You can't run and hide from who you are, where you come from, or who you love.
Empire State of Mind
β Scribed by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US;Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2011;2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1591848342
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
I'm not a businessman-I'm a business, man.
βJay-Z
Some people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z is, he first and foremost a business. And as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah, he has turned himself into a lifestyle.
You can wake up to the local radio station playing Jay-Z's latest hit, spritz yourself with his 9IX cologne, slip on a pair of his Rocawear jeans, lace up your Reebok S. Carter sneakers, catch a Nets basketball game in the afternoon, and grab dinner at The Spotted Pig before heading to an evening performance of the Jay-Z-backed Broadway musical Fela! and a nightcap at his 40/40 Club. He'll profit at every turn of your day.
But despite Jay-Z's success, there are still many Americans whose impressions of him are foggy, outdated, or downright incorrect. Surprisingly to many, he honed his business philosophy not at a fancy B...
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