Did Jay-Z do more damage to the black community as a rapper or as a drug dealer?

[Ice Cold]

Serious question:

As a drug dealer he only influenced those in his community but as a rap icon he's an international figure glorifying the criminal life style.
He's sold millions of records, been all around the world and has popularized gangsta rap and the lavish lifestyle.
As a drug dealer his influence would have been shorter lived most likely.

 

[Money Be Green]

fukk Jay-z

 

[StraxStrax]

Serious question:

As a drug dealer he only influenced those in his community but as a rap icon he's an international figure glorifying the criminal life style.
He's sold millions of records, been all around the world and has popularized gangsta rap and the lavish lifestyle.
As a drug dealer his influence would have been shorter lived most likely.

 

[DallasTxRep]

 

[Wesley Pipes quotes]

While rap music has glorified an image that isn't favorable for blacks globally, Jay-Z isn't the problem. It didn't start with him nor will it end with him. I'm glad the brotha stopped peddling drugs to his people. The lesser of two evils and the brotha has made it possible to stop the cycle with his own family. Good for him.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

 

[mr x]

Right hand on the Bible, left hand in the air
Before I spoke one word, made sure my throat was clear
A-hem, I'm a prisoner of circumstance
Frail nikka, I couldn't much work with my hands
But my mind was strong, I grew where you hold your blacks up
Trap us, expect us not to pick gats up
Where you drop your cracks off by the Mack trucks
Destroy our dreams of lawyers and actors
Keep us spiralin, goin backwards
At age nine, saw my first hate crime
Blindfolded, expected to walk a straight line
Mind molded, taught to love you and hate mine
Climbed over it, at a early age, Jay shined
fukk the system at Lady Justice I blaze nine
Your Honor, I no longer kill my people, I raise mine
The soul of Mumia in this modern day time

 

[Takerstani]

I don't agree with your premise, sir.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

On a side note selling drugs was a choice, not a forced move. He chose that but there are other options

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]