Shortly after this video went viral in 2004, Jay-Z addressed the controversy and explained that the woman in the footage was actually his good friend music executive Chaka Pilgrim, who is currently the president of Roc Nation Records, and that they were just playing. Carter walks into the room he has a rather irritated look upon his face and without hesitation lashes out at an unidentified female in the video. The assault looks unprovoked as HOVA walks into what looks like a backstage area of a concert venue.Īs Mr. Again, the footage was shared with sensational claims about what it showed, yet provided little in the way of context:Īpparently Jay-Z had a problem with a female in a shocking video that was pulled out of the archives of the Backstage DVD by HipHopDX.Īs of this time I have yet to hear from my numerous contacts at Roc-A-Fella in regards to Jay-Z’s side to this affair.īut, if pictures speak louder than words then Jigga-man has some explaining to do. This clip first appeared in a 2000 documentary called Backstage about Jay-Z’s Hard Knock Life Tour, but it didn’t start creating controversy until it was picked up by music gossip web sites in 2004. When we searched for more information about this clip, we found that the person in the video was an adult, not a child, that they were an old friend and employee, not a fan, and that all parties involved said that the altercation was friendly in nature.
Of course, that’s problematic as we never actually get a good look at the “victim” in this video, and its limited runtime provides little to no context about the encounter. I want to be like those guys.The provided details also change with each posting: Is the girl 12? Is she a teenager? Did she try to hug Jay-Z or take his picture? Whatever the situation, it’s difficult to verify based solely on the images in this 3-second clip. When thinking about what I was going to say tonight, these heroes just kept coming to my mind, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One and Chuck D, and, of course, a fellow inductee, LL Cool J. “Much like punk rock, it gave us this anticulture, this subgenre, and there were heroes in it. We were told that hip-hop was a fad,” the rapper said, according to Rolling Stone. “You know, growing up, we didn’t think we could be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In his acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, Jay-Z thanked the hip-hop pioneers that came before him and inspired him to get where he is today. You paid the right price, so we just made your hits tighter,” the nine-year-old Grammy winner said before laughing. His mother, Gloria Carter, was also featured in the touching tribute.īlue Ivy closed out the video with a, slightly censored, line from her father’s 1998 track “Ride or Die.” “In my lifeline, more than a million rhymes, no joking,” the legendary songstress opens.Īppearances also included: Halle Berry, LeBron James, Rihanna, Naomi Campbell, John Legend, Regina King, Queen Latifah, Trade Ellis Ross, Questlove, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and more. The tribute began with Beyoncé, reciting a lyric from “A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More” The ceremony also included a star-studded tribute video of more than 40 A-List celebs reciting some of his most iconic lyrics. The rapper’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held last month but aired on HBO this past weekend. Since his debut, Jay has become one of the most prolific figures in hip-hop and popular culture with classic hits such as “Hard Knock Life” and “Big Pimpin”. The rapper earned his Rock Hall spot on his first year of eligibility as his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. On Saturday, October 30, rap icon Jay-Z was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The video also included appearances from Halle Berry, LeBron James, Rihanna, Naomi Campbell and more.
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