Joey Bada$$ Reveals JAY-Z Once Tried to Manage Him: 'That Was the Dream'

Joey Bada$$ Reveals JAY-Z Once Tried to Manage Him: 'That Was the Dream'

Joey Bada$$ Reveals JAY-Z Once Tried to Manage Him: 'That Was the Dream'

Joey Bada$$ Remembers Wanting Jay-Z To Manage Him Not Sign Him Before Joining Roc Nation

Joey Bada$$ been trending lately with his rap challenge to Kendrick Lamar and West Coast Hip-Hop. After dropping a buzzing freestlyle with Big Sean and Ab-Soul for Red Bull, Joey sits down with journalist Will Lavin to discuss his past ties with Best Rapper Alive, Jay-Z. When asked about his days grinding it out in hip-hop, Joey remembers almost signing to Jay-Z Roc Nation imprint. Excited by the offer, Joey would decline as he wanted to take a …

Joey Bada$$ Says He Was Almost Managed by Jay-Z

Joey Bada$ is looking back on his early career moves and reflecting on his beginnings with hip-hop mogul Jay-Z. In an interview with Red Bull, the Brooklyn rhymer talked about how the BK icon took an interest in managing him when the then-17-year-old emcee’s career was beginning to take off. "I didn’t necessarily opt to go the indie route; it was a chain of communication that I didn’t have any part in," Joey told Red Bull. He went to say that si…

Joey Bada$$ Says JAY-Z Tried To Manage Him

Joey Bada$$ recently revealed that JAY-Z once tried to manage him early in his career, though the opportunity never materialized. In an interview with Red Bull, the Brooklyn rapper reflected on the near-miss and why the deal may have fallen through. “It was a chain of communication that I didn’t have any part in,” he explained. “You gotta understand, at that point I’m a 17-year-old kid from Brooklyn, that was the dream, the highest honor you can…

JAY-Z deep cuts that deserve a spot in every real fan’s rotation

For the uninitiated, JAY-Z’s discography is a buffet of Billboard No. 1s, Grammy wins and meme-worthy quotables. But for the heads who dug through liner notes, copped S. Carter Collection mixtapes and downloaded leaks off LimeWire, there’s another layer to Hov’s greatness: The deep cuts. The deepest of cuts, in fact. These aren’t the songs that ran radio or popped off at the Super Bowl. These are essential listens where Shawn Corey Carter pulled…