Archive: Jay-Z

That’s one big rock

Though she still hasn’t even confirmed that she and Jay-Z are married, Beyoncé was sporting a pretty nice 18 carat wedding ring Friday night at the Fashion Rocks event in New York. I bet it’s fake. From People magazine:

All eyes were on Beyoncé Friday night, when, for the first time, the singer publicly displayed her wedding ring on the red carpet for Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall in N.Y.C. The singer, 27, who secretly married rapper Jay-Z in April, flashed an 18 carat flawless diamond by Lorraine Schwartz, valued at more than $5 million dollars, according to the jeweler. (Source)

Sure her diamond ring is 18 carats, but more importantly: what’s its clarity? What’s its color? Is it GIA certified? Now I know some of you might be asking yourselves how is it that I happen to know so much about diamonds and the answer to that question may come as a bit of a shock. This fall I plan on making a very special proposal to my girlfriend: “Get your smuggle-hole back to Sierra Leone or I’m calling the INS!”

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Celeste Williams, a waitress at Jay-Z’s exclusive 40/40 Club in New York City, filed a lawsuit against her rap mogul boss yesterday, claiming he’s been violating federal labor laws by neglecting to pay her a minimum wage–forcing her to work for tips only. From the New York Daily News:

The lawsuit accuses Jay-Z and co-owner Juan Perez of “willfully failing and refusing to pay them at the legally required minimum wage for all hours worked and time and a half rates for work in excess of forty hours per workweek.”

“That certainly is not true,” said club spokesman Ron Berkowitz. “Everyone makes the minimum wage at the club, 100%.” (Source)

So this chick–who’s probably making thousands in tips per week at this club–is risking her job by suing over the $4 or $5 an hour she’s not getting? That’s called being bad at math. And–according to my sixth grade algebra teacher–when you’re bad at math, you fail at life. Unfortunately for him, when your breath constantly reeks of Jack Daniels you also fail at life.

Rapper Jay-Z has agreed to become the latest spokesman for Cherry Coke. Coca-Cola is relaunching the beverage on February 7 at a New York Fashion Week event. Jay-Z’s company Rocawear will handle the design of the new can as well as the TV commercials. According to Rocawear’s Jameel Spencer, it’s a slow day for celebrity news:

“Besides just recording, he’s making TV commercials and campaigns for brands… who is better than Coke? They’re the biggest. His role is helping brands not get it wrong the way McDonald’s did with African-Americans rapping about French fries. There’s a reassurance that they won’t appear like an out-of-touch uncle trying to act cool.”

Can’t help but wonder about the decision to use Jay-Z to peddle Cherry Coke. According to Cribs and rap videos, black people don’t drink Cherry Coke, they drink Cristal–usually while dancing on speedboats and Bentleys. Additionally, they always laugh when white gossip writers stereotype their entire race. At least that’s what The Source Magazine claimed last month in an article about my site. Apparently I also have my “finger on the pulse of Black America.” Hey I’ll take the accolades wherever I can get ‘em.

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