After months of speculation, from rumors of a joint label with his longtime girlfriend Beyonce, failed contract negotiations and a supposed marriage, Jay Z has announced that he is stepping down as Def Jam president and return to reign on these hoes in the rap game.
On Christmas eve. Jigga man finally ended the speculation saying that he was leaving Def Jam because it was time for him to "take on more challenges." Although Jay Z's boss man L.A. Reid expressed that the Jigga Man will definitely be missed in the "executive capacity," I can't say that his fellow label mates share those same sentiments.
There has been widespread dissatisfaction with the way certain artists signed to Def Jam were being marketed and promoted. I don't think it was a wise decision for Def Jam to consider an artist that is recording and working on their own projects to market and be responsible for the success of other rappers on the label. The old "crabs in a bucket theory" will always rear its ugly head. But as for Jay, I think the move was nothing but business and proved to be a damn wise one.
Green font fitting the gentleman most men want to be like and women, whether they admit it or not, want to be with. Seeing as though he went from making $32 million dollars topping Forbes Hip Hop Moguls list in 2006 to opening a new 40/40 club in Las Vegas. Jigga could easily finally live up to his word and retire and never have to see an unemployment line. Can a sistah get a dub stop 'til Friday? Dayum!
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