going back to at least 2001, when Nas giving a competent response to "Takeover" and buying a few more years of good faith from his fans shattered the ideal of "unflappable Jay-Z".

"Nas Lost" is propaganda much like other things in Jay's career: the retirement, the "woke/mature" marketing (4:44), the "business man!!" image. reality stands a good distance from perception.

and this is coming from a person who very much enjoys much of the Jay-Z recorded catalog, and enjoys it for what it is.

your boy is Oprah 2.0, with much of the same problematic acts done in the name of capitalism.

we worship that whole thing in America, tho