Discursive Verses: Jay-Z, the Super Bowl and playing with house money
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Summary
It's no small irony that Jay-Z, the best personification of hip-hop's hopes and dreams, built his success by emulating America's worst excesses. Avarice. Greed. Domination. In turn, we idolized him for showing us "how to move in a room full of vultures." The streets he hustled in were made savage …
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