"I Got the Key": as Jay Z video<br />
implies. Shawn Corey Carter, better<br />
known as Jay-Z, is a 13 time<br />
Grammy winner and is regarded as<br />
one of the most successful men in<br />
music, as a rapper, record producer,<br />
club owner and all-around mogul,<br />
estimated net worth of $520 million.<br />
Hailed as the King of America by<br />
Rolling Stones magazine.<br />
<strong>In</strong> his video, Jay Z come from<br />
behind the guards and joined the<br />
rest of the brothers who was also<br />
wearing a suit..! Basically saying I<br />
got the keys. He did all of the illuminati<br />
puppetry to rise as a leader<br />
with influential powerful to get his<br />
people together not just racial brothers<br />
but slaves of 20<strong>16</strong> brothers. “But<br />
y'all saying he is a powerful puppet;<br />
But if he is why is he doing videos<br />
like that <strong>for</strong>. No illuminati hand<br />
signals No devil horns No cussing<br />
No triangle No money No<br />
Rockafella No dancers Just black<br />
men who was locked up by white<br />
guards who look like they have a 9<br />
to 5 job with a<br />
little authority <strong>In</strong>to<br />
black men with<br />
trillion dollar suits<br />
on and Jay-Z<br />
come from behind<br />
them walked pass<br />
them like those his<br />
guards then stood<br />
in front of them<br />
like "do we have a<br />
problem here?"<br />
And they were<br />
speechless... Like<br />
saying we are<br />
freeing the slaves.<br />
gives knowl-<br />
He gives<br />
knowledge and<br />
wisdom and in<br />
a language that<br />
can be just as<br />
understanding<br />
without the N<br />
word.<br />
edge and<br />
wisdom and in a language that can<br />
be just as understanding without the<br />
N word. Still your third eye will be<br />
opened. This clip is very powerful<br />
as things taking place here in America.<br />
The African American men<br />
most powerful and influential in the<br />
world; Barack Obama, Minister<br />
Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson and<br />
now Jay Z. There<strong>for</strong>e they have the<br />
biggest responsibility to unify. The<br />
image of those men together is inspiring<br />
and brothers like the one<br />
giving true perspective about this<br />
video are the key to getting black<br />
men and the world in place. There is<br />
a Key where we can not only do<br />
away with drug companies, but we<br />
can stop the killing of our legends<br />
both women and men. If the Jay Zs,<br />
Obamas, Farrakhans and Jacksons<br />
of America can unify, we can inspire<br />
oppressed black and people<br />
around the world to come together<br />
and put a stop to this global genocide<br />
that is taking place. The system<br />
is working as it should, and it needs<br />
to be broken.<br />
The artist also co-owns the 40/40<br />
Club, an upscale sports bar that<br />
started in New York City and has<br />
since expanded to Atlantic City and<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong>. He is a part-owner of the<br />
New Jersey Nets NBA team paying<br />
a reported $4.5 million <strong>for</strong> his share.<br />
And, Jay-Z, along with his company<br />
SC Enterprises, has recently<br />
launched a new lifestyle site called<br />
Life and Times, making his <strong>for</strong>ay<br />
into content. <strong>In</strong> terms of earnings he<br />
still reigns over all other hip hop<br />
stars and made a cool $37 million in<br />
2011 in tours and other earnings. He<br />
also has a 10 year long $150 million<br />
deal with Live Nation<br />
records.<br />
Wow, it's <strong>2017</strong> and<br />
we still have slaves on<br />
the plantation refusing<br />
to leave and better<br />
themselves. Here is<br />
Jay-Z and other black<br />
men who have figured<br />
out away to pass on a<br />
valuable lesson that<br />
can change your family<br />
history <strong>for</strong>ever and<br />
all I see is FOOLISH<br />
AND IGNORANT<br />
comments about Jay-Z<br />
and others. Do your research on<br />
how black slaves used to communicate<br />
to each other during slavery.<br />
They sang and pass on valuable<br />
messages to the others through singing.<br />
Jay-Z said, TILL YOU OWN<br />
YOUR OWN,<br />
At the end of the day a lot of Rap<br />
is a distraction. If we weren't as<br />
distracted on certain things as people<br />
we would be more successful.<br />
Focus on god family and being<br />
successful anything else is uncivilized<br />
everything starts at home how<br />
you can fix another king or queens<br />
castle if u can't fix your own.<br />
“Many people love the fact that<br />
Jay-Beyonce are bringing conciseness<br />
into the game. Maybe other<br />
rappers will catch on and stop hating<br />
on each other. If rapping inspired<br />
Gangs, maybe conscious will<br />
bring us together. I’m very proud of<br />
him and his wife!!!”<br />
There are over 2.2 million Black men and women who are not able to vote<br />
because of a felony conviction; yet they have paid their debt to society.<br />
Jalil Johnson pointed out, “The<br />
bit about Jay can be looked at two<br />
ways. 1. Jay has done some good<br />
things in the community. As far as<br />
the Keys video. I already knew he<br />
was drawing these scenes from<br />
Malcolm X, look at the spike lee<br />
movie of Malcolm X. They did<br />
exactly the same on this video. This<br />
video and song could be looked at<br />
symbolically as the same. The narrator<br />
maybe hitting on the point of<br />
black unity as such in the 60's-70's.<br />
BUT there is also a flip side, he also<br />
could be uniting us all to go down a<br />
dark place too.”<br />
Beyonce I don’t agree with. Too<br />
many lines in Beyonce music indicating<br />
Satan too much. I mean the<br />
goat head jewelry and apparel. And<br />
also do not <strong>for</strong>get a musician is<br />
giving you music through the eyes<br />
of the artist and their thoughts. Just<br />
as the artist paints the picture.<br />
-Black people are letting ignorance<br />
and jealously destroy our<br />
culture. We are not taking the time<br />
to analyze and understand that white<br />
America, the government created<br />
systems <strong>for</strong> us to remain controlled<br />
which we<br />
allow this to<br />
happen without<br />
understanding<br />
our<br />
rights in the<br />
amendment<br />
and the constitution.<br />
If<br />
we take the time to learn this and<br />
analyze our place in society, then<br />
our culture could rise to an advantage<br />
unlike anything known to man.<br />
Scirby Scott, “I agree 100%. A<br />
major shift in control of the music<br />
(ownership and distribution) is a<br />
major key to "freedom." When we<br />
are in control then we can put a<br />
more conscious persuasion on the<br />
screen and over the air waves.<br />
Every hip hop group that pushed<br />
awareness and Black strength/pride<br />
had a quick and swift demise<br />
(especially X Klan) "To the East<br />
Blackwards..."<br />
Jay Z made sure that he gives<br />
people reasons to remember him<br />
other than his rapping. During his<br />
break from active rapping he used<br />
time to raise awareness to find better<br />
ways <strong>for</strong> combating shortage of<br />
water. For the same he met with<br />
United Nations Secretary General<br />
Kofi Annan at the organization's<br />
headquarters in New York City.<br />
Further, he also promised to use his<br />
upcoming world tour to raise awareness<br />
of and combat global water<br />
shortage. The ef<strong>for</strong>t took place in<br />
partnership with the UN, as well as<br />
MTV, which produced a documentary<br />
entitled Diary of Jay-Z: Water<br />
<strong>for</strong> Life, first airing in <strong>November</strong><br />
2006. He also pledged $1 million<br />
along with Sean "Diddy" Combs, to<br />
the American Red Cross' relief ef<strong>for</strong>t<br />
after Hurricane Katrina. .<br />
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