Jay-Z wins at almost everything, except for automobile manufacturing.

Writer/Author Zack O’Malley Greenburg released his unauthorized Jay-Z biography Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office about two weeks ago (March 17th). While Jay-Z put his own book out Decoded at the end of 2010, he had no hand in O’Malley’s book. Empire State of Mind explicitly details Jay-Z’s success as a rap entrepreneur. While the book includes many anecdotes of Hov’s financial wins, it does discuss some ideas that never panned out. One of which: the Jay-Z Jeep. Read more...

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