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"I'm not a businessman. I'm a small business, man."
-Jay-Z Some people think Jay-Z is merely another rapper. Others see him as yet another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z is, he is above all a business. So that as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah, he has flipped himself into a lifestyle. You are able to wake up to the neighborhood radio station participating in Jay-Z's latest hit, spritz yourself with his 9IX cologne, slip on a set of his Rocawear denim jeans, ribbons up your Reebok S. Carter trainers, get a Nets field hockey game in the evening, and grab meal at The Spotted Pig before heading to an night time performance of the Jay-Z-backed Broadway musical Fela! and a nightcap at his 40/40 Membership. He'll gain at every convert of your day. But despite Jay-Z's success, there are still many Americans whose impressions of him are foggy, outdated, or downright inappropriate. Surprisingly to many, he honed his business beliefs not at a pretty B university but on the roads of Brooklyn, NY, and beyond as a medicine dealer in the 1980s. Empire Condition of Brain tells the storyplot behind Jay-Z's rise to the top as informed by the people who lived it with him. This audiobook points out precisely how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak roads of Brooklyn to the heights of the business enterprise world. He also includes new information on Jay-Z's various business dealings, such as:
- The feature movie about Jay-Z and his first field hockey team that was filmed by Fab 5 Freddy in 2003 but never released
- The Jay-Z branded Jeep that was scrapped just before going into development
- The real story behind his connection with Armand de Brignac champagne
- The financial ramifications of his matrimony to Beyonce
