Empire State of Mascot?
Jay Z seems to have paid top dollar just to land himself some basketball juice. That’s because the real real drop behind the Roc-A-Fella Records’ founder’s $1M investment into the Brooklyn Nets is surfacing.
Insiders reveal the cool mill Hova put into his home ball-team is worth just 1/15th of one-percent of the NBA franchise. That means, despite what Jay Z may want you to believe, the real man who owns the Brooklyn Nets is Russian billionaire – Mikhail D. Prokhorov, who owns 80% of the team.
Now, sources say Jigga forked out big bucks to white massa just to play mascot.
Here are some of the things Jay Z performed for his Russian pimp – Mikhail D. Prokhorov:
“Jay-Z will perform eight sold-out shows to kick things off this September at the new Barclays Center arena to promote himself and his masters basketball team the Brooklyn Nets.
Jigga helped design the team logos and chose the team’s stark black-and-white color scheme. He counseled arena executives on what kind of music to play during games. (“Less Jersey,” he urged, pushing niche artists like Santigold over old favorites like Bon Jovi.)
He even coached them on how to screen patrons for weapons without appearing too heavy-handed. (“Be mindful,” he advised oracularly, “and be sensitive.”)
Jay Z will keep it hip and cool he and his wife, Beyoncé, would make the arena, he and the Nets have effectively written a new playbook for how to deploy a strategic celebrity investor.
Bruce Ratner’s group paid $300 million to acquire the Nets. Jay’z slender stake was enough for Mr. Carter to thump his chest in his lyrics, promising to “bring you some Nets.”
Was Jay Z an obedient mascot when he sported a Nets hat for a Budweiser ad he appeared in, which aired during the Olympics?
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