Jay-Z’s Epic ‘God Did’ verse: See the Ari Melber Breakdown that Jay-Z Released as ‘HOV DID’

MSNBC Anchor Ari Melber breaks down Jay-Z's new verse on "God Did," which discusses “draconian” drug laws, the discrimination and double standards of prohibition policies, and Jay-Z's own life, philosophy and business accomplishments. After this breakdown aired on "The Beat with Ari Melber," Jay-Z said it was an "amazing piece" that captured the song, and he released the audio of this segment as a new Jay-Z track, "HOV Did," on music streaming platforms.
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#goddid #hovdid #arimelber

[@dubcOG610]

Homie is on msnbc breakin down bars better than half the KZbinrs who get paid to do this, real talk

[@iluvdissheet]

Facts....Ari is a real hiphop head. He will drop KRS-1 or Rakim lyrics too, not just new artists. Thursday is the day he usually incorporates it and may bring on an artist. Fat Joe was on a few months ago.

[@ericwilson4901]

💯

[@kinsagamoto]

He gets paid more than anyone on youtube. I'm just glad he broke it down good

[@CalShanahanSF49ers]

KZbinrs don't get paid to break down bars, they get paid for views..

[@cheetoman42]

😂😂😂😂

[@nanawav]

Give this man a raise! I don’t know many other journalists that can do this.

[@4-u-hataz577]

Real Tlk, lol tell me you listen to JayZ without telling me

[@fransmakhudu2785]

He prolly listen to hip-hop after work while rolling a phat blunt

[@luerodgers1795]

I AGREE WITH U 2000%😎

[@reboot4357]

Not many.

[@antrange4602]

He is Cia yo......

[@mikhelBrown]

I came back to this great review of Hov's verse by Ari after listening to GOD Did today. Ari if you see this, start a KZbin channel reviewing bars of great rap verses. 💯

[@adavtalib3230]

The art of story telling..Ari & Jayz are some of the gurus of this art..

[@PoweredByTommy7]

I can’t believe MSNBC or any news network did this. Kudos for this 1.

[@boxingman3110]

Truth can't be hidden forever and it takes time to understand what's been practically said, done and gone through by ghettos.. And u know what I mean.

[@PoweredByTommy7]

@@boxingman3110 word! 🙏🏿✊🏿

[@jsmith31451]

Who cares... ask them to do a story on reparations.... watch their true feelings come out

[@ILoveYou-sg5bi]

This new news for non black people who live good lives, Ive heard many concioius people make these comparisons since I was a kid, but yeah

[@bingload]

Ari Melber talks about hip hop all the time and relates lyrics to issues. I love watching his news show.

[@roxelie59]

This is the Ari that caught my attention. Wonderfully done

[@inthemomentchannel4191]

Poetically elegantly done

[@biggwillbeats4384]

THIS‼️🫡

[@iluvdissheet]

I though hip hop day was Thursday. I guess Ari got hype!

[@TheGrod23]

Hov turning MSNBC to Genius that’s next level stuff

[@tafarapaul]

I never knew we need bars review like these, line by line, bar by bar......better than most song reviewers who'll just be nodding their heards😅

[@TheDarkDresser]

Just as illegal drugs were intentionally flooded into poor black neighborhoods, beginning with heroin in the '70s and later crack cocaine, the same thing is happening today with illegal guns being trafficked into several majority black urban cities in the U.S.

[@Bootstrap670]

Yes, the Democrats have been doing this for a very long time.

[@King_of_Africa]

💯

[@marohan]

Victimhood narrative

[@Kendot101]

Wow, this was superb! Much respect MSNBC.

[@m.jackson2609]

JayZ don't care about Black communities, , he has billion of dollars, and does very little for Black communities, you go to our Black communities and see businesses own by Arabs, Chinese, West Indies,Italians for decades.

[@bufflowsouljah2256]

Best American song writer.Keep in mind. Sean Carter is gifted and writes songs in his head that he sees, in a timeframe of 15 minutes.Who can do that? Jay -Z

[@gaila.9852]

15 minutes? Says who?

[@jaybird4571]

He's done it in less time, consistently. Simply look up Rappers talk Jay z in the booth​@@gaila.9852

[@makuochukwupeter6353]

One of the best rap verses I've heard

[@CoreyAMoore]

I listened to the song and I pulled some of what Jay was saying but Ari just let me know I didn't hear everything! 🤣 Thanks Ari!!💯💯👏🏿👏🏿

[@antoniopope4398]

His breakdown was crazy he definitely a heavy hip hop fan. No way he can break that verse down like that and not be.

[@i-Am-What-i-NAM]

9:57 And because it's MSNBC, even though Melber went out of his way to point out quadruple entendres in certain parts of his analysis, he is NEVER allowed to criticize the donkeys (or Dems) by name... So, no thanks, Ari!

[@highserenity49]

I just finished watching "The Dark Side of Henry Kissingger: The Dirty Secrets of the Nixon White House" recently re-released on KZbin. I am an elder that is amazed constantly how much I thought I knew and don't. This was a good presentation Thanks Ari

[@donald1576]

We knew then....the machine shut us up.

[@courtneyhunnell5359]

Are you aware Roger stone has been your president since that hoax? It took till trump to dismantle that boys pedophile trafficking evil that Watergate HOAX covered up? Do you know that's what created the deep state? SES.. every lie will be revealed, we're at war, it started 9/11

[@erickborling1302]

Is that son of a gun still alive? That is... bizarre.

[@debravanausdale1063]

Let the light shine on: never be complacent.

[@Brett_S_420]

He didn't have a light side. Should have just called it a biography.

[@renbur8223]

Wow! So profoundly analyzed. Ari has a beautiful way with words without trouble following him. Truth at its best.

[@3ricegr3at]

When he broke it down and said “quadruple entendre” 😂😂😂

[@hankdatank09]

Dude, you’re a real one with this type of in-depth analogy, explaining hip hop to the masses. Bravo sir!

[@Hollywood041]

I feel like I know what you were going for, but it you're sentence is lacking. Jay-z does the analogy in his prose, Ari does an in-depth discussion, breakdown, exploration of that art.

[@johnnysack2404]

Do you people listen to music or just flip through it?

[@bradmyers5354]

@@johnnysack2404 what do you mean “you people”?

[@johnnysack2404]

Sorry I meant to say "Do you fools listen to music or just skim through it?"

[@easymoneysniper9013]

​@@bradmyers5354 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@daemeonation3018]

I lived in parts of Asia for 20 years where there was a LOT of very visible corruption. I used to tell people that America wasn't corrupt like that. I cam back and MAN. I guess my eyes had been opened or something.

[@lolawants2008]

It’s been a concerted effort by Ch👁na & Russia- separately & together- to destroy western democracy for 20+yrs now. They saw the growing corruption within the GQP & exploited it easily.

[@jackofalltrades123]

Yea the democrats are pretty messed up right?

[@jilliancopeland6825]

@@jackofalltrades123 keep snoozing

[@umelokarnes5460]

@@jackofalltrades123 both parties are as corrupt as a rotten egg.. They both want money and power. However dealing with an insane tyrant wannabe dictator is a whole different story. This predicament we find ourselves in is Bibical.

[@dolesncmor]

@@jackofalltrades123 actually if you knew the facts you would know the Republicans are the most corrupt party. FACT. The country does better under the democrats. FACT.

[@simplyahmazing208]

writing sentences not doing sentences... just bars.. not jail bars 😂😂😂

[@AriMelber]

Here’s our new Beat report breaking down Jay-Z’s verse on “What’s Free” - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnqWXpmgqLeJa8k

[@viewyt2247]

also solid

[@user-jt9ju5jy7u]

You did amazing job you can teach a class about american history, with just that poem Free JayZ.

[@taj1466]

Love the back and forth, past and present, history can be great! That's why I subscribed. Thank you Ari!👍

[@kennywilliams6991]

How can u speak on anything on the culture. When your not from the culture. We need to stop letting ppl like you. Depicting the people and trying to shade light on our world. Stop! Stop stop!! We need ppl from OUR communities to explain our situation. Not a liberal fucc like you sir!!!!

[@Roundexceptwhereflat]

Soon, the Leftists will jump ship. They will pretend they never supported Ukraine, never pushed the jabs, never condoned censoring scientists/journalists, never discriminated family/friends, etc. They will pretend none of this ever happened. We must ensure they NEVER forget.

[@BruklynGam3r]

NOW THIS IS WHAT REAL HIP HOP IS ABOUT!!! THE MESSAGE!!! THANK YOU MSNBC FOR BREAKING THE LYRICS DOWN TO OTHERS THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.

[@ethelpatrick7531]

YES!!!!!

[@streetteamtony2672]

Your a fool. It doesn't take a scientist to look up phrases in the urban dictionary.

[@LovenotHate130]

Right

[@maxa_mili]

It’s actually really refreshing

[@Ram_Bri]

Yes

[@senikau78]

Yes, Mr.Farrakhan you sure preached it! Ari,Thanks for an excellent show!

[@palehorserider1407]

Another sold out puppet on the world stage but go head and eat it up

[@Mr_Duck_RVA]

It’s funny how radio and MTV didn’t want rap. Now it’s being called poetry and even some beats being used as jingles on commercials.

[@KingGorillaWarrior]

I wish everyone would do news stories while quoting bars like Ari. I watch just for that. Please keep it up💯💯💯💯🔥

[@vanniyoung1]

JayZ is my favorite. It is poetry and the new one touched my heart. Him and Eminem can craft some words together for brilliance.

[@TamTranTriZzle]

This man puts to shame every single one of the dime-a-dozen KZbin Reactor Channels.

[@Bignay95]

Facts

[@joshuapowell7485]

In less than 12 minutes 💯

[@gc9376]

Absolutely

[@WandaBruce-sw7sq]

Great breakdown to the orator Ari Melbet of MSNBC ❤

[@meisha9617]

You just became my favorite journalist just from this episode Thank you for understanding peace ❤

[@carljackson476]

This guy is so knowledgeable he amazes me, we all know he is college educated and very successful in our legal system, but he has just proven his Street Knowledge!!!

[@E_X_H_U_M_E_D_06]

Street Knowledge? It's a Persona. Hahaha! He got enough street knowledge as Rick Ross.

[@PeeteHouse]

Facts !

[@Teddy-fm9nt]

Ari is a hip-hop head. Don't let the lawyer fool you. He's referenced hip-hop in other segments too.

[@noahsmiley3099]

Drugs is not street knowledge

[@jacquelinethomas6975]

He Only Proved What Every White Person Knows Already . They ALL know ! They just don’t want US to know that they Know

[@reddcabbage]

Intelligent breakdown!

[@Habichicook]

Can anyone explain too me what this means?

[@walterreedjr6762]

Ok I'm late First time I watched MSNBC for that much time and paid attention and was interested.

[@grimdolo918]

Ari needs a podcast where he breaks down rap and hip-hop music.

[@spinrash6000]

lol am confused is he rapping

[@Elizabeth-ge3oi]

@@spinrash6000 as much as he appreciates rap, I already know (!) he stay with a few bars ready 😅 he called it poetry❣️

[@leslieparris7866]

👆 Agreed! I'm thinking the same. Ari bridges the gap between two worlds... explaining the nuances. He needs to expand on this! Podcast 👍

[@Joe-xo4yg]

In a hoodie 😎

[@panamanianbloodline7585]

He's reading a teleprompter

[@bkbornbedstuyraised]

You the Man Ari. Salute 👏 👏 👏...

[@buddygotbeats2386]

Hearing Ari on a national news network use real journalism to decode timeless lyrics by Jay-Z made me tear up. Seriously. Ari is a national treasure. 🙏🏾💯

[@Rook20]

No Jigga is a national Treasure. I’m sure Ari would agree.

[@hasdrubalsosamarquez5430]

Another form of Black exposure... Don't agree with this foolishness

[@alamont7347]

This leftist media outlet just wants u to feel included in their bs it's just propaganda. Jay-Z is a sell out. They use him to help brainwash dumb niqqas

[@ericbrown6111]

That’s a FBA repper right there, you see how passionate he spoke bout Mother Africa

[@TheMuuFactor]

This reporter know his stuff, great report . The fact that you took the time to listen and break down punchlines I can respect and appreciate it. Quadruple bars ….. He solidified…

[@ericnielsen5441]

He spit quadruple bars?

[@TheMuuFactor]

@@ericnielsen5441 jay-z did in the reference to different plains

[@johncunningham7400]

he invited to the cookout

[@ericnielsen5441]

That would be a called quadruple entendra. A bar is a sentence. Saying something like..my bars and sentences could get me bars and sentences. That's an example of an entendra. I apologize for the fiery response..I'm passionate about these things.

[@Cue_Cuel]

@@ericnielsen5441 I see what you did there 😭

[@rhombo323]

I find it funny and also interesting how often Ari brings up JayZ. You can tell he has respect for him

[@lady4real75]

Did he do a sit down like with Snoop?

[@rhombo323]

@@lady4real75 if you watch Ari clips on a semi regular basis, he brings up JayZ I wanna say at least once a month, lately it's more often.

[@Alpha-pe7nz]

Jay Z is the Tom Brady of rap… you have to respect him!

[@everyonehasanopinion9883]

Maybe he’s a FAN

[@jfkonlsd1364]

tbh it took me a sec to understand the title of the vid

[@sonnyblacktr24]

Harvard & Columbia need to offer classes on breaking down Jay's verses

[@adeolaadeyelu6847]

Jay Hova!

[@tejanoj3017]

America is #1 at thinking we're #1 when academically ... we're not.

[@Nick-lu5sg]

And steadily slipping

[@hollyhold6960]

Jay-Z is brilliant. So are you, Ari, as interpreter for us old white folk -- you both enrich my inner life.

[@CARUSO1944]

white guilt more like it

[@carolynadams3247]

Nice compliment!

[@brendajerez2235]

Beautiful!

[@KryMoore]

Sad

[@censorshipagainstthemiddle6198]

They all forgot the joe Biden crime bill. But that part doesn’t fit the narrative

[@BijouBakson]

Wow!

[@markfilitutaia3095]

This was deep..music with meaning and a artist with art this why Jay Z the G.O.A.T

[@venitadavis6308]

Honey, this is something we as black folks been seeing, knowing, and experienced for years. Say it louder!!

[@christianerousseau6129]

Say it Loud: I'm black and I'm proud quoted from Mr. James Brown the King of Soul :)

[@racindaze3450]

What is it that blacks folks want? Who's fault is it that you don't have it? I'd love to hear the answer to those two questions.

[@racindaze3450]

@@g.g.matuga4986 educate myself? Asking the question seemed like the best approach to educating myself. So, why don't you answer those two questions? Or somebody......anybody.

[@g.g.matuga4986]

@@racindaze3450 Your response makes it abundantly clear that you ask obtuse and immature questions and that you use diversionary and tactics. There are a multitude of answers to your vague and nonsensical questions. Experiential knowledge is not a gift but this list might help you understand and begin your journey toward acquiring knowledge. 1. Start by understanding that everyone is an individual. 2. Each individual will have a unique answer. 3. There’s no spokesperson for a group. 4. There aren’t any answers to your two arrogant questions. IT IS OFFENSIVE TO ASK EMPTY HEADED QUESTIONS ABOUT OPPRESSED PEOPLES’ EXPERIENCES; or, TO USE DIVERSIONARY QUESTIONS IN ANY PRETENSE OF CURIOSITY ABOUT PEOPLE YOU DEEM TO BE “OTHER”. ALL PEOPLE DESIRE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT; furthermore, all people want to wake up each day, with the knowledge and assurance that their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE A GIVEN-that they are equal under and before the law. I’m White, 🇨🇦, and offended by your tactics.

[@racindaze3450]

@@g.g.matuga4986 black people are oppressed? By whom and how so?

[@fvcecvrd3.something474]

The way he broke that down really touched me lol like the time he took on each line was perfect with perfect explanation of each metaphor 🙏🏾

[@Grant_WT]

great video

[@cctaylor96]

This is different (great)

[@charlesgreen3046]

Much respect to this reporter that took the time to listen and brake down Jay Z punch lines. Great Job defiantly a fan

[@aubreyyoung4610]

Ari Melber is a hip hop head, he regularly uses hip hop references that confuse his fellow white coworkers (I'm sure there's montages of his rap quotes) on his broadcasts. He also gave a solid heartfelt tribute to DMX when he passed. Respect because he's a true fan.

[@vuyaningamlana8489]

Illuminati , satanist, devil prayers, aliens , reptiles , kkk , american nazi's , halloween prayers , hollywood prayers and other evil organisation . 3:7:11 means murderous with flying brooms . 19:11 means evil magic spider webs in our faces curse for black cloud . And menstruation evil powder for lack of luck. Coffin clothing fashion in our local stores and also coffin cover witchcraft it takes breath suffocates while you sleep . Illuminati invisible flying bats to stock and custom evil spells.

[@charlajefferson9220]

🙄

[@bigfu]

*break down

[@Bigbaby071]

Definitely*

[@thisizmefrancois2147]

This is one of the greatest “peace” of journalism I have ever witnessed. Thank you.

[@panchovee5146]

Okay!

[@NotoriousOnline]

Ari was raised in the golden era of 90s hip hop with the likes of Biggie, JayZ, Nas and more. Very intricate breakdown and deep analysis. Jay-Z has done this before by referencing the late BIG throughout his 444 album, check out the video.

[@andrewibona7803]

kindly share that link

[@NotoriousOnline]

@@andrewibona7803 YT keeps blocking the link being posted but type " *JayZ references of the late B.I.G. throughout his 444 album* "

[@andrewibona7803]

thank you

[@NotoriousOnline]

@@andrewibona7803 Anytime 👍

[@futurefind674]

@@andrewibona7803 You talking about this devil? 🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅

[@fresco650]

Love the exposure of the culture ♥️this verse is definitely a work of art and usually only hip hop heads will crack all the codes . To see it being done on mainstream media is taking it to another level . Shot out 2 HOV . Living legend

[@NETBU]

dont think for a second that they didnt reach out to research to break it down

[@johnlawful2272]

I remember the ex president of Iran made a keep your head up reference

[@ofentseledwaba9370]

Brilliant break down 👏

[@senecashabazz4192]

I'm just here for great journalism comments 👏 🤣 😂 😀

[@martisan5578]

I absolutely love the way Ari Melber explains things...truth and facts!

[@dadon8006]

Expect the the title of the video. It should’ve been Nixon and Biden’s war on drugs.

[@kurthayes2614]

You must be Drunk

[@pamelaparker5053]

@@dadon8006 q

[@lizf1353]

@@dadon8006 🤣🤣🤣 must be wonderful to live in a comfortable fantasy land where you don't have to acknowledge reality... all sides are responsible for the war on drugs but 1 side is a particular problem when they say things like "let them die" when they are asked for justification for why they wouldn't make noloxone available over the counter or they call themselves the party of law and order, or they continue to invest in law enforcement to deal with a problem we know can't be resolved with brute force instead of treatment, or they run treatment centers out of their towns and states... tell me friend how many methadone treatment facilities are in Wyoming???

[@dadon8006]

@@kurthayes2614 No, you’re just delusional if you think otherwise. Biden and his 1994 criminal bill, are the reason why people were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences for drugs. Trump, the one who passed the First Step Act, that allowed people to have a second chance, that serving lengthy prison sentences because of war on drugs.

[@rodneybananura]

You know you're a legend when a news anchor takes time to break down your barz

[@promobossmusik]

😂😂😂

[@realj1214]

Stop it.. learn your history. They are not the standard.

[@olandofuller5588]

Naw. That means you can be a sellout. If he really black and making real progress for blacks or humans in general they would take him out

[@seyramaddai]

Facts

[@rayshaunedwards6572]

Only part left out is jay owning a champagne company. This dude is a legend with this break down.

[@HavinFunNDeezLastDayz]

I'm living in one..

[@suz3001]

Ari is brilliant! No one in mainstream press does analogies like this on subjects like this. Excellent! Love it!

[@deloreswillis9224]

♥️

[@manatarmsslaps]

But Ari is a hiphop head for real though ... dope analysis

[@ladyfantastic765]

and no genre offers a scathing rebuke of America's hypocrisies quite like hip hop does. maybe the likes of bob dylan, joni mitchell, joan baez, and woody guthrie hit similar tones. but that was 60 yrs ago... i'm a white female and i haven't seen better modern social commentary on America than I have in hip hop. Mos Def, Aesop Rock, Tobe Nwigwe, JayZ, Arrested Development, NWA, and so on...a lot of em are just truth tellers. And sometimes the truth hurts.

[@sushi_wolf]

The best in the game.

[@laurenlewis7]

Sayitagainnnnnn pleaseeeeee 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❣️❣️

[@tejanoj3017]

Mr. Melber himself is an artistic student and a studious artist. ✌🏼 to you, sir, and thank you.

[@eYeSoN3691]

Lmfao you must be high!!!

[@Mattpdx1]

@@eYeSoN3691 and you must be a traitor, I mean trumper. He consistently ties some of the greatest music and lyrics into his show.

[@csarmorer67]

... is he ever !!! 💯 %

[@lynnecarriemurphy3448]

@@eYeSoN3691 Better than being you!🤭

[@eYeSoN3691]

@@Mattpdx1 no just not pushing false narratives like the bunch here I honestly just laugh at how insane some of you people are wich is why I come on to these insane fake news leaders you are a bunch of misinformed clearly very sad people but no matter still entertainment for me some pity you but just know you’ll go down as the failed laughing stalk in my book!!😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@jabumngadi9956]

Wow! This man broke down this verse like he is a hip hop artist.

[@bonez212]

Ari you have a new fan

[@bea79]

I love you for this Ari❤️

[@plutotech]

@cool breeze and yet you're here. make that make sense..

[@mikeboothe]

@cool breeze do u think anyone cares what u think? Hahahaha!

[@lynneanderson4255]

@cool breeze Sorta like supporting someone who's a bone fide monster who'll do everyone in (including you)just to "own the libs"?

[@plutotech]

@cool breeze that's dumbest thing i ever heard. soo you come here putting money in their pocket? lol I dont like Arby's. I'm not going into Arby's buy a sandwich. Sit Down and eat it. Then complain how bad it is. That's how you sound..

[@lady4real75]

@cool breeze most that spread the truth are!

[@Metrichi]

This guy is hands down my favorite source for cable news!!!!

[@kurthayes2614]

That's probably because MSNBC is all you watch

[@bhumphries1360]

@@kurthayes2614 I wouldn't have to guess too hard what your sources for current news are.

[@rse432]

@@bhumphries1360 😂🤣😂🤣😂Checkmate

[@Open-DI_239]

Good commentary

[@donnyfeo]

Legit I had to pause at 7:54 to look up the word pernicious

[@ZeroFcksGven]

Ari a hip hop head! Love it!!!

[@noktin]

I don't see many people, nobody on mainstream media, who love and appreaciate Rhythmic American Poetry quite like Ari Melber. What I need in my life is for him to get together with Michael Eric Dyson and start a podcast about it.

[@amaresmom4249]

Ari. Is already doing that, all on his own

[@twilit]

rhythmic american poetry never heard that

[@composedview]

‘Rhythmic Applied Poetry

[@dapatman9827]

Rhythm And Poetry.

[@carolynadams3247]

Great idea!👍🏽

[@gigavolt]

In high school, we read poetry and short stories from renowned poets like Robert Frost and Edgar Allen Poe. We had discussions about their works, breaking down each line, identifying themes, style, etc. After watching this, I can actually see a future where popular rappers like Jay-Z and their music will be discussed in classrooms similarly.

[@heribertotorres9584]

You forgot the elite, the elite is wear him too. He got the strongest people back in him up.

[@blakrumba]

"Jay also known as Hov..." he dictates in his perfect American RP accent 🤣 I love this so much. This anchor clearly loves rap. Nicely done. He's so excited to give this report, he forgot to keep to the standard English and accidentally starts using American slang. Lol

[@Jo-ix3qp]

he always does ;)

[@piffcitynaledge]

He does this all the time

[@benitojuarez999]

Even had wu tang on the show

[@samtime1700]

He is very culturally compantent a true scholar. Did u see his interview with Ashanti and ice cube. He lives it.

[@MackMittenzTV]

Jay is the only artist that can get this kind of recognition from a verse.

[@Mj-kb6ig]

Lmfao.....nothing about that bar is all that special. And nothing about it isn't anything no one hasn't said since like the 80s. It's the miniature caskets, lil babies Victims of a stray, from drug deals gone crazy Maybe it's just the drugs, crack came and it was strange how it rocked us Perhaps the underlying stats stay high, explain genocide......Tupac Shakur Typical hipster Jay-Z fans circle blow fest act like this is stunning news. "The war on drugs is a failure.....and only Jay can move poetry"......blah blah blah.

[@baileysincere5539]

Nas

[@ezdoecheez515]

@@baileysincere5539 nah Nas is one the of the GOATS in the rap game..but only Jay gets this type play on this kind of platform

[@steveclemente5351]

Jay z is corrupt he gets the media attention because the “club” he’s in

[@Drewb187]

@@ezdoecheez515 Son... they study Nas lyrics in Universities. Do your reserch.

[@fredmorgan9897]

What the he double hockey sticks. They finally noticed 😂😂sike

[@damonbirch9031]

Well prescribed

[@gregkump3639]

Wow Ari! You never disappoint! 😎

[@Yourdeadmeat69]

I want 3 semester hours.

[@Ian_Christensen]

How can you not love this dude... Intellectual story teller on point

[@kurthayes2614]

Shameful

[@jaeboston9228]

J Z is brilliant as a wordsmith, poet, musician and businessman. I appreciate Sri giving him props because he is more than likely misunderstood by mainstream Americans.

[@courtneyhunnell5359]

He is also FBI, good FBI. you'll see,most have no clue what's actually happening

[@PLBoogie]

Most MCs are brilliant and don't get the props as the powers that be don't want the masses to be woke. The likes of Public Enemy, Rakim, Black Thought, Planet Asia, Mos Def, Nas , KRS , just to name a few have been brilliantly rhyming about all this for decades and is purposely not promoted like they promote the ignorant 'Lil's ' Trap .

[@Dinerokid-rh5tu]

@@PLBoogie Trap music was around in the 1990s bro. It didn't start making waves in the music industry until the beginning of the 2000s.

[@Dinerokid-rh5tu]

@@PLBoogie But during the 1990s of Hip Hop it was a whole lot of rap beef going on. Like NWA and Biggie and Tupac and Three 6 Mafia versus Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. And 50 Cent versus Ja Rule in 1998. Because one of 50 Cent's homies actually robbed Ja Rule. And then you have Mobb Deep versus Jay Z. And then you had LL Cool J versus cannabis. And then you had Tupac versus Nas and Jay Z and De La Soul. And then you had Eminem and D12 versus Ja Rule. And then you had Ice Cube versus Cypress Hill. I'm not saying that none of those rappers weren't knowledgeable because they were. But at the same time they were young and they didn't have a care in the world. And the only thing they did was diss each other over the songs that they released.

[@Dinerokid-rh5tu]

@@PLBoogie The rap industry back in the '90s was just as bad as it is now. Because during the 90s and the early 2000s it got so bad. That the managers of the nightclubs have to shut some of the concerts down. Because LL Cool J and cannabis didn't squash that beef until 2014. It was some education and some of the songs they put out back in the day. But it was more rap beef going on during the '90s than it was knowledge.

[@mnqobivilla8058]

Wow😳

[@windellblount2113]

Information is real.

[@marcoandell]

This verse by Jay is the tip of the iceberg. Rappers have been delivering double, triple and quadruple entrandes for years. Punchlines. set ups, wordplay, the vocal gymnastics are at times mind blowing. Hip Hop didn't become the number on genre of music by accident. The depth of the bars takes you far beyond the music and the catchy hooks. It's written in a code that's heard by many and mostly understood by only those who it's written for. Excellent piece of journalism.

[@jameswalker3416]

This i why I love hip hop.

[@ashelton39759]

Sorry but no where near how Jay does it.

[@marcoandell]

@@ashelton39759 you obviously are not well versed in bars. That statement is overflowing with ignorance. You don't know enough to even discuss this with me. Have a nice day though

[@ashelton39759]

@@marcoandell I’m pretty well versed as far as bars go. Who’s better than Jay at how he deliverers his bars?

[@heartmind6373]

@@ashelton39759 you're right but Tupac did the same thing. Jay is now doing this coz he's aged and feels like giving back and also empowering his people. Tupac was doing it when he was young.

[@Averageaisha]

🙏🏾 this made me tear up it’s amazing how much the individual black American has to experience so much in these lands this was well said 👏🏾👏🏾

[@danksinatra5977]

Tear up=🧢

[@kozmeetorez]

As a black man I don't experience racism every day. not seeing doesn't mean that it doesnt exist but I got more important to things to think about.

[@onlythetruth883]

@@kozmeetorez As a mixed person, I experience racism every day from the colour you mention above.

[@Clankillas]

so its undetectable? Season 1? and what happens when youre days are over?

[@phillipmitchell8282]

Wow !!!!!!!! 😊

[@reyesserna8170]

He broke this down perfectly and he might be better than some KZbinrs out there!

[@anthonyclark9441]

There are Hip Hop "Fans" who could stand to listen to Ari's breakdown, because people really aren't understanding the depth of what Jay was saying.

[@roycrite4656]

Nothing but truth in this statement.

[@AbdiAalen]

Absolutely 💯

[@ememedem6476]

When ‘God did’ dropped on Friday, some people said JayZ said a lot of nothing in 4 mins. I knew they had no knowledge of history hence why they failed to understand depth of HOV’s poetry. I need to refer them to Ari’s breakdown👏🏾

[@killinginthenameof843]

Word

[@anthonyclark9441]

@@ememedem6476 the thing is that people always claim that they can't relate to Jay because of the things that He speaks on and the Money He has. I think the reality is that they can't relate to the Heart, Hustle, Determination and Sacrifice that it takes to get from one end of Life's Spectrum to the other. Not in this World of Instant Gratification and doing the least to get back the most. That's what people can't relate to in this day and age. That it actually takes WORK to get where the people in that Song are. Especially Jay-Z. As far as the Social stuff he was speaking on; people don't care about that until it affects them.

[@rashid9891]

Cognitive Dissonance has always been the foundation of Willful Ignorance

[@antoniovidals4157]

Good stuff

[@culpepperly]

Also Jay-Z is providing points of reference so listeners can look the interview w Mike Wallace up themselves and continue to learn the history that so many politicians have the luxury of ignoring... he's educating his audience.

[@BigKandRtv]

And he has been for a long, long time.

[@ezbreeze9762]

JAY-Z Raps The Truth About HIS Drug Dealing Days While Living In The Fort Green Projects In BKLYN, N.Y., Rap On Bro!

[@tpa6laf]

Super Facts!!!!!!

[@dollarroll2000]

Ari you are blessed. Jay has definitely matured in his lyrics and Ari you put this lyrics in laymann (mainstream) language. Crimes in America depends on what the elite rich whites decides amount to a crime. Poor people buy and sell weed and it's a crime. Rich people grow, buy and sell weed...IT IS MEDICAL!

[@itsmyopinion8462]

Exactly, the hypocrisy never ends with them

[@megami215]

Jay z is part of the elite what are you talking about

[@itsmyopinion8462]

@@megami215 he wasn't an elite member when he was seling... is the point and the charges racked up bc of it

[@KryMoore]

Jay-z is a fraud, he had a cousin that was actually doing the stuff he raps about.

[@LikeSpee]

Not sure how long you been rocking w/Hov but he been complex with the word game from jump. I wouldn’t really call it a maturity in lyrics. I think you’re maturing. Not trying to be funny but I can guarantee if you go back and listen to, say Blueprint, you’ll have a better understanding of stuff he was spitting. Some lyrics you thought were literal, actually had a different meaning (as in the double & triple entendres Ari pointed out). Some things he did have to “dumb” down he concedes: “I dumb down for my audience and double my dollars They criticize me for it yet they all yell "Holla" If skills sold truth be told I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli Truthfully I want to rhyme like Common Sense (But I did five Mil) I ain't been rhyming like Common since.” There is another way I look at it. When we were kids watching Saturday morning cartoons, or whenever, we all laughed at the antics and animation, but a lot of those cartoons had elements that went over our heads, and we didn’t even know that things were going over our heads. Watching those same cartoons as adults, you’re like 💡😆.

[@chanhowl]

Make it make sense.

[@Walking_Bucket24-8]

It’s DEEP…

[@djalkazed]

I've always admired Ari's viewpoint on many things politics, but more importantly how most of us view life and the retrospective analysis that comes with it. I knew that he would have some great insight on these lyrics and utilize his ability to breakdown each bar, perhaps to others he felt needed to hear the same message of the hypocrisy that exist in our justice system who doesn't have the same ear for the music as he does. The ability to connect us all in a particular space requires someone of stellar character and conviction. Ari for me has been one of those exemplary individuals with the competence to do so. Much props for this one.

[@alanchavez623]

I’m a new fan of Ari…. I’ll be watching him moving forward.

[@donna6348]

I'm a new fan of Jay-Z

[@MagnetDzn]

He’s the goat

[@nonovyobiznez3735]

He is being doing this for years. I remember when I first listened to him "wait was that a bar? O here's another one. This guy doing this during a news segment? " I was hooked

[@m.jackson2609]

Ari is awful, this video is silly.

[@lonnieknight9187]

​@@m.jackson2609 it must have been too much for you or you been locking us up

[@crazyauntlindsey3568]

I love being alive.

[@sandiiesam3152]

This deserves a like and a subscription!

[@tylerdurdin8069]

I love how he breaks down the lyrics like a pro.

[@Ms.T]

Quadruple entendres...

[@simoneee31]

I agree. This was dope!!

[@yb1433]

Because he is a Pro 😃

[@Usmcpb]

Ari been on this for a while, breaking down lyrics & explaining the genius of them. I got smoke for anybody coming for him.

[@ivanolvera2003]

And his not black 😂 cool 😎

[@susanhennessy5599]

Excellent breakdown Ari! Shared it with my fellow educator for her high school English class.

[@christinecharles4586]

Keep sharing, listening and learning !

[@lindsays2007]

That’s awesome!! We need educators like you two. Thank you!

[@marvday2020]

This man deserves a Source award for this breakdown 🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@stillyoung6524]

.........Welcome to the bar b que yall, Ari been here.

[@robinporter7000]

He sees and understands things for what they are.When he breaks it down he is allowing you to have a better insight.