Jay-Z is smashing the good old boy establishment in music and sports | David Dennis

Shawn Carter is a shrewd businessman, and he's out to prove that he's a lot more than a rapper. I applaud him Jay-Z once rapped that he's not a businessman, he's a business, man; and for a man grossing upwards of half a billion dollars that fact is hard to argue. As a businessman selling clothes and alcohol to urban communities, Jay-Z was seen as a commodity and non-threatening success story for corporate America. However, Jay-Z has jumped into uncharted and previously unforeseen territory for a...