In a news story published by the New York Post last week, Brooklyn, New York rapper Jay Z was referred to as an “ex-crack dealer.”
The publication used the label in the headline for their story about the rapper-turned-businessman’s meeting with Governor Andrew Cuomo, which was titled “Cuomo has policing powwow with rap mogul (and ex-crack dealer).”
Jay Z reportedly met with Governor Cuomo to discuss reviewing the criminal justice system in the wake of the grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer responsible for the choking death of Eric Garner.
A spokesperson for Governor Cuomo addressed the meeting between the two in a statement released last week.
“Gov. Cuomo and Shawn ‘JAY Z’ Carter had a productive conversation about doing a top to bottom review of the criminal justice system and how we can all work together to pass a reform package that ensures equality in the eyes of the law,” Cuomo spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa said.
According to AllHipHop.com, Fox News also referenced Jay Z’s drug dealing past in the headline for their story about the rapper’s meeting with Governor Cuomo.
Neither Fox News nor the New York Post has apologized for their headlines.
In addition to Jay Z, Russell Simmons has also reportedly met with New York politicians to discuss matters concerning police brutality.
For additional Jay Z coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
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s an ex good rapper too!HA!Hows that for a headline for ya?He got what he wanted even though we all know he was a nickel and dime cat …none of the cats that did it big time vouched for him…He is a very good writer that wrote hits to get out the hood..Shame that that is how the New York media describes him though…
Fox News and the New York Post are run by racists i’m not surprised, adding more fuel to the fire, why they don’t point out all those politicians who steal money as Thiefs in their headlines, this country is full of racists.
u just figuring this out ?
@fuckallracist you made the only valid point so far out of all these ignorant ass comments. this shit is just as bad as all the bullshit going on right now with these cops getting away with everything.
ALL THOSE FUCKERS ARE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHERE THEY BELIEVE IN REVERSE RACISM BUT NOT THE BLATANT RACISM THAT THEY SUPPORT. BUT FUCK EM, FUCK EM ALL. FUCK DRAKE FANS, TOO
Like it’s a bad thing for a rapper to be called ex crack dealer!
Maybe he paid them for the extra streetcred?! 😀
Haaa!!!! That is a possibility!
i read this story 3 days ago step it up DX
Well i just saw it now so take it easy pal….news is still news
Rick Ross could only dream of a legit news publication referring to him as a former criminal.
Ha ha …
Still beats being referred to as an elevator assault victim from a hoe.
ITS THAT TIME AGAIN ITSSSSSSSSS GUCCCCCCCCCCIIIIII TIMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEE
This article warrents praises of gucci mane
lets take a look at all these so called “real rappers” that create “real rap”
1) Tupac fake thug balerina that was never about that life he rapped about. Hid behind Suge was scared and paranoid for his life. He was no thug he didnt rap about facts he rapped about fantasies
2) Nas fake queens thug claiming he was a real drug lord like pablo escabar when we all know his only crime was parking his car wrong
3) Eminem acts like hes tough claimes he will fight anyone we all know hes just a soft white boy never about that life
4) Jay z never moved big weight he still trying to fake his street cred he was never bout it
5) Mobb deep midget thugs 6) TI, JEEZY,game snitches and fake gangsters
GUCCI MANE MAKES REAL RAP EVERYTHING HE RAPS ABOUT HE LIVES IT. He killed a man, he beats people up, he moved weight, he runs the streets, he runs the cells. He is the epitome of a real nigga
FREE GUCCI
and now he doing 6 years in prison LOL how real is that? not raising or supporting your seed is gangsta to the core.
You forgot to mention that Gucci’s parents are cousins…..how real is that??? They kept the G gene in the family….also explains the ice cream tattoo and the down syndrome delivery on the mic….his music is trash, whether its real or not, i rather hear good music with loose facts thatn this garbage…..and even still the guy is nowhere near what the legend of him is…..”he killed a man” kid are you 12 years old? You think thats somethin good to lay claim to? Pick up a book instead you retard #KeepGucciBehindBars
well as irrevelant as that is, not like they were liying
Scumbag ex-crack dealer former “owner” of 0.0000000000000000000001% of the New York Nets (basically he owned their fucking shoelaces)…
Where’s the untruth?
Guy is human dogshit, now he wants to play at being otherwise?
Shawn Carter Foundation has done what exactly, for anyone?
#facts, but damn, someone had a tall glass of hatorade this morning…
the only reason i still see this nigga in the news is because of beyonce
Easy on that hate, you still got the rest of your day to deal with. SMH @ randoms discussing other dude’s business. What’s your life like?
This fake fraud never sold crack. No one in Brooklyn can confirm Jay-Z stories about being a crack dealer.
Jay-Z is a fraud just like: Ice Cube, Dr Dre, 2Pac, The Game, Young Jeezy etc.
Long live the realest ever: GUCCI MANE
its because hes 50 fucking years old and all the people he used to sell too are in nursing homes, dead or in prison
Stannucci is so right….and he’d know cause hes a street dude himself….and you know real recognize real…..which im sure will make ice cream cone face a popular booty in the hole…..real or not the guys a loser….lock him up and throw away the key #KeepGucciLockedUp
50 years old doesn’t qualify for a nursing home out of touch & sheltered suburb teenager. and only a scared, fragile morality sucker wants everyone locked up and the key thrown away. I want my tax dollars to go for other things.
Yes cause by supporting a self proclaimed murderer you are the king of morality….moron
He claims publicly to be a former drug dealer. What’s the problem?
Reaaal taaalk
maybe in your little circle of corner store junkies that’s nothing. but jay z is in an elite world where that carries a limiting stigma, no matter how much you try to lend credence to it
Not since Biggie has a mans ashy crusty nasty lips taken up so much of his face.
Jay is dope, I don’t get all the hate on here. Headline is accurate though.
Standard. I did the same thing on my resume. “Bachelors of Science in Business with a concentration in Marketing, and a former collector of Ninja Turtles 20 years prior.”
I been sellin’ crack since like the 5th grade, tho…
I just started selling bout a week agooooo….
Jay Z Referred To As “Ex-Crack Dealer” In Almost Every Song He’s Ever Made…. y’all mad at the Post tho?
them crackers wouldn’t have said that in other posts. only because he met with the police. that is how they move man. it’s a strategic ploy.
Wish you wouldn’t take it so easy with your work ethic Danielle hardly working. The only reason I come here is to read troll comments and get banned for 3 months due to writing my ongoing stalking of kamille leai on the migos fight night article
Agreed. She is very sensitive. She banned me as well, (reasons unknown) but I used my girls ipad and laptop instead muhahaha!
S/O to the niggas who got banned on DX before.
here we go
Unless Jay was ever convicted of selling drugs that’s libel like a motherfucker. Just because he says it in the songs doesn’t mean its true.
this is not libel. it would only be libel if the statements were untrue. because jay-z constantly refers to himself as such and has promoted a brand and truth, in part because he was a former crack dealer, there is no libel. if this were a libelous statement, fox would be sued. again, because it is a libelous not there is no defamation here.
why are you all defending this dude when he constantly talks about selling or having sold drugs or references drugs on EVERY album he has released? don’t you see a certain hypocrisy here? it is a problem for the fox to say it but not a problem for jay-z to say it about himself to promote his brand??? if he really wanted to leave that part of him in the past he would not constantly refer to his drug dealing history in the present
^ you’re making too much sense man
@shy
but jay puts it out there and then ppl verify. But when someone came out a few years ago and said he never sold drugs ppl were like awwww, fuck him he don’t know about hov he hatin. They didn’t say nothing wrong, they called a spade a spade
“every step you take they remind that you ghetto”
– Hov
that is how they do, man. I am never surprised.
Im a Jay-Z fan, but you can’t rap about being a drug dealer, and then get offended when you get referred to as one or a former one in this case. Though it is unfair to use this meeting to criticize Cuomo, then again this is Fox
isn’t that what Jay Z Refers to himself as. an ex-crack dealer
It’s true that Jigga can’t have it both ways-make money and keep street cred by talking about drugs in his music, and be a political figure. I also think that the headline is biased- they’re just using Jay Z to make the politician he’s talking to look less credible. If it didn’t work with Obama, I don’t think it will work here either.
Who gives a shit. Arnold can kill millions of people in movies, become a politician, and then return to killing people in movies. This is American. Get your money!
I’m taking this website off my bookmarks
We’re talking about an institutional reform. The best thing for Fox News is always to pretend not to recognize systematic racism in monetary or economic terms.
There’s a fear of black youth and black people in general, an ongoing war and we feel the effects through poverty, injustice and social inequality since emancipation when we were supposedly set free, but nevertheless we need to break free from these inherited disadvantages that seemingly have us set as a permanent underclass in this race based western civilization
Who didn’t sell drugs? Half the population either sold illegal drugs or sold them for the government. Everybody sells or takes drugs one way or another.
Sold them for the government? Hahahaha, cartels make a lot of money bruh
His humble beginnings is what makes him a credible person to consult on this issue.