I’ve been as mean to Jay-Z as anybody I’ve written about -including Bono. But Jay-Z was still friends with the lengendary Biggie Smalls and Bono is still a putz.
At the groundbreaking for the new home of the Nets basketball team which he is part owner of Jay -Z said this and immediately regain his cool in my book: ” “What I stand here and represent is hope for Brooklyn, New York City. I’m a son of Brooklyn, I’m from Marcy projects,” Jay said. “I think about growing up in Brooklyn in the Marcy projects and shooting jump shots, thinking I can make it to the NBA. Now I stand here as an owner of a team that’s coming back to Brooklyn. The pride in that, and bringing that dream so much closer for people, brings me so much pride I get a little nervous about it. But I’m very happy, very excited about this day. And we did it again, Brooklyn — shout-out to [Notorious] B.I.G.”
Any friend of Biggie is a friend of mine.