Jay-Z, Roots Picnic and Rap
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His Roots Picnic freestyle had the force of a legend clearing the air, but it also raised a harder question: What does rap beef do for an icon who already won?
Jay-Z's competitive drive is once again becoming a major topic in hip-hop after 50 Cent revealed that the rap icon still has ambitions of being recognized as the genre's undisputed No.
"I just felt kinda embarrassed for him," he said of the rap legend returning to the stage.
Z's viral Roots Picnic freestyle, saying Drake can beat Hov in a battle and calling the performance "wack." **SOURCE:**
Last night, rumors started circulating about Jay-Z doing some kind of Rajnar-Kjartansson-meets-Marina Abramović performance art mashup, in which he would rap his new art-inspired song "Picasso Baby" at a rotating cast of hand-picked art-world individuals ...
The New Rory & Mal co-host is the younger brother of Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Kareem "Biggs" Burke.