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wants to box me in/But somehow I beat them charges like Rocky…Not guilty…” On The Black Album, Hov lets us know that in just three years, his bail money increased 10-fold with, “half a mil’ for bail cause I’m African.” The rapper may also be acknowledging the bias in the criminal justice system where Blacks ages 18-29 received significantly higher bail amounts than other races due to factors such as low socioeconomic status which hinders them from posting bail, but allows the prison industrial complex to profit. But ya boy got off and had something to say about it on The Blueprint track “Izzo”: “Cops want to knock me, D.A.
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Kelly, Jay spits, “Arrested, put in the lineup, tryin’ to put dents in my armor/But I’m a survivor, plus I’m liver than most/Out on bail, fifty thou’, still ridin’ with toast.” Riding with toast became problematic in 2001 when Jay-Z is arrested for weapon possession when a loaded handgun was found in his car. On “Guilty until Proven Innocent” featuring R. It was all good until 1999 when Jay- Z was arrested for the stabbing of Lance “Un Rivera” in a nightclub. On “Coming of Age (Da Sequel),” the rapper was, “mouth off at the cops, outta cranberry drops.” Then on the collabo “Reservoir Dogs,” featuring The Lox, Beanie Sigel and Sauce Money, Hov spat, “I just sit on my money til I’m above the law.”
2… Hard Knock Life), he said, “While y’all player hate we in the upper millions…/I’m trying to restore the feelings f-k the law, keep dealing!” But it didn’t end there. Give me the chills but these mills, well, they make me hot.īy 1998, Jay-Z is steadily climbing the ladder of success and has some choice words regarding the legal system. Those nightmares, ma, those dreams that you say you’ve got Said she had dreams that snipers hit me with a fatal shot I keep it tight for all the nights my momma prayed I’d stop On his first single, “In My Lifetime,” Jay rhymed, “If I’mma risk a frisk, gettin’ my wrists wrapped up in steel/I’m out here trying to make a mill’, my shit is real for real.” One year later he ups the quantity: Taking it back to 1995, Jay-Z was hungry for success, but was aware of the pitfalls of his hustling career. The ability to succeed as a drug dealer and stay out of the long arm of the law was one of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems.” But the rapper, born Shawn Carter from Marcy Projects didn’t always have that pull. This forced the RIAA to change the rules of how music sales are quantified.
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In the commercial for MCHG, the rap mogul called the internet the “wild west-wild wild west” with its relationship to music and there is a “need to write the new rules.” For the album, Jay worked out a deal with Samsung to allow the first million owners of Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II devices to download the album three days before it was officially released on Independence Day of 2013.
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However, the treaty was used as the cornerstone for the democratic development of England and the United States.Of great interest to the later generations of “rulers” was Clause 39 of the Magna Carta, which stated “no free man shall be arrested or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or in any way victimised…except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” This is how you get a reasonable doubt.
The Magna Carta was a peace treaty between barons and King John of England in 1215. Reasonable doubt is a legal term defined as a standard of proof used in criminal trials to find a defendant guilty of a crime.
His first album, Reasonable Doubt and his latest album, Magna Carta Holy Grail (MCHG) both contain legal references. Jay-Z’s relationship with the criminal justice system is something he continually acknowledged, but how he interacts with it changes with the longevity and success of his career. Not D.O.In Never Change 2.1, the study which looked at drugs, guns, criminal and law references throughout Jay-Z’s discography, the law theme had the lowest mentions but was the most consistent throughout his career and has a particular allure because of the way it was referenced. Got the hottest chick in the game wearing my chain, thats right HOV H to the O-V, I used to move snowflakes by the O.Z.,įlier than a piece or paper bearing my name, This is a public survice announcement sponsored by Just blaze and the good folks at Roc-A-Fella Records.įellow Americans, It is with the upmost pride and sincerity that i present this recording as a militestament and recollection of history in the making during our generation.Īllow me to re-introduce myself, My name is HOV