Kanye West and Jay Z Are Rich
August 19, 2011
Cover of Otis Redding
One of the big themes on Watch the Throne is just how much money these two have. Besides the production of the album which found the two renting suites in New York, Paris and Australia, hiring the best producers in the game and licensing some of the most expensive samples around from the estates of Otis Redding, James Brown and Curtis Mayfield, the two even wrote a track called N*ggas in Paris and all throughout the album talk about Maybachs, Benzes and supermodels, no place for the poor in spirit. The Spike Jonze-directed video for the first single Otis featured a crew of body artists destroying and tricking out a Maybach and a temporary designer boutique opened in SoHo to display the altered vehicle, and, of course, sell albums. Even the store was wrapped in the elegant Givenchy-designed album cover art. Jay Z recently spent $250,000 on dinner for his crew and left a $50,000 tip. Whether it’s branding, flaunting or just sheer stupidity, Kanye West and Jay Z seem to be well aware that they will be rolling in money for whatever they decide to do for the rest of their lives.
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