Current Events > Jay-Z came from nothing to being a billionaire and the world's greatest poet.

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What's your excuse?

he worked hard and got really lucky

Im not trying to be a billionaire or a poet.

Kaiganeer posted...

he worked hard and got really lucky

Can't be both. Pick one.

Trickfinger posted...

Can't be both. Pick one.

You absolutely can be both. Nobody gets anywhere in life without getting lucky.

Huh, I guess you really like Jay-Z.

That's...nice...

Trickfinger posted...

Can't be both. Pick one.

Got really lucky?

roguecanon posted...

Huh, I guess you really like Jay-Z.

That's...nice...

Huh, I guess you really dislike Jay-Z.

That's...nice...

Glob posted...

You absolutely can be both. Nobody gets anywhere in life without getting lucky.

Bull.

With this mindset, you'll never be on top.

Jayson Zimmerman is truly an admirable person!

And married Beyonc

No wonder he calls himself Hov (Jehovah)

@roguecanon shut up, your account is not going to last long, everybody knows you bought that account keep ya mouth shut

Trickfinger posted...

Bull.

With this mindset, you'll never be on top.

Ive already told you Im not trying to be.

However, many people are and most wont make it, even some of the ones who work their asses off. Why? Some people are luckier than others. Thats just life.

You can improve your chances with work, but some people toil for little pay off and others get really lucky and get far on bugger all work.

He sold drugs for years to be able to do that though.

Ajiri posted...

@roguecanon shut up, your account is not going to last long, everybody knows you bought that account keep ya mouth shut

Bought it? LOL. The recession kept me from posting. I even remember my first topic: Do you drive with one hand or two? And I remember the board wars, and how slow all the social boards used to be at night, and Black LUEsday (yeah, I was a LUEser too), and Ceej correcting me on how to use its and it's.

Bought it my ***.

Now that you mention it though, I wonder how much this account is worth.

My karma sucks so I guess the user id would be the valuable thing, but is a 5-digit user id really that valuable?

World's greatest poet?
lol sure

Trickfinger posted...

Can't be both. Pick one.

You have to be dumb as fuck if you really think this.

clyde_frog posted...

You have to be dumb as fuck if you really think this.

Imagine what I'm thinking to the guy who replied seriously to it.

Lol

Trickfinger posted...

Can't be both. Pick one.

Thats the most ridiculous thing ive read in days. No matter how hard you work getting that level of success inherently involves some degree of luck and good fortune.

He is definitely not the greatest poet lol. Plenty better including Nas.

CanuckCowboy posted...

Thats the most ridiculous thing ive read in days. No matter how hard you work getting that level of success inherently involves some degree of luck and good fortune.

With this mindset, you'll never be on top.

Spent a couple seconds reading your post

hitokoriX posted...

He is definitely not the greatest poet lol. Plenty better including Nas.

Jay surpassed him in the mid 2000s.

You know that thing of "people who know a little don't realise how much they don't know."?

That's people who declare popular musicians the "greatest poets" or whatever.

I think you're crazy if you like jay z
Don't change clothes change the cd

FurryPhilosifer posted...

You know that thing of "people who know a little don't realise how much they don't know."?

That's people who declare popular musicians the "greatest poets" or whatever.

I remember when I thought random underground artists were the best, too.

Sorry, the guy whose words resonate with the most people is the best.

Makeveli_lives posted...

He sold drugs for years to be able to do that though.

Hov did that, so hopefully ya'll wouldn't have to go through that

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Hov did that, so hopefully ya'll wouldn't have to go through that

^

Also, who else has a line for literally everything you could say about him?

Glob posted...

Nobody gets anywhere in life without getting lucky.

That's the excuse people who don't wanna put the work in to achieve their goals make.

Hard work, consistent output, consistent attempts, and putting yourself out there--all which create a trail leading back to you to be discovered--dramatically increases your chances of "getting lucky".

Jay Z made almost 1 million selling drugs and had lots of industry connections. He was directly put on by a prominent rapper as well.

Fony posted...

Jay Z made almost 1 million selling drugs and had lots of industry connections. He was directly put on by a prominent rapper as well.

Made a million selling coke. Sounds like a very skilled business man to me.

Directly put on by a prominent rapper? Thousands have been put on by prominent rappers and didn't end up being the top of their field.

lennethsoki posted...

That's the excuse people who don't wanna put the work in to achieve their goals make.

Hard work, consistent output, consistent attempts, and putting yourself out there--all which create a trail leading back to you to be discovered--dramatically increases your chances of "getting lucky".

This.

It's funny to see these excuses though.

Trickfinger posted...

This.

It's funny to see these excuses though.

Is it fun to agree with your alt?

darkmaian23 posted...

Is it fun to agree with your alt?

Is it fun to agree with your alt?

He was in the right place at the right time and knew the right people.

Glob posted...

You absolutely can be both. Nobody gets anywhere in life without getting lucky.

Yup. Getting pulled over with a huge felonies worth of drugs and the drug sniffing dogs not being available was extremely lucky for him.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

He was in the right place at the right time and knew the right people.

A lot of people were there at that time and knew those people.

You've never heard of them.

Try again.

Jay-Z was a terrible drug dealer and got ran out of Trenton for snitching on the entire city. Only reason he claims Brooklyn is because he had to.

Trickfinger posted...

A lot of people were there at that time and knew those people.

You've never heard of them.

Try again.

Lol whatever you say buddy

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Lol whatever you say buddy

Well that was an easy victory for me.

Trickfinger posted...

Well that was an easy victory for me.

If you need a pointless online victory to make your day better then by all means its all yours. We both know youre just trolling and having fun though.

Trickfinger posted...

A lot of people were there at that time and knew those people.

You've never heard of them.

Try again.

Just proves his point of how lucky you have to be. Even that isn't always lucky -enough-.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

If you need a pointless online victo

Yawn.

You already conceded.

Stop trying to save face.

Trickfinger posted...

^

Also, who else has a line for literally everything you could say about him?

I just realized I said "wouldn't" instead of "Don't".

I don't think Ive ever properly quoted a line in first effort. I imagine there's something else wrong too. But I can catch that one now without looking it up.

But, yeah. He made it a hot line, I made it a hot post.