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April 11th, 2013
09:35 AM ET
Jay-Z pens 'Open Letter' to Cuba trip criticsDo not annoy Jay-Z. The rapper has recorded a song that appears to take on those who criticized his recent trip to Cuba with wife Beyoncé. Hip-hop site Global Grind reported that Jay-Z recorded "Open Letter" Wednesday night after seeing that their visit was the lead story on CNN.com.
The couple ventured to Cuba for their fifth wedding anniversary in a trip that the United States Treasury Department says was sanctioned. But it's clear the superstar rapper has taken umbrage at all of the attention and controversy surrounding the jaunt to the communist country, which is currently under a U.S. travel embargo. The tune includes the lyrics, "Obama said, 'chill you gon' get me impeached. You don't need this s**t anyway. Chill with me on the beach.'" CNN Political Ticker: Jay C. rips Jay-Z Jay-Z also addresses his reported plan to sell his shares in the Nets basketball team in order to allow his new sports agency to actively recruit ball player clients. "Would've brought the Nets to Brooklyn for free," he raps. "Except I made millions off you f***ing dweeb. I still own the building. I'm still keeping my seats. Y'all buy that bulls*** y'all better keep y'all receipts." Listen to the song here: The story on Global Grind (which is headed by rap impresario Russell Simmons) also contains photos of the rap superstar in the studio with hip-hop producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, who are believed to have worked on the track. |
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Good post. We've posted a similar Cuba profile here: http://traveleam.ca/cuba-vacations-for-canadians/
its a song silly don't take it too heart.
Did anyone notice the reference he made to the New World Order at the end of his song? Or am i just lost it... he said the "World Is Under New Management...The New Role Model..." sounds kind like he refered to the False Idol and World Order...just sayin. :/
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are Americans. They go and do as they please. The "servants" in the U.S. Government have no business telling their "BOSSES" what they can or cannot do.
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How did the treasury dept sanction it? Who was bribed I hope OIG rips them apart. Tired of the rich skirting the law.
the treasury dept is the division of our government that approves or denies permits to travel to cuba. the travel embargo's only restriction is that the u.s. doesn't want money spent in cuba. and because it deals with currency restrictions, it's under the treasury depts jurisdiction.
Hello. I agree. Looking forward to going to her next concert. Beyonce Tour http://www.ecitytickets.com/Beyonce-Tickets
her behavior is no longer relevant too anyone anymore...
is a lady and also supports her younger man.....even with age difference they seem to work fine....Niikki has issues
and hopefully can resolve them-yay Mariah (i)
Beyonce is well connected and gets another....who cares
in a relationship it is important that my man is proud of me and i make sure i do the best i can too achieve that.
when she has board members talking too her about new gigs in her own town....
beyonce is much more popular with people not through a tool
More job offers pouring in...people, projects–beyonce just has what it takes too make her man look good
board members calling her for new gigs...
she's amazing...
More job offers pouring in...people, projects–beyonce just has what it takes too make her man look good...M
not jayz and beyonce....another solid couple in hollywood....all the best
Why so much hate?
They are only entertainers, not your kids school teachers. The people that hate them have never supported them so why do they care. Meg Gibson cursed out Jews, Adam Lanza killed a bunch of kids in Newton yet only blacks can do wrong. Maybe its in these people nature to demean any race but white.
So they went to Cuba! What is the big problem, let it go.
The problem is, it is illegal to go to Cuba....and sombody should have told Jay-Z, they are extremely racist in Cuba!
@Mary people are racist everywhere. Whats the difference between what is done in Cuba in China ? Why are americans allowed to go to China and not Cuba?
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maybe she is trying to sell her wigs in Cuba. They don't need fake things there, the women are natural beauties.
its a filthy female ho with her filthy female click......
this two idiots think they are above the law. Shame on both of them, no talented, ugly people
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They didn't see the "REAL' Cuban because Castro would not permit that. Jay Z & Beyonce were used as political "Tools" and don't evn know it.
How do u know what Jay-z and Beyonce saw or didn't see? Were u there?? Have u ever been to Cuba? Do u know anything about Cuba that your government bullies didn't tell u?
American are supposed to be free people and last time i checked free people should be able to travel wherever they want to.
Interesting that we Americans can not go to Cuba yet our government can operate a base there.
If I understand correctly, our government does not want us to spend OUR money there which would somehow support the Cuban government.
So how much of OUR money is the US government spending to lease GTMO?
Or does Cuba just let them stay there for free?
$2,000 a year
and we are all having lunch again real soon
The lease is the result of treaties from 1903 and 1934, long before the Communist government came to power.
Jay Z took over management of Beyonce's career and is currently in the process of wrecking it
See "The Beyonce Problem" at http://www.pookiethedestroyer.com
Jay-Z has NO talent??? LMAO!!! I would love for someone to point another person that came from NOTHING to being worth half a billion dollars. You have people that started off with 50 million of their fathers or families money and still can't turn that into half a man lol. If Jay-Z doesn't have talent then no one does.
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Only in American can a person sell drugs, make money, and then hang out with the President!
Only during an Obama adminstration. Thats should speak volumes.
lol, only in America can a person sell drugs, make money and chill with the President? That's right, because there definitely aren't countries where you can sell drugs, make money and then BECOME the President.
Yep, all started with Reagan and Senior Bush. Just google "Iran-Contra" and read.
Only in America, can a man sell drugs while in college, 'W', and then become president.
It is illegal to enter a land that way. This is the most talked hollywood celebrity news I think.
Dont know what all the fuss is about. If they can visit Cuba or wherever else they choose to go good for them.
MANY of you dont seem to understand the problem......
It is ILLEGAL to travel to Cuba with exceptions....
Jze/Bey seem to be there on VACATION ,which is illegal
many Cubans are poor and beyonce is prancing around as a Carribean Queen.....
Javier, there are poor people all over the world including in the USA....so what's your point?
Javier what you and everyone else that obviously didn't read the article fail to understand was that this trip was sanctioned, and in no way illegal
The whole embargo makes little to no sense. America is no saint, and has also oppressed their own people at one point
Americans travel to China by the hundreds of thousands every year, by the thousands to Vietnam, and work in the hundreds in the even less free nation of Saudi Arabia, BUT CANNOT go to Cuba? WHy? Because Cuban American virulent anti-Cuban communist government people live in a swing state called Florida.
Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart
are cuban refugees who were not born in the united states .
how dare them question the travels of american born .
go back to your country
we are tired of your meddeling
How can I get special treatment from the white house? Thing is, I don't have $500,000 to spot Obama for access to the president.
beyonce (photo above) looks great in the picture
The reason all of the Republican Congress in the Miami-Dade county are so ticked off and condemning them is for two reasons and for two reasons only. The politics of the "wef/foot-dry/foot policy" and the "Cuban Adjustment Act". Just google them and think about it.
they are professionals in the business...
A couple of punk as* wannabe's between the two of them they have as much talent as a rock. Only tone deaf hoe's and wanna be gangsters, and wiggers listen to that crap.
WE all know...
That COMMUNISM is the best form of government !!!
Just ask "MY" good homi Obama !!!
You don't even know what communism or socialism mean, you are just an inbred loser.
And your good buddy Junior Bush's "Patriot Act" is soooo perfect in protecting Americans' personal freedoms huh?
Beyonce and Jay-Z are beautiful couple with a eaitiful child.
They are beyond perfection and kust ooze beauty and grace <3
LOL
Jay is the ugliest thing ever born to a human. Beyonce is semi-retarded and hates that she is black, look at her brand new pencil thin nose.
They have the grace of anal warts.
Pffffffffft. Brrrrrapppppppppp. Squeeeeee. Hi folks. JZ's sphincter here. Ok, so I'm a hypocrite who likes to glorify my past and make bazillions off of everyone. But why so much hate? I smell just as bad as all of you. If you eat, do I not excrete? Please, quit judging me. But if you need a true hip hop role model, hit up KRS-One and Nas and leave me to my hubris.
This whole embargo thing is nothing more than an old grudge. It's a relic of the cold war. I watched the statement by the Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and I wanted to ask her just one question: why the long face? It's not like three little Cuban piglets were dancing in the meadow and the big angry wolf Castro barged in and ate them. The reason he came to power was that Cuba was treated as an American brothel, a place where mafia would go to wash it's ill-gotten proceeds (a sort of Cayman Islands, so to speak). I can't blame people who want to do better than having a casino as a backbone of their national economy. Blame Frank Sinatra's mafia pals, if you wish.
There is no argument that great injustice was done by the Castro's regime to many honest Cubans. But they allowed that rotten Batista's regime to exist and in the end they paid the price for their acquiescence. It's a soft version of the fate of German civilians who died in the allied bombing campaigns. I think that calling Castro a "dictator" is an exaggeration. US supported death squads shooting people in the streets of Salvador and Guatemala in the name of freedom and democracy, – that's dictatorship. Kicking out some dissidents who don't know when to shut up, – that hardly justifies and act of war, which is what the embargo amounts to. And to say that it's targeting the regime rather than the people is akin to saying the same thing about carpet-bombing cities in the WW-2.
What is the end game of the embargo's supporters? How do they envision a "free" Cuba? I can tell you how it played out in Russia. That country was ruled by criminal gangs for the whole decade of the 1990-s, while the west was admiring "Gorbi" and democracy. By engaging Cuba we can foster development of a new society in that country. Castro is not immortal. Don't you want good people rather than a bunch of crooks to take over?
I think that those inquisitive Reps should be ashamed of their shallow vision. Jay-Z has nothing to be ashamed of.
Thank you momzna!
I went to Cuba about 5 years ago with a group of 7 other US Citizens. I loved my short time there. When shopping for cosmetics which aCuban friend had told me could be given as small tokens of appreciation, I told the saleslady why i was purchasing so many lipsticks and nail polish-es, and foundations of every hue and tint. She said, "i don't uderstand why Americans have such a grudge against Cuba." I explained the/reminded her about the cold war nd how we didn't like their government because they were Communists. I also said that we have many Americans of Cuban descent who ask our government to keep up the pressure on the Cuban government because the current leader was responsible for them losing much of their land and wealth. She said, "Oh yeah. I remember some of that now." And then went on to ask, "But tell me why we let China own so much of the country, why it's OK for us to buy their goods and we hear how those goods are manufactured there so cheap and Americans lost their jobs. We trade and visit China all day everyday and its not a problem. I still don't get it." I thought, Me neither. I thanked her silently for a lesson in common sense!
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Jay z seems a little bit arrogant.
ya its really arrogant to respond to an attack by the media and the republicans when the treasury department has already confirmed that they were allowed to go.
I kinda wish they would have stayed there myself.
Hahahaha. Good one Jill. I like that. 🙂
Why isn't anyone mad of Denis Rothman? He went to North Korea, a communist country about to engage in a nuclear war with the US. He pomps around internationally his friendhip with the dictator.
"Rothman" ? LOL is he Jewish?
There is NO travel embargo against NK..you dweeb.
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beyonce is not our kind...
there.
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Rapping is just some no talent talking into a microphone do you understand?
That may be the case but it's not preventing people from becoming millionaires. Besides, if it was really that bad of a musical art form, then why are millions upon millions of people buying the music and why is it taking off all over the world including the Middle East and Far East? Don't hate brother/sister, don't hate.
LMAO!!! The things white people say.
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you do realize that people who listen or remotely like this imposter aren't real hip-hops headz right?
BYE
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IAB
mare1 thank you for stating again what I posted about an hour ago. I am in my eighties, I remember everything. I wish posters would do more fact checking, would do research instead of believing everything they hear. The ppl who post really tell you a lot about who, what, they are. It's ok to have an opinion but please show you have some self esteem, education, breeding and class. If the 2% in the US had their way we would be a 3rd world country or just like it was in Cuba when Batista was the president. .
Thank you for educating the posters.
Try using google
This is for you dummies that think the President let them personally go to Cuba. Many Americans have been there. This is what the rules stipulate for travel to Cuba, which ANY American can do with proper permission:
It is our understanding that the travelers in question traveled to Cuba pursuant to an educational exchange trip organized by a group authorized by OFAC [the Office of Foreign Assets Control] to sponsor and organize programs to promote people-to-people contact in Cuba,” the letter read.Due to the U.S. government's travel embargo with Cuba, Americans are prohibited from visiting the communist country for tourism. U.S. citizens can apply for licenses to go anyway, provided they show substantial proof they intend to visit for specific reasons, such as for business or education. And they must also provide a detailed itinerary.
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This song is pretty tight. I thought Jigga's best days were behind him. Thank you, haters for causing this outburst. Beat is nice.
I notice he brought up the Chinese contradiction. Why are they OK, and not Cuba, to do business with? Well we know why.
This song just like everything he does is WACK, the beat is slow and dead, no inspired samples or harmony, J has no delivery, his punchlines are for playschool children, always has been always will, Always tried to be like Big L with his rhyme style and failed miserably, only people that buy his trash are morons and sheep. Try listening to some Jedi Mind tricks if you want to hear fire, Try listening to Immortal Technique if you want REAL education and lyricism! DUMMY
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I don't know whose ego is bigger, Jay-Z or Beyonce. Both are having love affairs with themselves and it never surprises me that these two think they're above the law and that social norms and regulations don't apply to them. No shock they love Obama, these two are clueless when it comes to politics. There are travel restrictions on Cuba for a reason. Maybe they went there to see what the USA will be like in ten years, who knows. Don't expect them to own up to anything.
it was approved by the Treasury so they were cleared to go there. How hard is that to understand?
you seem pretty clueless about life in general
bye mega.
Why do we have an embargo with Cuba? We can travel anywhere in the world, including in places with other nasty dictators (remember Dennis Rodman trip to North Korea). We do business with every country, including China, Saudi Arabia and so on and so forth. Can these politicians from Florida tell me how consistent their policies are: do they make sure that nothing they do and noone they interact with has violated human rights anywhere? If they do, then I will have some respect for them. However, if they choose to only be selective in their criticism, then they are just defending an indefensible policy. Besides, why should we continue to punish ordinary Cubans with this policy. They have not chosen their government, they cannot do anything about it. We should engage with Cuba and Cubans and stop this absurd policy that has achieved absolutely nothing in 50 years!
Geeze, it sounds like you are making too much sense. It is because of the Cuban/Exiles in Miami. And the Republicans is South Florida want their vote so they will do what they have to to get their vote. Many other people are making the same argument but it get squashed out by the South Florida politicians. So it is politics as usual.
no political game.....its over
Turd Brain!
Rich folk have been going to Cuba for years, legal or not. Yawn.
I nominate you for best post of the day!
He's new name should be 'Joputa-Z
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everyone can't wait too see him....yes
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Jay-Z can go to the f'n moon if he wants to... WHO GIVES A FLIPPIN' FLYING, PHUCK! The American Media is such a cesspool of losers... What a joke.
I kinda do hope he goes to the moon, won't have to listen to his crap music anymore.
LOL really this is news?? wow?? Get a JOB!!
agreed that's why its going.
buh bye-ghost
This is just an angry ignorant man with money... Bunch of welfare folks wasting money on this man with no talent other than to tell how sorry his life was growing up, and they worry about people like Romney... This drug dealing thug is a part of the gang banging neighborhoods and will never change no matter how much money he has... Janet Jackson show Ms. Carter how to dance please...
danita, you could only wish to have jay z's money or be able to dance close to beyonce.. why do you even care?
Jay-Z is so eloquent. What a bunch of bull fecal matter. What's worse is that people buy this crap.
"Obama said, 'chill you gon' get me impeached. You don't need this s**t anyway. Chill with me on the beach.'" Well, who could argue that logic
Rap is a world wide billion dollar industry. People are just mad cos the hair metal band dont sell..
The biggest problem with rap and what it did wrong to the music industry?
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Music is NOT an INDUSTRY– it is supposed to be an ARTFORM. Rappers are more worried about their "image" than making memorable, timeless music. That is why their "music" is nothing but a retard bragging about his crimes superimposed over a synthesized beat.
And by the way, NUKINDAFLAVA– the most popular American musician– by the numbers– is GARTH BROOKS.
Amen to that it is hilarious watching these white devils get so mad, especially since a black men has been successfully re-elected into office.
To Kelly: He be half black. At least he was until elected, then you peoples of color decided he was a black man. Before that he was not quite black enough.
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No yu bees madz becuz yu be a dum chimp! I wot it in yo langwage
But, after all your anger and fervor, Jay and Beyonce came and went and there's nothing you can do about it. For a bunch of free people to be mad because another free person got to go somewhere that you probably don't even want to go is embarassing. But, no one has to answer to you. He's Already Home........
"And really the fact is, we not in the same bracket
Not in the same league
Don't shoot at the same baskets
Don't pay the same taxes
Hang with the same b!%$#s
So how am I in the way,
What is it I'm missing?"
SIMPLE ANSWER: Because Americans are not supposed to be allowed to go to Cuba. Next stupid question from a stupid man.
Jay-Z sucks at rhyming. Just sayin.
Wow. 'Dem be some real lyrics– can't C me!"
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RAP = GARBAGE
I'm glad I got to see Beyonce's beehive. Next I want to see her berries, and then her bush.
Want a little cheese with that whine? Geez!!!
Thank you Jay-Z. You got a new fan today
It's ashame to read the nonsense and negative post about Jay Z. The man has made his money with talent. Yes he has talent. Those haters who bashes Jay Z, think about it. It takes talent to sell music your kids buy with your money. So no matter how much you hate him, you are paying his salary. Remember he is not a businessman. He is a business man. So Stop hating and buy his album, you know you gonna cop it. Ask your kids.........Peace
You are a retard, your Generation are imbeciles, Do the world a favor and don't spawn kids.
KILL YOURSELF
Oh come on rap was decent when NWA, Too Short, and RUN DMC started out but ever since Young Black Teenagers it has been BAD ... On Jim Rome's show on Showtime ICE CUBE even said the new rap isn't that great ... Where is the danger with ICE-T now it's all bbbleeechkk
Well they are definetly made for each other – the King and Queen of bad lyrics. Wonder if their child writes for them.
Those bad lyrics has made him wealthy beyond YOUR dreams. You should be so lucky.
Pearl to a pig
Money to a Nig
He is still an ape that looks like a camel, sucks to be him!
I'm a regular working man and I can go to Cuba for my next vacation if I choose to. Why is it a story if a billionaire and his wife go there to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary? Idiot politicians. What a bunch of haters. How about punching in and getting some work done, who gives a damn where a man and wife go for THEIR ANNIVERSARY. Unreal.
Actualy no, you arr not supposed to do trade with Cuba or buy anything thete, thats the whole reason the came under fire, retard...
Yet we can visit & do trillions of business with China.......... So much for free country.
It's not about what you're "not supposed to do." It's about doing what YOU WANNA DO WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT, as long as it's lawful, which traveling to Cuba is. Moron
Actually, no you cant. The only way you can go to Cuba is if someone in very high places pulls some strings for you to go. Jay Z and Sasha are both elite supporters of Obama and dont really fit the prerequesites to qualify so it raises some questions as to how they were given the visa to visit a country that has been on a boycott list for over 50 years. The truth is that this admin is the most corrupt ever, but they are popular with a very decieved voter base. Therefore you will defend them no matter what they do.
You're just figuring out that this country is crooked??? Wake up, how do you think this country got rich? Crime that's how. Of course all it takes is knowing someone. That's why it's legal. You people are so gullible.
Unfortunately Jay-z likes the president which means the Repubs can use it as a distraction instead of doing their jobs.
It actually is legal to travel to Cuba. The restrictions were lifted a few years ago:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1097.html
Because high profile celebs. going to Cuba brings attention to the Cuban Adjustment Act that gives Cubans arriving in America very lofty benefits paid for by you and me. It shows that Cubans leaving the island are not leaving for political prosecution but for economic reasons like every other immigrant does. If the public would get wind of the Cuban Adjustment Act there would be outrage by the public as there should be. Just google Cuban Adjustment Act + politics.
It's really funny to see all these broke , talented dummies up here put down Jay Z and Beyonce for going on a vacation that they couldn't afford themselves.Too bad these two self-made millionaires didn't follow your life path and and end up blogging on CNN in their spare time.
now if we can only get some of these "please-look-at-me clebs" to stay in their new country that they love so much we would be better off
@geeworker,
There are a lot of claims that they LOVE Cuba so much. Where is this coming from, I'm SURE this was their first trip so LOVE probably isn't the best word choice. Those that are furious are just miserable people. Please name a country that doesn't have blood on its hands??????
STAY IN CUBA. GTFO.
Jay Z and Beyonce love the spot light, and these fools in the media fell for it...New albums to follow i am sure
Remember rap ryhmes with a brown substance and that is what this style of music has become. It started out decent with NWA and Eazy-E but this new rap is BAD .. Jay-Z being the top of the heap ..Yes he has made a bunch of cash .. that just means there are a lot of hearing impaired people who listen to this @#ap ..
All respect due to NWA, Jay has rapped about much more than cash.
"Do you really listen to music or do you just skim through it?"
– Jay-Z
Treasury,Purgury
Yeah, Jay also called his wife a Ho in one song, a real winner.
Really?
'round the corner, fudge is made.
me play joke. me go peepee in your Coke.
Society is so very dumbed down.
The very fact that anyonepays the slightest bit of attention to these two no talents proves your point. What a couple of nothings!
@ED
Talent is what made them millions and its also what separates them from old losers like yourself, who now hates the life you lived thus far.
Isn't this precious? A country full of free people mad because two of their citizens excercised free will in going to another country. Mad at Jay-Z for going to Cuba, but you have a house full of products "Made In China". Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!
Except that it's illegal. See how it works?
Actually, it's not illegal. He got permission from the U.S. Treasury. But, a free citizen shouldn't have to get permission to go where he pleases. See how that works?
why do you have to be so obtuse? Do some research into the matter, or are you just so fking stupid you can't even do that?
Research what? That they went to the proper authorities and got the OK? Not much research needed. Or research as to why it's illegal to visit one communist country, but we are the world's biggest business partner of another?
is that you Nas?
No, but I'm almost as Illmatic. If you want me to "Ether" this guy, I can handle that.
I agree. Any American can go to Cuba if they choose. If Washington wants to intimidate citizens, all one need to do if fly to Canada and book a legal round trip to and from Cuba from there. The precedent is set - if Jay-Z and Beyonce can go, so can any American. Personally, I believe every American has a right to travel where ever they want regardless of what politicians say.
stay there
Who cares? How about our politicians work to fix the economy and create jobs. This is a pointless unimportant distraction.
Politician don't create jobs.
"Politician's don't create jobs" = debatable statement. A recently elected politician who hires a staff has technically created several jobs, correct? From a bigger scale perspective, you are somewhat correct; politicians don't personally, directly create jobs, but one of their duties to their country is to ensure there are adequate economic conditions so that others can create jobs. So, indirectly, they DO play into the job creation process.
So true. One should check the history of Cuba when Batista was president, b/4 Castro. Those ppl who left Cuba were the 2% who didn't even allow their own ppl to stay in the fabulous hotels the wealthy Americans stayed in. B/c the Cuban PPl were starving including children Russia a communist country came to their rescue after sanction by the USA.
It is a disgrace for The United States of America to boycott this country b/c Castro gave his country back to the masses who were poor worked in the fine hotels for very little, couldn't even stay in hotels in their own country. This is history, b/c of lack of education the 2% that wants to rule the world get away with this kind of behavior. Just take a look at the literacy rate in the RED STATES in the USA. I wish we had the GUTS in America to end this kind of madness against our fellow man. Oh, I forgot they are ppl of color, Latinos. Read THE RIDDLE OF RACISM by C. Carl Hirsch.
Politicians don't create jobs and they don't create rights. If some bureaucrat doesn't want to go to Cuba that's fine. But they can't stop anyone who wants to take a trip there or anywhere else for that matter.
The president has opened up the White House to a new low of people – having money may give you many things, but it doesn't give you class. It's also disconcerting to know that the highest office in the land trusts performers with confidential information about our country. That's a national security issue.
you have no idea how paranoid and stupid you sound...Jay Z has NO access to State secrets and no form of U.S. intel that any goober (like yourself) can't easily find on the internet...Jay-z is a former New York hood that changed his life to pursue an education and entertainment career and did so successfully and then became an extremely successful businessman with a stock portfolio that rivals Magic Johnson or a Lehman Brother...get over yourself and be proud to see another AMERICAN do well and be motivated to do better in your own regard...you must be a descendant of Joe McCarthy...
Uh what confidential information lol
This president has repeatedly displayed that he has no parameters between the dignity of the office he holds, and the Hollywood elite that are privy to it. We don't have any idea what they know – but I am sure they know too much. And it's all because they give Obama money and bow down to him. His ego rules him – hubris. Sickening.
See what I mean when it comes to education. A person WITH REAL BREEDING, CLASS, EDUCATION would never post a comment like this. His comment is a reflection on his character and what he is all about. I bet he doesn't even know the three branches of US government, responsibility of each. Pres. O. is stressing education for ALL in order for us to compete on the world market.. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH, MEDICINE. Americans should focus on building America, creating jobs. 545 control 300,000,000 and they do it with division, fragmenting and putting Americans in groups. Divide and conquer. EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION.
This president is DIVIDER-IN-CHIEF and is KILLING our economy.
Money can't buy you class. Thanks for proving my point Jay Z and Sleaze E
Exactly
Exactly – Thank You.
these people make me sick
ok...Easy-E I'll give you wasn't classy...but gangster rap back then wasn't either nor ever was as a genre of hip hop,,,it was a brutally honest reflection of what youths experienced growing up in severely impoverished, drug (thanks CIA), and crime infested neighborhoods...something you clearly would know nothing about nor how to get out of if born into it...however Jay-Z (being born in a similar environment in NY) instead of robbing and selling drugs, shifted his paradigm and pursued education and entertainment art (prose, no matter how aggressive or harsh the delivery is still ART...just like graphic art)...then educated himself more and became an elite businessman and hangs in elite wealthy social circles that would NEVER identify any of you idiots as "classy" enough to be in the same room as them...so show some dignity and keep the names of people you can't begin to comprehend or understand out of your mouth...I can assure you your name isn;t a blip on their radar...I can't believe the "crab" mentality of some fellow Americans too spiteful to see others especially those that come from poverty be successful...
Your lack of breeding and class is showing when you post statements like yours. Maybe it's just jealousy. I bet you don't even know the man or his wife. It is a reflection on your character when you can make negative statements about ppl you have NEVER met or don't even know.
CNN hits a new low everyday. This once-good news agency is trying to be Fox News, although they are not as skilled.
They were Romney's press agency, and now they are finding other trifling matters to report on. NO ONE said Rodman got preferential treatment to go to North Korea. But because two random, attention-seeking congressmen press the issue, CNN blows it out of proportion.
They should have taken the baby & left it in Cuba. That is one UGLY kid.
Your racist, ugly comment is uncall for and Blue Ivy is a beautiful child! Attacks on celebs and artiists kids is crossing
the line. Dis the parent all you want, but leave innocent kids along as they haven't done anything and aren't responsible
for the actions of their parents.
LOL you cant even call an ugly baby ugly anymore without being called racist!! thanks for demonstrating how dumb our culture is now Annette.
It's not that Kidz fault he is UGLY... It's obviously Jay Z's fault.
Mike...be a man and say it to the face of her parents...thought not...you like to sit behind the safety of your granny's computer and hurl stupid, rude comments at an infant...YOU represent the social decline of this country...again go find Jay and say it to his face...if you can't or don't have the courage (which little chumps like you never do) then step away from the keyboard and go do something constructive with your life...go build a HUD home or something...and feel better about yourself...because clearly you have NO decent level of self esteem to call an infant "ugly"...but hey free country...its not illegal to be a buffoon...
Mike you are a very INSECURE man. What a disgrace to the human race. Why would you make such an ugly statement about an innocent child. Wow, are you a christian or an American.
Another so called "celebrity" that feels he is above the law. KMA JZ & Beyonce! "Sanctioned" my butt. You were there for your wedding anniversary, that's nothing that benefits the people of the US. These two idiots should be punished as any other US citizen would if they were caught. I'm not saying you shouldn't be able to go to Cuba, you should, but until the laws change, no stupid lame "celebrities" should get preferential treatment. The fact that he felt the need to write a song about how wrong we all are, just tells me he thinks he is above the law and not subject to the rules the rest of us follow.
Shelly,
You can also go to Cuba if you like. All you have to do is go through MX. This embargo is ridiculous to begin w/. We are no longer in a Cold War. The embargo just gives the Castro the excuse to his people. "We are poor because the US made us poor by slapping us this embargo".
Free enterprise, let the Cubans experience KFC, Coke, and all things that made us Americans fat. Well, I'm not fat just my fellow Americans are fat.
As the great Mojo Nixon said "Dream Machines ain't music" .. Jay-Z is a no talent who fooled a bunch of musically changeled people .. And his wife sings great if you turn down the volume and just look at her. Nobody will remember either of these 2 in the future for music
The great Mojo Nixon also said Michael J. Fox was the evil Anti-Elvis, and that proved to be true.
You are wrong there. If you knew anything about rap you would know Jay-Z has made a huge impact on it. Do I think this trip / song are stupid, yes. But to say he won't be remembered in future music isn't true.
Jayz is talentless and so is his wife. At least she knows to keep her mouth shut instead of spouting off ignorance and F U's to everyone.
Have you ever heard Beyonce speak? Of course she kept her mouth shut. She is very ghetto and can barely form an intelligible sentence.
Talentless? Lol. Let me see you make $300 million dollars off your "talent".
Ok everyone just hold on here a minute. I'm a travel agent here in Florida and yes you can travel to Cuba if you go with a tour operator or if you get permission from our government which is what JZ & B did. There are at least 3 different tour operators that are allowed to take US citizens to Cuba…
Here is one – – General Tours. You can look at their brochure on line...
You can bypass the red tape but just traveling to Cuba via Canada. People do it every day.
yeah sorry cuban-americans but you can't compare your "choosen" diaspora from cuba and Africans "forced slavery" to america.
and visiting places with politics you don't agree with is not a horrible thing...its called communication and understanding......without it changes can not occur...you can't change the world with out communication and understanding
WHO CARES WHERE THEY VACATION AT, NOT ME. THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO CHANNEL ALL THAT ENERGY INTO TO GETTING THERE PARTY TOGETHER. ALSO TO ALL YOU HATERS DO YOU REALLY THINK JAY Z CARES HE'S RICH BLACK AND FAMOUS LOL
It sounds like they did everything legally. I don't really get the big deal. There are TONS of Americans who visit Cuba, I guess they just aren't as famous. I've had several groups of friends go. You just have to stop in Chile or Argentina (cant remember which) and then a tour company takes you from there. My friends said it was amazing. Friendly, beautiful people, great food. Infrastructure is a little rough but all in all a great vacation spot. I hope they lift the sanctions, I would love to go without all the travel hassle.
I aggree I think the sanctions should be lifted from Cuba, however whoever in the State office authorized the trip should be reprimanded and Jay-Z if he didn't follow legal channels should be fined. If not then we can all just ignore the sanctions on anything. But I definitely think its way past time to lift these sanctions.
google : The Cuban Adjustment Act + politics. That will give you all you need to know. And by the way, it costs the American taxpayer 500 million dollars a year to keep the CAA from being repealed.
The most racist statements I've read on here are coming from those that have identified themselves as blacks. But blacks CAN'T be racist, right???
so he went to cuba big deal as a first generation american of cuban parents why arent we making a big deal of us companies going to china so its a big deal of 11 million people are opressed vs 2 billion? oh wait china owns us. hypocrites.. florida would lose so many jobs if cuba becomes free it wouldnt be worth it.. better to have them as slaves than the economy of the sushine state to go to the pits... That is what American intrests are ..... plain and simple.
ahhhhh, Raul. The REAL way of thinking of cubans comes through with your posting. you nor the million or so cubans that we WELCOMED into the UNITED STATES of AMERICA really care about this country that saved you from the clutches of fidel. If any of you were REAL men as you pretend to be here in MIAMI you or your parents would have stayed and fought for your freedom but why bother, you got a free ride to the land of the free and free food stamps and other government handouts on arrival. Real men fight for the country like those in Egypt, Syria, Palestine etc.
FOR the rest of you who may not know this, NO other nationality in the world has status where once their cuban foot touches US soil they are granted status in this country AND are given handouts. ANY other nationality like Haitian's, Canadian's, Indians etc would be put on the next plane and sent back to their country. cubans have not made Miami what it is today if you are speaking of progress. Yes, they have made Miami a S**T hole. Had cubans not been allowed to migrate to Miami as they have, born and bred Americans would have continued to move from the north growing the economy and prosperity of the area but when they saw what was happening to Miami because of the influx of cubans, they now go west. Good choice on their part. I know, I grew up here. Please fulfill ALL of your cuban promises and when fidel or raul are gone GO BACK to cuba and leave some room for others around the world who really want to make a life here in the UNITED STATES and work for success without the government providing handouts when they arrive. PLEASE GO BACK SOON! PS go ahead and make all the comments you like. As this posting should not bother you as it is MY opinion, your comment about me will not bother me. Remember, we do live in America (though living in Miami you would not know this) so I do have the right to speak freely still I think.
Can we get those lyrics in English please?
I know that's right! No amount of money can cover over ignorance.
OK so how is it that the citizens of an allegedly free country can be told by their government where they can vacation and where they can spend their money? Where's the "freedom" sheeple?
It's not like this is a new situation. President Kennedy imposed the travel embargo right after the Bay of Pigs.
Really really ignorant white people posting here. I've been to Cuba. Most everyone I know has gone to that beautiful island. Congratulations to the talented, rich and good looking loving couple that enjoyed their tropical vacation with great beaches.
Stupid people: are you aware that Americans travel to Cuba, China, Vietnam and a host of other countries that happen to have their own political system which they feel is better suited for them?
Only Americans are arrogant (and ignorant) enough to think we shouldn't travel to Cuba. Fools. No wonder this country is such a mess – very little brains out there.
As someone already stated – both of them should have stayed there......they adequately represent whats wrong with this administration.....the trip was 'sanctioned'.......got to be kidding me, you can't make this stuff up.
Take your ignorant black ass and leave bro. You're the only one spouting off against another race. Hate much??
Oh yes, those wonderful countries with "political systems that work for them", that also deprive their poverty stricken citizens of the country's desperately needed assets, all while the rulers live like kings. Not to mention Cuba, who wanted to allow Russia to put nuclear warheads aimed directly at us from their shores.
You need to wake up and open up a school book, you complete and utter lDIOT!
Your ignorant for responding you racist so now what??
Talented? hardly.
Sly is a racist idiot.
Respect the LAW, your COUNTRY and its PEOPLE or leave. When the law is changed and the embargo over, travel there. People have waiting 50 years to go back to their homelands to have these elitists publicize their trip like they are royalty and flaunt it in the oppressed's faces. GET IT??? Its not about race, its about snotty behavior and flaunting your country's laws and waving your privileged faces around. At least Angelina gets her hands dirty and does good works!
He should have stayed in Cuba....
The Cuban-American Representatives that criticized the couple, know too well that the only people feeding the Cuban Government, are the exiles. The exiles are already started dirty businesses (black market) to enrich themselves. The Representatives are hypocrites, and they are just doing what republicans have been doing since Obama became President, which is to belittle the President. There is no controversy here.
OMG – could we just stop talking about these people – who cares what they think. I feel sorry for JZ that he has such thin skin he cant just ignore the critics – seems he and his buddy Obama were cut from the same cloth. JZ and his wife, like you and me, are just people. Granted they are rich, arrogant, above-the-law people but still, at base, just people. What they think and say is no better than what you or I think or say so could we just lose them. Better they stayed in Cuba for all I care. (BTW – nice that JZ has a global platform to respond to his critics, basically telling them to shove-off and shut-up, while regular people have little recourse when they are accused of doing something wrong. When you and I are accused of wrong-doing and have to fight the government, we usually lose, not enought money and no global audience.
Just remember, you can't spell CRAP without RAP!
you can take the rap, AND you can take a crap.
Arrogant jerks who don't think rules apply to them. His song is crappy and childish. If he likes Obama so much why would he drag him into it? All he did was give the Republicans something to attack Obama with.
its all about the skin color.. its all about the skin color..
we did it 2 times.....i drummed second time...TRUTH....daz why everyone here wuz dare...
he is just so sleazy. why do we give these low class people the time of day shame on people worldwide who admire dumb and crass people.
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....i do play drums.....truth
I have a strong desire to drop a massive steaming dump on the hood of his car, and maybe stuff a trouser Twinkie or 2 up his nose.
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what an idiot!!!!!!!!
Why can't satan, jay z and the rest of the illuminati make better music? They ran out of creative talent years ago it seems...
Hey, I resent that remark. You and I need to have a little talk now...
Stfu Stinking Ass Breath
I would think that a person like Jay z who sold their soul for money and fame would actually come up with catchier tunes. His music is pretty mediocre and un-creative for someone with the devil's help. Sounds like a bad deal.
the trip was sanctioned...but the song kind of blows...
I don't appreciate Jay-Z name dropping President Obama...never have. There's a reason that people in high places and positions of leadership have to limit their associations, and Jay-Z just demonstrated why. I grew up on Hip Hop from the beginning. Hip Hop "Disses" don't translate well at this level, Jay-Z. It just makes you appear far less intelligent than you are.
They should have gone to Haiti where some of their blood relatives are still suffering. Why is it white folks go out of their way to help the poor black countries but where the celebrity blacks are looking the other way?
timby gotz too be him - kay?
she needs too simmer down...
beyonce is doing her thing and there are other females whos reputation is FAR worse.
How so? Beyonce has one of the BEST reps in the business. She is multi-talented with countless awards and recognitions, hasn't been arrested or OD'ed on any drugs, hasn't gone to rehab, doesn't have a party-girl image so idk what Beyonce you're referring to. Rihanna is the one who needs to calm down.
Oh, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland collaborated on the track. Well, that changes everything!!
the rules are put in places for a reason you may not get a clus why and you and your wife going down to cuba is a bad look for kids that look up to you and the song is just out of line and shows how stupid you look to someone that was around when the law was put in to places .
Those rules were place there over 50 yrs ago. Cuba isnt a threat to the USA at all. The main problem are the wealthy white cubans in Miami. Cuba is much safer than any place in the USA. Remember Viet Nam and all the USA soldiers that got killed during that war? Why are they our best friends now and is OK to travel there and deal with them now. Castro had NEVER invaded the USA or killed any USA soldiers. Embargo is OBSOLETE and should had been lifted years ago for all it does is hurt the normal Cuban folks. The embargo had made wealthy many Cubans in the USA. USA citizens should be able to travel any where in the world! Just like Europeans and Canadians do.
Dude, their trip was sanctioned and legal. Calm down. They did nothing wrong. And in his song, he's right to point out how ironic it is that our treatment of communist countries is not consistent. Communist China? OK in our book. Not so with Cuba.
So.....what rules did they break? None?
You people are just plain ol stupid.
alot of rules were broken...tons
Someone who looks like a daily fool is not ego...its attention seeking issues.
jealous angry racist--can't make it anymore clear who she is.....jayz needs too get a new hobby
Get this garbage off the front page, this kind of useless information is best left to magazines in grocery store line-ups. Nothing says society's wasting effort and brainpower more than publishing tripe like this in the hopes that it has SOME redeeming quality and bearing on the world.
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They didn't break the law, so leave them alone.
At the same time, I am so so so so soooooo sick of the two of them already. Their heads and egos inflate a little more with every penny they earn.
yes they did break the law , you are not aloud to travel to cuba!!! 1960s cuba miss law
get lost...stick too topic
everyone knew who just did that...
thanks
I'm white. I didn't know Jay Z went to Cuba, nor did I care. Now I do know Jay Z went to Cuba. I still don't care. Hope I didn't offend anyone.
Just another one-percenter who thinks the world revolves around them and us commoners should just pipe down.
It's not the "commoners" who were moaning about them going to Cuba. It was the 1%ers in south Florida who still have such an ax to grind that they are perfectly happy denying Americans the freedom to travel wherever they want to go.
yes she is a common...that's why she's in the "boat" she's in..
Another 47% that vote like they are part of the 1% hating one the blacks who is part of the 1%.
I agree, just another 1%er, I wonder why he didn't get audited?
Holy SHlT this such a non-issue.
he's a lowlife
pay no attention
The best thing Cuba could do, is make it so we never have to see the likes of these two miscreants ever again.
everyone knows...the machine remains in tact....baaaaaaaaaaaaa
Thank you Jay zee for putting these fake cubans living in south florida in their place...I love cuba and I love cubans
All those Cubans you love would be a fake Cuban in south Florida if given a raft.
Evidently the problem is with yourself. To generalize all black people with this article is really stupid!!!I As for all the talk of Africans, blacks maybe one should really study their history and just see where any one race originated from. For that matter God made all in the image of him!! Black, white, Spanish, whatever, One day it will all be revealed to you when you have to stand before your Creator !! Until then God Bless You!!!!
bigtime
daz ok....cuz we got you babe...ha
The sad part is, no matter what the intentions of the posters on here.. when it comes to race, its ALWAYS about race.. what a shame..
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darn
Wait a minute, I am a white male who is usually soft spoken. But this kind of racist talk is destroying us. Obama's agenda is no different than any other president. Jayz or any other black person should not even be in the news unless it is the President. You guys are putting your racism ahead what is important. Side stepping the real problems and making issue with people who are not even important when it comes to politics and Washington. They are entertainers not people in Washington. With no agreement on votes there are going to be more of us holding signs we work for food. Not blacks, not latinos, it will be us.
Anyone with vision can be a leader. there's no leadership in Washington none that's not being impeded by special interest!
If I was a follower I would follow Jay-Z then Mark Rubio anyday or any republican period. It's time to get rid of all of the people who are not moving this country/world forward. Ya,ll gonna learn today
Best comment on this thread. Period.
Ho ho ho - nothin' more amusing than a bunch of white trailer trash on here with their panties in a bun because they no longer own black slaves.
Yep, trailer trash – y'all cannot stop a black man and his wife from enjoying a nice tropical vacation. I've been to Cuba – the people are nice, the beaches are great, and the folks there are smart enough to know that Fidel Castro was a world hero who freed the Cuban slaves from the murderous Nazi Bautista.
Problem is, many Americans are from German decent, and pretty much admire Nazi's. That is why American Presidents have always supported and funded regimes like Saddam Hussein, the Shah of Iran, the Saudi Bush Presidents, the Panamanian Bush President (Noriega) etc....
Jay-Z's more like the trailer trash. LOL. What an overrated dolt.
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Sly,
Get real will you and stop labeling all white people. I am sick of hearing all this crap. It wouldn't have mattered to me if it were Beyonce or Kidd Rock going to Cuba; if we supposedly have laws that say we can't go there then why should they be given any different treatment that you and I? That is what it boils down to; has nothing to do with who is white and who is black. I can't stand that the news media can travel to Cuba either. Makes no sense to me. But to turn this into something racial is ridiculous. Just as ridiculous are the people who think that our President personally approved their visit.
>> Fidel Castro was a world hero who freed the Cuban slaves from the murderous Nazi Bautista. <<
Batista a Nazi? I don't think so. He was mixed race. Cubans elected a mixed race president in 1940. Way before Fidel. Who you know is a white man. Catch up.
So why do so many browned skinned Cubans HATE Castro too? Because he's a tyrant!
Sly,
You are an idiot... Latest and most accurate historical records show that the first Euro-settlers of the western-hemisphere were: Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and UK (English, Scot-Irish, Welsh) and Irish.
German immigrants made up a very,very small minority of 18th-20th century American settlers. Do some research before spouting nonsensical retardation.
Pardonnez-moi... I forgot the French!
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This is for you dummies that think the President let them personally go to Cuba. Many Americans have been there. This is what the rules stipulate for travel to Cuba, which ANY American can do with proper permission:
It is our understanding that the travelers in question traveled to Cuba pursuant to an educational exchange trip organized by a group authorized by OFAC [the Office of Foreign Assets Control] to sponsor and organize programs to promote people-to-people contact in Cuba,” the letter read.Due to the U.S. government's travel embargo with Cuba, Americans are prohibited from visiting the communist country for tourism. U.S. citizens can apply for licenses to go anyway, provided they show substantial proof they intend to visit for specific reasons, such as for business or education. And they must also provide a detailed itinerary.
we didn't need google..
its time
Anyone surprised that he gets special treatment for being friends with the president has their head in the sand. That is standard procedure. You should be ashamed CNN. Not one word on Melinda McCormick, and her race-based murder. If the profiles were different it would be the top 5 articles. Shame.
This is an entertainment blog. They are entertainers. Get it? Also, read the google post.
Yep.....so how did all the other folks who have gone to Cuba get there? Were they friends of the president before he became president?
Another jealous loser.
that's about the only friend that's left...baaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ummmm. Who cares? He's a knuclehead – right up there with Rodman. Let them stay in Cuba permanently.
that's me...hahahahahhaa
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The reason everyone was so upset about the Jay Z trip is that it illustrates that the current administration has two sets of rules:
1. Friends of Obama – Dont have to play by the rules.
2. Non-friends of Obama – You're hosed.
Jimbo shut your whining. George Bush and his buddies hosed you way before you even knew what an Obama was. Whites like you hate anybody of color that isn't docile or accommodating to you. Thats a fact, you never conversate or socialize with people of color on your level or above you. And thats a fact Jack. #duckdynasty
Cuba and North Korea should not be placed in the same boat. People visit China all the time, no one cares about that, but they are communist. Cuba should no longer be treated the way it is anyways. Its ridiculous that all the cold war bs has carried over this far.
Walter, you're really trying to be blind but the rest of us aren't. Jim is right on. And why are you still blaming bush??? Get over it. It's irrelevant.
Nope, all it shows is how ignorant and partisan the majority of the American population is. Its amazing how people on this site will turn absolutely ANY topic into an excuse to spew their fervent dogmatic political nonesense.
The fact that they were in Cuba has absolutely NOTHING to do with their political affiliations or relationships. It is most likely that they were granted permission to travel due to his new venture in sports management to scout and recruit. Baseball in particular is HUGE in Cuba.
That aside, tens of thousands of everyday average civilian Americans travel to Cuba every year, sanctioned or not. It is VERY common for US citizens to travel to Cuba via Canada, Mexico or other Caribbean Islands. Just because you can't get a flight from home doesn't mean you can't get one elsewhere and the Cubans being aware of this, won't stamp US passports, they'll issue you a separate card that is stamped and returned upon departure.
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Just ignore him- he's campaigning for Obama, getting lots of press, and promoting a new song. If he cared about poor people or education in Cuba or in his former neighborhood, he'd put his money where his mouth is.
and your a fool--all these people watching and hysterical at a moments notice......
I don't care what rich/famous people do or don't do.. nor do I care what good or bad things they go through.. none of this directly affects me.. but I do work with kids.. and they IDOLIZE these rich/famous rappers/sports stars.. If parents don't step up and be the proper role models for kids, they'll find a role model in ANYTHING, or ANYONE.. and parents have NO ONE to blame but themselves for what their kids become.. any parents reading this; YOU'vE BeeN WARNED!!!
Maybe one reason kids idolize singers, rappers and entertainer because they are INTERESTING. This statement is made a lot but unless you are doing something amazing, why expect your kids to look at you in awe when most of you hate your job, don't live out or have dreams, rarely see your family or vacation and you do nothing out of the ordinary? It makes no sense, outside of not providing the parent with a sense of elitism to fill their ego.
It seems you can't criticize these people without being called a racist. Well, they're inconsiderate, materialistic and useless, I don't care what color they are. If you take offense at my statement and make a race thing out of it, YOU are the racist!
Are you not reading the comments? This is my thing with WHITE people like yourself. They love to make all of these pseudo-logical statements but miss the obvious. If you have used a racial slur, made a condescending remark based on a stereotype, or no nothing relative to the subject but still comment based on elitism theory; then YOU MAY BE A RACIST. Get it?
when you say "These" people who are your referring to? that statement shows you are igorant and a.. well.. you said it a racist.
You’re already separating them from yourself because they’re a different color, and because you perceive them to act differently because of that. THAT is what makes you a racist, and that’s an undeniable FACT.
And that's an interesting blog name you chose there, Keel Hauler, referencing an act of violence against other human beings. Keel Hauling was often used during the slave trade, to torture and kill captured African's who were "acting up" on board the slave trader's ships en route to America.
Walter
Why is it ok for mr.Z and all the other rappers using racial slurs in their, "songs" (not what id call them), and no one cares, yet if someone were to use the same one against him, its racist?
Keel says these people as in referring to these two in the article. Read much? Walter, this is my thing with BLACK people. You whine all day in the streets about racism but you are the perpetrators... And fools
we can finally ignore this MORON right?
I was in Cuba 2 weeks ago on vacation. (I am Canadian)...the amount of people commenting on here have no idea what that place is or what goes on there. Its actually a really nice place with VERY nice people. ZERO crime because they are put in jail forever if you have a gun or any kind of drugs. The gov't pays their hydro, water and makes sure they all are healthy with free health care and education. Of course there is some bad like any place but every single person I talked too down there including staff @ the resort HAD a cell phone, they have ESPN, they have everything. Its communism done right and although they might not have the luxuries that we have in the USA and Canada, they dont need it or want it because it would take away from who they are...
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they don't have freedom....freedom of speech and to do as they want. how about that?
That is just so cute... your candor is almost funny. You went as a tourist – you saw the good stuff for tourist only. You seem to need to read a little more and educate yourself. The tourist area is just about 5% of what Cuba is all about including the area per square footage. The workers on those resorts are hand-picked and trained AND watched. I am glad you had a fantastic time in Cuba but us Americans don't support communism.
Go outside the resort and you might be surprised what you find. You were at a resort. Not the norm.
I'd have to disagree. Just because Cancun is nice, doesn't mean the rest of Mexico is like that. You go 20 minutes away from just about any tourist attraction in any large American city and it's a dump.
Cuba has zero crime? They have a murder rate of 5.0, which is higher than almost every country in Europe and most US states.
Mr. Adam I am very glad that you had a great time in Cuba, in the mean time while you were able to eat at a restaurant, my mother had nothing to eat at her house, my brother is a doctor and makes 30 dollars a month and is not even allow to go to the restaurant that you set and had dinner at, for your info Cubans in Cuba are not allow to go to no restaurants unless they belong to the communist party and do not let them fool you they are there to watch what you and yours are doing, Cubans are the only people in the world that are not allow to be part of their own country, next time you go to Cuba get out of the tourist section and get to see the real Cuba, people are starving, with no medicine and months of waiting to see a doctor or to have an sx-ray or test done, when you get to stay a week with a real non communist family, reality is going to hit you, IT'S IS JUST A PUT ON SHOW FOR THE STUPID TOURIST LIKE YOU. GET TO LIVE LIKE A REAL CUBAN AND THEN TELL ME HOW GOOD IT IS IN CUBA.
...and then you went back to your fishbowl in Canada ,right?
we need to stay away from this person....thanks
It really is a happy day. I hope you and everyone Ilse is having a friendly one too : )
I like your style Emma. I wish everyone was as positive as you!
The people of America should have the legal right to shut these stars down. Freedom of speech is a figment of our imagination.
We do have that right. Stop buying their records, and their careers will perish.
I’m sure a redneck like you would love to exercise his 2nd Amendment “right” to silence other Americans’ 1st Amendment rights, correct? Typical conservatard that just needs to STFU.
If you like pooop
Especially when it's runnnny
Come on pooopy let me know
jay z has too make changes-this is totally not for him anymore
But anyway, there are more important things to concern ourselves with in the world today than this knucklehead and his girl.
No class and an embarrassment too everyone involved....thanks
JAyz is just ignorant to a few things. I mean he walks around with a Che Guevara t-shirt not knowing Che was a huge racist who called black men, lazy and dumb among other things..
How about we put all these rich stars in Africa with nothing, and freeze their bank accounts so they'll starve so that they'll learn they should not flaunt their money. If they don't learn from that then they can just die just like they want all of us to die.
god does she look like a fool....
I know, right? What's up with the GAWD awful hair she's wearing? UGLY.
SUCK MY ASS
As I read the racial comments, I sit back in my chair and laugh. There was a time when such language bothered me and I'd respond to the ignorance. When one grows in maturity, you realize it's a waste of time and energy to parlay in such behavior. So glad I can say I've matured.
Not me. I'm young at heart. POOOOOP POOOOP POOOOPY : )
how embarrassing for jay z
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All that money and all of the business enterprises you and your wife are involved and yet you cannot write a decent letter to express your frustration... Rapping is not writing – it is street talk. You, Mr. Jay-Z and your wife went to a country in which Communism still exist, liberty has been taken away as well as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Their government was once an ally of Russia. This country of Cuba their people are poor and dying. 99% of their population don't know what is a cell phone. You are a disgrace to the American people. Yes, you have a lot of money and could have chosen any where in the world to go; however, the people as in us made you rich because we listen to many of your and your wife's songs, you became popular and rich because of democracy. Don't forget that and stop supporting Communism. At the end of the day, that is what you did. You didn't go and gave millions of dollars to orphanages or created some kind of non-profit for education to the young children... and your wife dressed up like she was from the island which she is not. Be yourselves – there is nothing wrong with that and since you have all that money, get an education and educate yourself about the realities of the world...
SUCK MY NIPS
LMAOOO @ Rap being street talk. I swear you racist make me laugh. Im so glad your squirming in your seat these days. It goes to show just how much the world is starting to have a little bit more Color. Haha!
Miriam. Ive been to Cuba and they know what a Cell Phone is.
Jay Z has funded and sponsored many charity events and funded many charity organizations.
Visiting Cuba doesn't equate to supporting Communism.
There all types of countries around the world where bad things occur, by visiting a country that doesn't mean that you support what's going on there.
So these stars are pushing their money as a right to troll us with the media , and tell us not to annoy them yet these stars are the ones who are annoying us. The people have spoken , and the President should be in favor to strike down these a–hole stars who keep flaunting their money they should give back to the public who work their a– off their whole life. What monsters would invest in these retards? I just don't get it.
Your bad virtue is not their responsibility.
That we're even having a conversation about someone's trip to Cuba is just plain stupid. GOP idiots in Congress need to get a life and/or work instead on things that matter (like budgets, Obamacare, North Korea, Iran, etc.). Maybe those folks in Congress throwing a fit are just jealous that they didn't get to go with JayZ and Beyonce?
The article is wrong. "U.S. travel embargo" Is only for tourism. It the travel intention is "educational" you can get a permit. But then its of course easier for the rich and famous as with everything else in US.
get off the tool
take a class this summer–
lmao
Keep throwing yo money at my my black bros and sistas!
Lol! Spewed my soda out my nose reading this
We already do through welfare.
Enough said as those talking really buy his music and make him rich as we noticed with Senator Rubio. Yes Rubio a Cuban looking for money and rapping Jay-Z's music on the Senate floor while selling Rubio water for 25 dollars is jealous, Rep Diaz-Balart is just doing what he is told by his boss the Conservative while giving a shout out to his Uncle Fidal Castro. Poor Rep. Ros-Lehitnen born and raised in Havana Cuba now a citizen of America and elected official just wants to be included and will say and do anything. Senator Rafael Cruz a Canadian/Cuban just saw a way to be white by changing his name to Ted. It's funny to what the Conservatives use minorities and then drop them like Allen West and Herman Cain who are both no longer needed and looking for jobs.
hardly a million dear...ckerrell
I think it's the gays. The gay people are upset. Yep.
I agree. Gays are just silly sometimes. They should just eat a snack and smile
Everyone has status...they need too locate it....for me it was music and a success at my job...with all the job offers coming in ... its nice too be me...and nice that everyone wants to give me a job....
Wow. just wow. you didn't make a cent off me you piece of filth
Exactly what makes him a piece of filth ??
It's Made a Million Off IT you f'n dweeb. The way the story quotes it implies that Jay-Z is calling the normal Brooklyn Nets fan a dweeb. He is in fact calling anyone who is hating on his dropping ownership one.
I think all his fans and all the Nets fans are gay. And Canadians too. That's the worst kind of Canadians. Gay ones. Yep.
Well, hey now, Sara. Sure, we got the gays up here too, just like you down south there, but they're hardly the worst Canadians of all. Those would be the baseball fans. Real Canadians follow hockey. And were you implying that ALL Canadians are gay, cause that's just plain inaccurate. For example, yours truly here gets a raging hard on whenever he helps the Mrs. scrape sand out of her c o o t c h. I doubt one of those gay fellas would have the same reaction.
Beyonce did all of this mess.....nobody would have ever know who she was if she kept quiet
The White House is saying it wasn't the Pres who blessed the trip. No kidding, it was Mrs Pres who made this trip possible for Bounce and Jay Zero.
Jay Zero, huh ? Only because there are so many on the checks he receives. This is a man who used to deal drugs on the corner, but turned his life around to become one of the most powerful men in entertainment. Jay Zero. Sure.
All they are doing is flaunting there status. If it wasn't in the news I wouldn't know about. They have no status in my life and he can rap all he wants.
why don't you learn something nice this summer
too bad Cuba didn't keep both of the idiots. why can't black men just respond to things in english and in a normal manner..does everything have to be in stupid rap form? Jeez grow up. He has no talent and needs to get a real job.
I think if you had a fake job that paid you hundreds of millions of dollars, you'd keep it too.
Why you so jealoussssss? His bank account is fatter than everyone on this thread combined? Who has the last laugh?
What an idiot.. hahaha. Guy makes more money that you and your entire family combined. HATER!!
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I'm definitly not a racist but I don't care for coloreds at all. They are always up to some sort of Tom foolery.
freakin' hilarious Billy!!
The fact that you said that, MAKES YOU A RACIST!
Dude you're clearly a racist or a bigot. Pick one.
LMAO
I hate when one side calls the other r8cist knowing the whole time they are just as r8cist as the next. Until you accept all people no matter what, I didnt say you had to be best friends with them but accept them, then you are exactly what you call others.
Why DO we still have an embargo on travel to this Communist country? We have borrowed billions from the sleeping giant, also Communist, and they have taken over what used to be our manufacturing industry. What worse could happen with the little island of Cuba? More cigar smoking?
to Greg Clapton – I guess you are taking to people like yourself, Georege, Chenney, Runs the fellow, and all you hollier than us A...H... with all the brain power and the white skin.... OHHHHH yeah, and guess where we learned all the money making tricks...... after all black men were forced here on ships...... you guys are the cream of the crop...... Go to H.... it is not just your world anymore and you haters can't stand it...........
As a Canadian, Cuba is the best Caribbean country to visit. The top reason is you don't have to deal with hordes of arrogant americans. I hope the travel ban lasts forever
Hey! How's life up in our attic?
Canada is just Americas cap. Nothing up there but snow and hosers.
Actually the USA is Canada's basement – you know, that dingy place you stick stuff you don't want visitors to see.
"Attic"?? "Cap"?? ....ummm at least we have an actual government (unlike the bozos running the US), health-care is 10x better, PEOPLE ARE WAAAAY BETTER (less arrogant, stupid, obese...and American), we don't have a gun problem...heck, we don't have NEARLY as many problems as "ya'll 'mericans"...so id say this "attic" is a much better place to live in right now...ps. hope you don't get nuked!
USA is full of racist. The world knows.
What is just stunning is that people call this "writing".
"Except I made millions off you f***ing dweeb. I..."
Really people. You support this fool who has no problem disparaging and disrespecting their supporters. Same for his wife. No talent who threw her father to the curb as soon as he helped to fame. She felt so guilty after firing him, she had to go "home and make love to her husband". I tried to like her but after she said that, I realized she is a moron. Voice? what voice it is all lip-sync. They thinks too highly of themselves and all of you are idiots to support them. I've never bought anything fr these two and now I never will. But they don't have to worry b/c there are sooooo many " f***ing dweebs" that will follow.
I could be wrong...but...it's my understanding that you can visit Cuba as an American citizen, you just can't fly there directly...many Americans fly there from the Bahamas and the like...what's the big deal?..
It's because they're buddies with Obama.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of Jay-Z or Beyonce, but that's pretty much "the big deal."
There are direct commercial flights from Miami.
You can't just fly there from another country either as an American Citizen. If you were in Mexico, for example, there are many daily flights to Cuba, however, as an American Citizen it is against the law to enter Cuba even from another country. How they get around it is this. You tell your hotel folks you want to go to Cuba, they tell you ok, make the flight arrangements and then tell you to leave your passport in a safe at your hotel. You are given a slip of paper to use at immigration when you arrive in Cuba. They know you are American and just stamp the paper as if it were a VISA. A lot of people do it; but no way would I leave my passport in another Country.
so much hate, if they were BLANKS you A..H...s would not be saying ugly things.
All I can say is it is bad day for the Black Man. Give'm some money and they act like jerks. YOU CAN"T BUY CLASS!
Dumb racists, dumb racists everywhere...
And who says eugenics isn't worth it?
RACIST!
Pleasure me rhymes with treasury.
Who is this Jay-Z everyone is talking about? He looks like Joe Camel to me.
Jay-Z... To HELL WITH YOU. You disrespectful A $ $.
Recording a Rap song only proves that your trip was based on media exposure to sell your no talent records.
Yeah, hey Sly, paint me as a racist all you want, I'm quite the opposite. And I wasn't the one who made a controversial trip, and then made a rap record from it to MAKE MONEY.
Hey sly, way to show your racism! Make your people proud!
STFU Sly...u probably a white boy wanna be eminem.
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I've heard several disturbing things about these two but who knows what's true? I think Rodman going to North Korea is more controversial than this. How nice it must be though, to have a platform to make fun of others, and some people are paying for it. Kinda low-class. If I were a fan I'd be offended by his perception that I may be low-class too.
Beyonce is very organized and has major wall street experience....
She got that "experience" from Jay-Z. As much as I don't like either of their music, I give them credit on being successful with their other business ventures. But that's about it. They shouldn't be in the news.
The attention this is getting is almost as dumb as the outdated embargo itself. They are not alone, thousands of Americans go to Cuba every year. Just take a look at the photo gallery on the website of the restaurant they reportedly ate at in Havana (Paladar la Guarida) – Kevin Spacey, Dany Glover, Jack Nicholson, Ed Harris, Jimmy Paige, Rob Schneider and Steven Spielberg are amongst the American celebrities that have had their photos taken in the past couple of years at that particular restaurant.
And before you say that these people have the money to get around the embargo, that has absolutely nothing to do with it. I work in the travel industry in Canada and there are huge numbers of Americans booking trips to Cuba that simply cross the border and depart from Canadian airports as the prices are good, beaches and people amazing and the Cuban's have learnt to stamp a separate card rather than passports on entry.
You work in the travel industry up here in the great white north? That's good to hear. The Mrs. and I like to travel (we have an RV) with the kids, mostly around Canada or down into the U.S. of A. We're big fans of that warmer weather they have down south, especially toward the gulf. We've been toying around with the idea of flying to Jamaica or the Bahamas, but this article got me to thinking about Cuba. What sort of sight seeing do they have there? Does anyone speak English, or do we need to bone up on our Spanish? At the beaches, do they have little shower huts close by so my wife can wash the sand from out of her c o o t c h? That's always been a problem for her when we go to the beach.
So the American CBP officer doesn't see the two Canadian entry stamps a week apart, with a land port of entry (when you drive in) followed by an airport entry (when you fly back from Cuba)? You aren't fooling anyone.
You can't criticize the blacks because they're perfect and you're a racist.
Nobody is perfect. This is America and Americans have the Freedom to respond to their critics. Once you go beyond saying a person is a fellow American than that's where racism comes in. So what your saying a group of American should just shut up and take it? Another American can't disagree with you? I'm sure there are people in your life that you have disagree with and you didn't think they was racist. The lack of tolerance in America has become really bad.
It's because when you have an embargo against a country it is designed to hit them where they hurt. For Cuba that was American Tourism. Much like Jamaica, Mexican Islands etc. Cuba used to be a popular tourist destination for Americans. By cutting that off, it hurt Cuba. Who vacations in North Korea?
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And the Cuba embargo is a Cold War era relic that has never worked and should've been dropped a long time ago.
Maybe Jay-Z is on to something? Why not let all Americans visit Cuba. Then they will see what Obama is working towards!
thanks
This is the Rap Version of, "Get off my lawn!"
best of luck .. .thanks
Jay-Z is a brilliant business man and an excellent rapper. All his best songs tell a story from which any listener could learn a lesson or two about life.
I don't know why anyone cared that he and his wife vacationed in Cuba since that's just the sort of thing that rich people do. They go to places regular people can't, and usually just to get away from the press. At least this time the overzealous newshounds gave Jay a reason to write another song. I'm gonna have to check that out later.
You should go to Cuba with them and stay permanently..
You the same Truth that posts on that food blog? Yeah, I read those comments once in a while. How exciting for you. Grew a pair, huh? The foodies don't give you enough grief, and had to try here? What's the weather like in Denver again? lmao. Nice try, Mr Coffee.
silly boy
somebody answer this how come there is no restriction on americans to go to North Korea and the USA does buisness with China but americans have restrictions on going to Cuba? makes no sense matter fact dont answer there is no logical explanation but pure _________
It's because when you have an embargo against a country it is designed to hit them where they hurt. For Cuba that was American Tourism. Much like Jamaica, Mexican Islands etc. Cuba used to be a popular tourist destination for Americans. By cutting that off, it hurt Cuba. Who vacations in North Korea?
J & B are foolish they should have stayed on our shores
But you can do what you want with $100 million or more
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THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS GO TO CUBA EVERY YEAR! DON'T BELIEVE ME!? GO TO THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND YOU WILL SEE! THAT IS AWESOME!!!!NO ONE HAS TO TELL US WHERE TO GO! THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY!!!!
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that is what we need....
Jay Z is an idiot. He sounds like a teenager bragging about what he can do and how much he has. Nice African American role model.
Jay Z made it, earned his millions. However, he has turned into an elitist ass who thinks because he has money and Obama is his buddy he can do anything. It is to bad that all these people like Jay Z support an administration and a party that wants a socialist society that only wants to control them. Isn't that like slavery? What irony! The irony in it makes me disregard everything these pompous asses say and do because to not see that makes them complete idiots. They are being used for propaganda. Obama don't care one crap about them.
I thought you were referring to Donald Trump...
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@Sandwich – Cuban sandwiches are soooooo good!!!!!
BTW, big woo, they went to Cuba. Several other celebrities have gone to Cuba in the past 2-4 years and nary a peep from anyone. But now, with Beyonce and Jay-Z, now it's absolutely outrageous. Give it a rest already!!! Take care of your own business in Congress!!!
the biggest QQ ever...
"Except I made millions off you f***ing dweeb.
The same can be said for all of you who buy the crap he puts out as music and songs. The only musical talent he has sleeps next to him. Business genius, musically challenged, but reading this does show his love for the fans. lol. Hes laughing in your face for taking your money and returning nothing.
You obviously known nothing about the art of writing, metaphor, internal rhyme, etc. Like the topics or not, the man is a lyrical genius. Beyonce? She doesn't write anything or play and instruments...song and dance only. Musical talent? Hmmmm.
@ Ca. English Teacher – You say he is a "lyrical genius"!? You wouldn't think that way if one of your students talked to you the same way he talks about others in his lyrics? Because that is what he sounds like. A whiny kid acting out because he has the money to do and say as he pleases. Maybe teachers need to be graded.
Any time the music teacher wants a lesson in music, you let me know. Obviously you know as much about music and the english language as a nun knows fornicating. I truly believe that Mr. Z is english language challenged. If you were actually a teacher you would know that there is proper english, grammatically correct, and then there is a slang that really cant be construed as english. Beyonce may not write the drivel he does, but again, that dosent make him musically talented, singing, harmony, melody or playing an instrument does.
Hey everybody....I still went to Erie during Spring Break. Why doesn't anyone care? Why do you care about them?
PEACE OUT YO!!!!!!!
why is there a link to this crap in Political Ticker?!? Someone at CNN should be called to the carpet for this BS.
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This track is nice!
@Anon,
Do us all a favor and consume a cyanide enriched sandwich.
Moron
They also went for the Cuban Sandwiches. Those are nice. Eat a nice, Cuban sandwich then smoke a nice cuban cigar. Then go to the beach and lay in the nice sun. Then go back to your hotel room to a nice, hot shower and wash the sand out of your c o o t c h.
Hate to break it to you buddy, but there's no such thing as a Cuban Sandwich in Cuba. That was a Cuban American's invention, there not that great anyways, try Croqueta Especial or a Media Noche does a good. d
Wait, what? I suppose next you're going to tell me there are no French Fries in France?
French fries, lol... Now, I'm wondering about french toast, swiss cheese, English muffins, Italian hoagies, danish rolls, etc. Have we been mislead by our food industry? lol..
The only reason Jay-Z went to Cuba was to recruit ball players, since he now thinks he is a big time sports agent. How dumb do you think we all are, anyway?