Jay-Z Midas Touch Fades; Hip-Hop, Rap in Financial Crisis TheImproper.com No wonder Beyonce is working so hard. Rocawear isn't the beginning of Jay-Z's financial crisis. He was stung by a sour real estate deal, when he failed to get financing for his $66 million New York hotel venture. The rapper, real name Shawn Carter, ...
Jay-Z Will Have You Know That He Hasn't Abandoned Rocawear New York Magazine ... what with their sputtering attempts to piggyback onto the Occupy movement followed by major layoffs at their New York office. But if you're worried the brand is struggling — or, worse yet, that Jay-Z might be drifting away from it — well, don't be. Jay-Z's Rocawear could 'fade to black'Hudson Valley Press
Mayors' Super Bowl Bets: How Small Businesses Could Have Helped Huffington Post This year, Mayors Mike Bloomberg of New York City and Thomas Menino of Boston made it a little more interesting, as the gamblers say, by putting together prize packages for one lucky family in the opposing team's respective hometown.