Jig On the Cover of Fortune: Jay-Z is a Serious Businessman

“Welcome to the year’s most intriguing corner-office experiment: Carter took over as president and CEO of Def Jam early this year, making an unexpected move from the recording studio to a corporate C-suite. Jay-Z, 35, is hip-hop’s reigning megastar, a crossover icon who’s had 13 top-selling albums, sold more than 33 million records worldwide, co-founded [...]

What Crack Did to Black America

“Cocaine is a powerful drug,” so said the late Rick James, and he wasn’t kidding. Cocaine, extracted from the leaves of coca plants, is the most powerful stimulant of natural origin. In powder form, cocaine is deadly and addictive. When altered to form “crack,” cocaine becomes even more deadly, and even more addictive.
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