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Looks like hip hop's American Gangster wants to be a hit man again. Rap mogul Jay-Z has had enough with being one of pop music's most powerful shot callers. He announced earlier today that he will not renew his contract to head Universal Music Group's Def Jam Recordings after it expires in, oh, seven days and seven hours. He will remain in charge of Roc-A-Fella, an imprint of Def Jam, but he plans to record more and "take on new challenges." Could one of those challenges be facing the fact that he's now less famous than girlfriend Beyonce, who was recently described by our hip hop/R&B writer, Lorrie Irby Jackson, as being "everywhere but on a roll of toilet paper" in 2007? Hmmm ... discuss ... |
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Posted by Christy Robinson @ 12:08 PM Wed, Dec 26, 2007
Jay can afford to step into the shadows of the business side and let Beyonce's pretty face do the selling. When you're as talented and accomplished as he is, you're done having to prove yourself. When he's ready, he'll step back out and make a record that will probably be as hot as its predecessors. I don't think he's got a thing to worry about.