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Jay-Z: A Business, Man

How hip-hop’s first billionaire went from grams to Grammys. Zing and Simon discover how Jay-Z went from dealing drugs in the projects to sipping champagne in a private jet.

How hip-hop’s first billionaire went from grams to Grammys. Journalist Zing Tsjeng and ±«Óătv business editor Simon Jack chart Jay-Z's meteoric rise from drug dealing in the projects to sipping champagne in a private jet. Jay-Z turned his aspirational lifestyle into cash, rapping about the champagne that he owned. And the private jet? A gift from his wife, Beyonce.

In the podcast that uncovers how the world's wealthiest people made their money and asks if they are good or bad for the planet, Zing and Simon judge the man who shot his brother, who signed Kayne West, whose adultery gave use Lemonade, and the man who has been called the greatest rapper of all time.

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