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August 16, 2012
Don’t Believe Jay Z’s Brooklyn Nets Bamboozle Hype!
Diary of a Hollywood Street King
by Jacky Jasper
Not everyone is buying the spin.
Empire State of Mascot?
Jay Z seems to have paid top dollar just to land himself some basketball juice. That’s because the real real drop behind the Roc-A-Fella Records’ founder’s $1M investment into the Brooklyn Nets is surfacing.
Insiders reveal the cool mill Hova put into his home ball-team is worth just 1/15th of one-percent of the NBA franchise. That means, despite what Jay Z may want you to believe, the real man who owns the Brooklyn Nets is Russian billionaire – Mikhail D. Prokhorov, who owns 80% of the team.
Now, sources say Jigga forked out big bucks to white massa just to play mascot. Don’t believe me.. Ask Dame Dash.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding, Bruce Ratner – The Slickest Gangster Of ‘Em All
David Halfbinger’s study of Jay-Z’s far more than cosmetic involvement with the Brooklyn Nets (“With Arena, Rapper Rewrites Celebrity Investors’ Playbook“, New York Times) is that rare combination of quality reportage and something that might well be fodder for Phil Mushnick’s next column. While Halbinger describes Jay-Z’s keen attention to details, his meeting of the minds with the sickening Brett Yormark and dedication to cross-promotion and branding, it’s the following paragraphs that suggest the savvy, cynical operator isn’t Sean Carter, but rather, developer Bruce Ratner.
NoLandGrab: Brett Yormark sickening? Check. Bruce Ratner cynical? Check check.
Hip-Hop Wired, Exclusive: Spike Lee Says Barclays Center Is “Not Better” Than Madison Square Garden
The Barclays Center has been the talk of basketball, Hip-Hop and Brooklyn, but one person unfazed by the hype is Spike Lee. The acclaimed director, and Brooklyn native is a devout New York Knick's fan and when asked if he will start supporting the Nets who have since moved to his borough, he refused to switch sides. “I'm not going with the Brooklyn Nets,” Lee tells Hip-Hop Wired.
...Regardless of the attention that the center has received, Lee is not impressed. However, he will visit the arena— if need be. “I'll go, but I'm not a Brooklyn Nets fan,” he added. “It's not better than Madison Square Garden."
Posted by eric at August 16, 2012 5:25 PM