Chapter 407 Will Smith appear?

West Coast time, January 25, 2002, around 7 pm.

California, downtown Los Angeles, near Staples Center.

A stretched Rolls-Royce sedan with many modified decorations on the outside and very cool embroidery on the body was driving on the way to the Staples Center parking lot.

Due to the game tonight, traffic is very heavy near Staples Center tonight.

A large number of Los Angeles police officers came out to direct traffic, but because there were so many people, traffic jams were still unavoidable.

The length is very exaggerated, the total length is definitely more than 7 meters long Rolls-Royce sedan.

Even if it's worth more than a million dollars, it's still stuck in traffic.

“Fake the Shet!”

Strengthen the cabin of a Rolls-Royce sedan.

Sean Corey Carter looked at the heavy traffic outside and couldn't help but curse.

Sean Corey Carter's stage name is Jay-Z.

He is very famous in North America and is one of the true kings of the black hip-hop circle.

His first single was released in 1994, and his second album sold more than 5 million copies.

In 1999, the song "Heartbreaker", a collaboration with Mariah Carey, became a superstar and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

In the black circle and hip-hop circle, Jay-Z is as famous as Michael Jackson.

Tonight, Jay-Z paid a high price to get some Staples Center tickets from scalpers.

He came here specially from New York to watch the game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers.

To be honest, Jay-Z is not a fan of these two basketball teams.

As a standard New Yorker, Jay-Z was born in Brooklyn.

If I had to find a favorite basketball team, it would probably be the Knicks.

No matter how bad they are, the Knicks are still the only basketball team in New York.

Jay-Z will go to New York Knicks games if he can.

Tonight's game between the Rockets and the Lakers can attract Jay-Z because his new agent suggested that he go.

"Although it is indeed a bit dangerous. After all, that happened just a few days ago..."

"But... Sean, think about it. Why don't those Hollywood guys go to Staples Center to watch the game together on this day?"

"These guys, do they really love basketball that much? As far as I know, many of them don't even watch an NBA game. For example, that Tom Hanks, this guy is a hidden 3K

Dang. He actually went to watch NBA games. Do you think this is easy?"

Jay-Z’s response to his agent at the time was:

"Then what do you think is the reason why these people went to Staples Center to watch this game?"

The agent said to him: "There are rumors in the circle that Smith Media invited these people because they were let go once when they were in New York. This time, Smith Media wanted to compensate the NBA, so it invited one

In the past, lottery stars increased the popularity of the NBA, which was considered as compensation for the last pigeon release incident."

"Then why should I go there?"

Jay-Z asked in confusion at the time:

"I have nothing to do with Smith Media. That traitor Kanye West is still working at Music DreamWorks for that white guy!"

Kanye West is Jay-Z's former music producer, a young, very talented black hip-hop creative genius.

Jay-Z took a fancy to Kanye's talent and brought Kanye West to his Roc-a-record label, asking Kanye West to help him produce his album.

Jay-Z's "Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life", which sold more than 5 million copies, and "Heartbreaker", a successful collaboration with diva Sister Niu, both had the help and creativity of Kanye West.

Jay-Z values ​​this kid very much, but he, Sean Corey Carter, is not a bastard.

Jay-Z wants Kanye West to keep working for him.

The problem is that basketball and hip-hop have always been one of the two major ways for black Americans at the bottom to pursue class advancement.

How could Kanye West, who has excellent musical talent, be willing to just be a behind-the-scenes producer?

Young black boys have responded to Jay-Z many times and want to create their own personal singles or albums.

In desperation, Jay-Z promised to pay Kanye West to record a single from 2002 to 2003.

But the problem is...

Last year, Kanye West took a chance.

Although the black boy took some risks, he succeeded in the end.

Kanye left Jay-Z's Roc-a-record label and was poached by the reorganized Music DreamWorks.

Jay-Z has since lost a creative genius.

Kanye West, who went to the Music Dream Factory, was unlucky enough to encounter the September 11th incident even though his first solo album had just been released.

As a result, the popularity was taken away, the attention was almost non-existent, and the sales of the album were extremely low once it was released.

But Music DreamWorks is backed by Smith Media, so it doesn’t lack money or channels.

Coupled with the two musical talents of Kanye West and David Geffen, a bright musical spark broke out.

Kanye West's solo debut album is of excellent quality among black hip-hop music. The MV, lyrics, score, and even the marketing itself have no problems.

Even if we encounter a black swan like the September 11th incident.

After the September 11 fever subsided a little.

Kanye's album was re-released by Music DreamWorks.

Starting from the end of October last year, Kanye West's first solo recording album titled "College Dropout" was re-released.

The re-launched "College Dropout" album sold 441,000 copies in the first week in the United States, ranking second on the U.S. Billboard album chart that month.

In the same month, the single "Slow Jamz", a duet with Jamie Foxx, topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Kanye West Reintroduced

As soon as he appeared in the public eye, he became extremely popular and became the most dazzling new star in the black hip-hop music circle.

Since October last year, Kanye West and Avril Lavigne have been known as the two new super stars in the North American music circle in 2002.

The emergence of these two super new stars has also made the world aware of the star-making ability of Music Dream Factory.

Kanye West also became one of the strongest contenders for the Grammy Award for Best Newcomer the following year.

But the problem is...Kanye West was originally just a music producer for Jay-Z's company.

He is one of Jay-Z's many younger brothers, Ma Zai.

Other black people are more envious and jealous of Kanye West's success.

Then Jay-Z is envious, jealous, and more or less hates Kanye.

In Jay-Z's opinion, Kanye's "College Dropout" has so many excellent songs, they should have been his!

It should have appeared on Jay-Z's own new album.

Sales of "College Dropout" exceeded 5 million in two months and exceeded 7 million in three months. Jay-Z felt that it was his own.

This kind of thinking has made it impossible for Jay-Z to interact with his former little brother and friend Kanye in a normal manner.

In addition, when Kanye changed jobs, the two of them got a little unhappy.

Nowadays, Jay-Z and Kanye are somewhat at odds in the black hip-hop circle.

Kanye West is from Smith Media, but now his agent wants Jay-Z to support Smith Media.

Jay-Z was a little unhappy at the time.

Fortunately, Sean Corey Carter is one of the black people who can still listen to persuasion.

Even though he was unhappy, Jay-Z still followed his manager's advice and came to support Smith Media.

Even though Smith Media didn't invite him.

Because the manager said: "Sean, think about the relationship between you and that traitor! If the traitor uses Music DreamWorks to deal with us, how much trouble Roc-a- will have! Think about the advice Boss Anderson gave us!"

In fact, it was the last sentence that the manager persuaded Jay-Z to talk through.

That is "Boss Anderson's Advice".

"Boss Anderson" is a person who is the senior leader of the Bloods Gang among the black gangs in the United States.

Jay-Z is a member of the Bloods Gang and one of the senior peripheral members.

Blood gang leader Anderson is mainly based in New York, and Jay-Z has a good relationship with him.

Silver parry inside a black circle.

The core black people talked about New York and the various forces in New York.

At that exciting party.

Boss Anderson said to everyone: "We can mess with anyone in New York, but we can never mess with Smith! In New York, Smith can sink anyone to the bottom of the Hudson Bay. Listen clearly, it's anyone!"
To be continued...