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Jay-Z is a part-owner of the New Jersey Nets, Nelly has a stake in the Charlotte Bobcats and Usher has invested in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal and Ron Artest have either dropped rap discs or started their own record labels. O’Neal even went platinum with his 2003 LP “Shaq Diesel.” Through his G-Unit business, 50 Cent is a brand in his own right. He has a line of vitamin water, called Formula 50, his own video game, and a deal with Reebok.
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Rocawear co-founder Jay-Z will be in charge of all product development, marketing and licensing for Rocawear. Jay-Z's senior management team in licensing, marketing and product development will ... join Iconix. He will retain his stake in the operating company that manufactures all of the Rocawear men's apparel and his two partners in that business, Alex Bize and Norton Cher, will continue to run that company and enter into a long-term license agreement with Iconix for the core young men's apparel category.
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This Madison Square Garden performance is a continuation of the many doors that Jay-Z has opened for other artists throughout his career. The entrepreneur, philanthropist and spokesman has been the first in many things.
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Instead Jay-Z offered to make his own album and release it in conjunction with the movie; Def Jam is ... releasing the film’s official soundtrack, which features songs by Bobby Womack, the Staple Singers and Sam & Dave. Jay-Z plans to attend the film’s premiere but any cross-promotion deals have not been completed, executives said. The movie’s trailer already includes an older Jay-Z song, “Heart of the City.”
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Jay-Z is stupid. He was worth so much more when he owned rocawear. 700 million in sales anually and he sells it for 200 mill. It seems as if he should of held on to this asset instead of giving it up.
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Though Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, said he’d never heard of Mr. Lucas while growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, he still glimpsed much of himself in Mr. Washington’s portrayal: “The way he carried himself. The way he went about things. The way he wasn’t loud, but he was very strong.”
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