The maturation of Shawn "Jay-z" Carter

The buzz is on, I thought yesterday was a total fluke that there would not be a single thing to look forward to. It was more of a question than an answer for me. Do not get me wrong I want Jay-Z and Beyonce to get married, but I figured us regular folk would not get news or witness any of it, let alone find out when they applied for a marriage license. This is Hip-Hop and R&B Royalty, when the two come together in music, it is insane, they are crazy in love and I like it.

So Jay-Z had a bachelor party huh? Sounds like a good thing, he has much to celebrate as people reported he has also touched another pot of gold in his life. Expected to be signing a lucrative deal with concert promoter Live nation, worth a whopping 150 million dollars for 10 years, that is a sports contract at its best. He is reportedly getting $25 million upfront and then $10 million per album will follow for at least 3 studio albums.

Man of Man, I wold be getting married to!

At The New York Times they have Jay-Z quoted saying, "I’ve turned into the Rolling Stones of hip-hop," which he told them and has been made into a front page story, Jay-Z is becoming the King of New York and it is not about rap anymore. He is 38 years of age and is making mature financial moves. I guess we will not get another retirement scare for at least another 10 years, if he signs the papers. Wow! Shawn "Jay-Z" Corey Carter, will be 48 years old and kicking the stage before he even put the microphone down, can you believe it. That is monumental if he does this deal.

It is phenomenal that a company can back him to do what he does best. Rappers have a short shelf life, but with his mature flow and poignant lyrical content, it is like fine wine he just gets better with age. Not to many rappers can do what he does. It is all about approach to the song, and he has an approach that is quiet, but yells loud for you to listen. He is much the old blue eyes of Hip Hop, with a taste of the greatest poets ever to master wordplay.

Possibly joining the ranks of U2 and Madonna as of last week, it is becoming apparent for real artist, Live nation is the place to be. Lets face it, the three entities are timeless at what they do.