Do y’all see why many of us don’t take those Forbes Celebrity billionaire net worth lists seriously? With these new allegations, the bulk of Jay Z’s Forbes guesstimated $2.5 Billion paper net worth is at risk because now his partnerships and brands are at risk. Just like Kanye, once their reputation is destroyed for whatever reason the net worth decline is soon to follow.
The dominant society promotes these Black celebrities like Jay, Rihanna, and pre-crash out Kanye as “billionaires” to keep Black people asleep and from challenging the system in a major way. They know that promoting celebrity tokens as “billionaires” will reduce the odds of large numbers of Black people pushing for systemic change since a lot want to keep that door open to becoming wealthy tokens. And they can say “there isn’t racism, look at Jay Z he became a billionaire”. Jay Z played into this by partnering with the NFL after how they treated Kap.
Edit - To clarify, I’m pointing out how the media building up Black celebrities as billionaires makes them vulnerable to getting torn down. Even Jay Z has rapped about this, most recently on What it Feels Like.
The dominant society promotes these Black celebrities like Jay, Rihanna, and pre-crash out Kanye as “billionaires” to keep Black people asleep and from challenging the system in a major way. They know that promoting celebrity tokens as “billionaires” will reduce the odds of large numbers of Black people pushing for systemic change since a lot want to keep that door open to becoming wealthy tokens. And they can say “there isn’t racism, look at Jay Z he became a billionaire”. Jay Z played into this by partnering with the NFL after how they treated Kap.
Edit - To clarify, I’m pointing out how the media building up Black celebrities as billionaires makes them vulnerable to getting torn down. Even Jay Z has rapped about this, most recently on What it Feels Like.
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