After helping to open Barclays Center, new home of the Brooklyn Nets, Jay-Z chopped it up with GQ magazine to discuss the five coolest things about the team.
The co-owner started out discussing the jerseys, stating, “All-black everything! And the lettering—the typography reminds you of the old subway. It’s classic.” As for the court, “It’s herringbone,” he said, “which is crazy. In fact, the NBA fought me on it. They said if it gets shot on TV, the lines will mess up the screen. I’m like, this ain’t 1988—we’ve got HD. We ended up taking it to the old arena in New Jersey to test it.”
Hov described the stadium as a central point in the borough. “It’s beautiful, amazing, really well-done,” he continued. “It’s just classy. It’s still an arena, so there’s only so much you can do. But for an arena, it’s actually really beautiful.” He set his sights on Brooklyn, stating, “Well, Brooklyn is cool; that’s like the definition. There’s nothing on earth cooler than Brooklyn.”
And last on the list? “Me? Ha, I am Brooklyn,” he quipped.
Read the feature over at GQ.com.
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most overrated rapper of all time
yup
Congratz…you managed to get the 1st and worst comment wrapped up in one post for this article. I’m just curious how many platinum #1 albums it’d take him to not be overrated though?
“The co-owner”
lmao
he made jerseys go out of style… remember the button ups? lol… now hes bringing them back out.. i knw fabolous is happy about that
The only thing cool about the Nets right now is the fact they’re winning.
Haha,i thought i was the only one who saw fab to have loved it soo much,and it fitted him very nicccely,:-)
Best thing about the Nets? They gave the Spurs their second ring! And Jay, you not Brooklyn! You doin ya thing, true, but Brooklyn was established well before you got here and will continue to be well after you’re gone.
KEEP MAKE ‘EM MAD, JAY!!!
BUT QUIT RAPPING THOUGH.