Even though the quotes in question portray him as little more than an Occupy skeptic, the narrative that he's virulently anti-OWS is already being cemented. Whatever Jay-Z actually said has gotten lost in the shuffle at this point. RELATED: 'Watch the Throne': Catchy, Gaudy and 'Chillingly Out of Touch' One little problem: Jay-Z never uttered the word "un-American," and to put it in his mouth is quite the stretch. In aggregating the NYDN's aggregation, Breitbart and The National Review pushed "Un-American" into their headlines. In aggregating Zadie Smith's profile, the New York Daily News deployed the u-word in a set-up to one of his quotes. entertainment/…Īnd lots of people, including Guitarmy, are giving Jay-Z flak for calling OWS "un-American," which really isn't fair. Jay-Z is willing to sell #OWS T shirts but doesn't agree with its message. RELATED: Alexander Payne Can You Hear You Just Fine Happy Birthday, Michelle Obama "Yeah, the 1 percent that’s robbing people, and deceiving people, these fixed mortgages and all these things, and then taking their home away from them, that’s criminal, that’s bad. Not being an entrepreneur. What do we want, do you know?" As a firmly-established member of the 1 percent, Jay-Z is most bothered by Occupy's demonization of everyone in the top-tier. "What’s the thing on the wall, what are you fighting for?" Jay-Z asks in the quotes that reignited the feud. Jay-Z has always seemed somewhat supportive of the Occupy movement in theory, but he questions its goals and rhetoric. RELATED: Russell Simmons's Sketchy Defense of Jay-Z 99 Problems entered the political lexicon when Jay Z performed at the Obama staff inauguration ball, gleefully rapping I got 99 problems, but a Bush ain’t one for. They're taking their beef to Jay-Z's big opening-night concert at the Barclays Center, turf he partially owns. But this time, the 99 percenters have a more targeted plan of attack for shaming the rap mogul. Mark Romanek, who would later do Jay-Zs ' Picasso Baby ,' directed the video. After all, Occupiers were too busy trying to not get kicked out of their campsite to focus on Jay-Z too much. At one point in the song, Jay-Z raps, 'I got 99 problems but being a bitch aint one.' In this context, hes talking about staying out of prison, thus avoiding becoming a bitch for another inmate. OWS called the rapper a "bloodsucker," but Jay-Z emerged from the spat mostly unscathed. I Got 99 Problems, But Fat Ain’t One SHAKE MY BEAUTY.
Last November, Jay-Z pissed off the Zuccotti Park set by selling Occupy Wall Street knock-off shirts without donating any profits to the movement. JAY-Z - 99 PROBLEMS (99 Problems) Film Producer: Sheira Rees-Davies Film Director: Mark Romanek Producer. This isn't the first time Jay-Z and Occupy have feuded. Jay-Z has drawn the ire of Occupiers yet again, this time over quotes he dropped in his Zadie Smith-penned The New York Times T Magazine profile.
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