Rolling Stone Magazine crowns Jay-Z as the new King of America

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Out in stores June 24.

He's had more Number One albums than Elvis Presley. He hangs with Barack Obama at the White House. And he's riding high after leaving his longtime label Def Jam to work a $150 million deal with Live Nation, delivering some of his best live performances ever. At the age of 40, Jay-Z qualifies as an elder statesman of hip-hop, a fact that's more remarkable considering other rap peers have hung up the mike to pursue careers in Hollywood. So how does he run the game?

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[*MissChanel*]

Good luck to him! What has this got to do with MJ though? lol

[~* White Chocolate *~]

^ exactly. Not MJ related. moved to 'Music makes the world go 'round'.

[BubblesLuvsMichael]

Well you can all guess my opinion on that fact without me having to mention it. but for people that don't know me I'll tell you 4 famous words that I've been using alot lately. OVER MY DEAD BODY.

Sorry guys its nothing personal nor an attack against anyone that likes him but I can't stand stand the guy unfortunately.

[blankyluvdoodoo]

no offense to any one but why everyone is so obsess to find new king;
KING is gone and he took crown and chair with him.
so get over it.

[LoveMJackson]

There is only one King for me and that's Michael Jackson.

[Big Apple2]

These folks crack me up. LOL! They're forever "trying" to CROWN somebody, i.e.

Justin Timberlake, Usher, Chris Brown, the "new" Justin, the Jonas Brothers. What happened to all of their CROWNS? LOL!

[billyworld99]

These folks crack me up. LOL! They're forever "trying" to CROWN somebody, i.e.

Justin Timberlake, Usher, Chris Brown, the "new" Justin, the Jonas Brothers. What happened to all of their CROWNS? LOL!

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[if.it.aint.broke.break.it]

It's Rolling Stone. Next.

A rock and roll magazine that covers The Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber and Lady GaGa in great detail? Jann must be rockin' out all nite long then. When was the last truly great rock band covered in that magazine? God only knows because it must have been before I was round.

[gerryevans]

no offense to any one but why everyone is so obsess to find new king;
KING is gone and he took crown and chair with him.
so get over it.

I just wish there really was someone on the musical landscape that had the magic, diverse talents, excitement etc. etc. etc. to justify the title since apparently so many are eager to give it to someone.

[MySerenity5]

Er... what?

[Dr.Heat]

They didnt Crown him king of 'music' or even pop Music, it was used more as a Metaphor , you people get worked up over nothing, the things he's accomplished since 96 as a black hiphop artist from Brooklyn are amazing, and like misschanel said what has this got to do with MJ, 11 number one albums even Mike doesnt have that

[MySerenity5]

^

Yea... but that's because Mike didn't release albums every year.

Also... I acknowledge his accomplishments but many older folks don't even know who he is. I don't really get hip hop. I tried but I like the old school more. Sorry for the bias.

[Courtney]

lol. I don't get it? He's the King of America? haha. How exactly? What is up with all these "King of *fill in the blank*" titles? Nobody's creative anymore. lol.

Whether this is just an expression or a title or whatever...Michael will always be the one and only "King" to me.


Honestly, I don't know Jay-Z's music. I wouldn't recognize a song by him if I heard one on the radio.

[Grand Master S]

WTF does this have to do with MJ? Did they call Jay the King of Pop? I understood the complaining when they "crowned" Justin Timberlake as the new KOP because that pissed me off too, but this is dumb.

"I don't get it I don't even listen to hip hop!"

Whether you silly overzealous fangirls who associate someone breathing air as a Michael Jackson diss like it or not, Jay-Z is a big deal today. It's not like "King of America" is officially his new handle either (I believe "King of New York" has been one of his handles for a long while, however, so this is probably a play on that). It's a freakin' Rolling Stone cover glorifying him. Because it's Rolling Stone magazine and he's a major artist in the music industry. Ohnoez.

I'm gonna make a comparison that's actually relevant to Jay-Z and just add that Eminem is about to reclaim his spot as the biggest legend in the rap game who's still going strong . Recovery!

BTW I'm right now imagining what the responses here would be like if Rolling Stone had called Mike the King of America. I believe it would go something like this:

"That's stupid Michael was the King of the WORLD and besides America treated him like dirt and now they're just jumping on his bandwagon because he's dead! I'm unhappy!"

And you can add those last two words in a hypothetical reaction about more or less anything lol.