Just watched the movie "Backstage" for the 1st time in years and realized that

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It's a movie about young rappers who never had nothing, who through music have achieved some from of success and having a good time on tour. Jayz couldn't be filmed doing wild things because you idiots seem to forget rocafella had three partners, dame,biggs, and jay. He wasn't just a rapper, he was one of the faces of his label. Held to different standards.

Second, not everyone is cut out to be a mogul. It doesn't make them less of a man. Not everyone needs billions to be happy. Not everyone will make even 1/4 of that. As long as their fam is straight and they are making money from what they love to do which is rap, I think they are happy. Everyone worships jayz why? Cuz he owns only 5% of the nets? Only cuz they needed a black face to sell the move to all you idiots so you guys can buy tickets to a subpar team. Why cuz he owns the 40/40 club which has labor issues? Rocawear, which loss most of its liquidity and he doesn't even rock no more. Beyonce? What cause he sits with some rich ass cac and Jews? He can make deals with Jews. So? Does that help the black community? Does that help build more schools for our dying public school system?


Y'all really know how to draw blood from a pillow with this jayz shyt
 

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shyt look at ozzy osbourne.
He's rich as fuk and he's one of the most drug fukked people out there
 

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shyt look at ozzy osbourne.
He's rich as fuk and he's one of the most drug fukked people out there

thats because Sharon is pimpin the hell outta him

[ame=http://youtu.be/rNBeOobOsk0]ICP Versus Sharon Osbourne (Part 1/4) - YouTube[/ame]
 

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shyt look at ozzy osbourne.
He's rich as fuk and he's one of the most drug fukked people out there

Compare him to Gene Simmons. Simmons probably has quadruple Ozzy's worth at least. 50 made more in 2003 than Snoop did his entire career. My point is that Snoop has not maximized his earning power because he doesn't know how to play the game. His record label and clothing line's flopped because he's not focused on being a successful businessman. He's focused on getting high. The Snoop Dogg brand can't sell shyt right now. Nobody is buying cars or clothes because Snoop co-signed it. He's a good actor and personality and used to be a good rapper, but I won't accuse Snoop of being a good businessman. When he was signed to Master P and Pharell's label, they should've been signed to his.
 
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Totally agree. He's nonthreatening in interviews and behind the scenes with his white counterparts. He did an interview with Bill Maher and he came off so heaux like. I was disappointed.

it's embarrassing to watch. it's just so forced, his facade using every last bit of self-respect he has. if that's what you have to do to reach a billion. so be it. more power to him. just telling it as i see it.
 

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jay-z had to struggle into the game differently than these guys. dmx went from nobody to selling a fukking ton of records in just a few years. meth won a fukkin grammy from a song on his first solo joint. red was in the game before moguls like diddy paved the way on how to be a mogul. jay-z had to struggle to get there. in 96 no one, and I mean NO ONE, not even jay-z, thought he'd be in the position he is now. he had been struggling for damn near a decade already to get into the game here and there with his little features. when you struggle for shyt you appreciate it and are more focused.
 

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Compare him to Gene Simmons. Simmons probably has quadruple Ozzy's worth at least. 50 made more in 2003 than Snoop did his entire career. My point is that Snoop has not maximized his earning power because he doesn't know how to play the game. His record label and clothing line's flopped because he's not focused on being a successful businessman. He's focused on getting high. The Snoop Dogg brand can't sell shyt right now. Nobody is buying cars or clothes because Snoop co-signed it. He's a good actor and personality and used to be a good rapper, but I won't accuse Snoop of being a good businessman. When he was signed to Master P and Pharell's label, they should've been signed to his.

Why are u comparing these dudes period. Like someone cant be happy with 10,15,20 million because someone else has 100plus million.. everyone is wired different somethings that drive some people don't drive others.. .are seriously saying these dudes are failures because they dont have as much money as J, 50 or Diddy...you don't know what makes someone happy or at peace..all you think is that an unlimited amount of money will do the trick...
 
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meth and red are nowhere near as business minded as snoop is, meth and red are both lazy as fukk u cant say that about snoop.

both red and meth regularly tour. they're not nearly as lazy as you think. snoop is a marketable brand. he's wealthy because he's successfully adapted to this west coast stoner persona that's made him tons of money outside of rap. he's recognizable as fukk and thrives off that. i respect snoop's intellect FAR more than jay-z's. you can tell snoop is smart.
 

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Why are u comparing these dudes period. Like someone cant be happy with 10,15,20 million because someone else has 100plus million.. everyone is wired different somethings that drive some people don't drive others.. .are seriously saying these dudes are failures because they dont have as much money as J, 50 or Diddy...you don't know what makes someone happy or at peace..all you think is that an unlimited amount of money will do the trick...
Your right, everybody doesn't wanna be the boss. Some are content being workers. X,JA,Red,Meth,Bleek,Beans are content being workers obviously. I think in hindsight they wish they could be a boss right now instead of bullshytting while they were relevant. My point is that all dem nikkas gotta be bitter for not taking advantage of the spotlight they had. When they're doing shows with 200 people in the crowd a rational person would realize he should've capitalized off his popularity. I have a hard time believing Bleek is content with his career. You can believe if you want to.
 
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look at what snoop's done. he's a marginal rapper, at best, who's parlayed his engaging personality into an immensely profitable brand. that takes smarts, imo. jay-z has snaked a lot of people to get where he is. let's be real. look at the history of his ascent in the industry. from biggie to dame. so, let's keep shyt 100. back to snoop. dude is worth 100 mil, a quarter of jay-z's wealth, and he's managed to amass that much in spite of a declining record career and failed clothing endeavors.
 

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:usure: Nas wants to be a don but doesn't have the brains to pull it off. If he had the mind and grind like Curtis and Shawn he'd use it for the cake. He don't so he can't. But Nas would trade lives with Jay in a heartbeat, especially when he gets those child support and alimony bills monthly.

Steve Stoute himself who knows the both of them said that Nas never craved the limelight that Jay had, and passed up on many business ventures that could have made him richer.
 

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look at what snoop's done. he's a marginal rapper, at best, who's parlayed his engaging personality into an immensely profitable brand. that takes smarts, imo. jay-z has snaked a lot of people to get where he is. let's be real. look at the history of his ascent in the industry. from biggie to dame. so, let's keep shyt 100. back to snoop. dude is worth 100 mil, a quarter of jay-z's wealth, and he's managed to amass that much in spite of a declining record career and failed clothing endeavors.

Flavor Flav and ODB got by on personality. That doesn't make them smart.
 

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Always amuses me when broke nikkas start talking about other rappers(who happen to be millionaires) money, and try to shyt on them because they don't have Jay Z, Diddy money, what do you have to show for yourself though?

Rap is the only artform where the fans are fixtated with hustling, money and that whole image. Imagine, a rock fan saying ' Well Eric Clapton aint shyt compared to Paul Mccartney because he don't have 750 mill'
 

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Jay was the only smart rapper in the entire movie. The other nikkas was just content with getting high and getting show money and groupies. It seems if your focused in hiphop like Jay,50,Puff it should be easy to become a mogul. All I could do is smh at Meth and Red, them grown ass nikkas was acting like kids while Jay played the cut and executed moves. Same goes for DMX, I don't know how you get your foot in the door like that and only care about the small shyt like hoes and getting wasted. nikkas like 50 let the Young Bucks worry about that shyt while they stay focused and you see 1 busting dope moves while the other is bragging about buying his chain back from the IRS. All dem nikkas from Beans to Bleak just looked happy to be there. They made Jay look much smarter than he is. Meth and Red are fukking jokes tho. I know everybody doesn't wanna be a CEO or exec but damn, them nikkas was acting like junior high students.




-Backstage is currently streaming on netflix btw.

Edit-You can watch the entire movie on youtube in parts

Backstage (part 1) - YouTube


yea u kno the reason for this? they r rappers, they aint no businessmen. why u think they enjoy drugs, hoes, n blowing cash like its nothing. its cuz most of these dudes are fukin uneducated dudes from the fukin ghetto.

its like asking why a dog bark. cuz its a dogg.

u seriously questioning why dmx smokes crack n does crazy things instead of being a fukin rap mogul. think about what u asking man. all dmx knows is rapping, smoking crack, and probably robbing dudes. what u expect him to do. b a donald trump? in 20 years from now, dmx still gon be smoking rocks n doing dumb ignant shyt.
 
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