16 Lyle Fass, interview by author, February 2010.
17 Wine Spectator staff, “Armand de Brignac,” Wine Spectator members-only database, www.winespectator.com.
18 Esther-Mireya Tejeda, electronic message to author, April 2010.
19 Lyle Fass, interview by author, February 2010.
20 Isabelle Ruault, telephone interview by author, February 2010.
21 Kashif Thompson, telephone interview by author, February 2010.
22 Lyle Fass, interview by author, February 2010.
23 Sonia Murray, “Atlanta’s Dupri Is a New-Style Mogul,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 26, 2004.
24 Greg Kelley, “French Bubbly Garners Hip-Hop Cred,” Wall Street Journal, November 8, 2006.
25 Yvonne Lardner, interview by author, Chigny-Les-Roses, France, May 2010.
26 J. J. Battipaglia, telephone interview by author, August 2010.
27 Philippe Bienvenu, interviews by author, Chigny-Les-Roses, France, May 2010, and via telephone, February 2010.
28 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, “Armand de Brignac,” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, http://tess2.uspto.gov/.
29 Philippe Bienvenu, interview by author, February 2010.
30 Yvonne Lardner, electronic message to author, August 2010.
31 Lyle Fass, electronic messages to author, April 2010 and July 2010.
32 Esther-Mireya Tejeda, electronic message to author, April 2010.
33 Anonymous liquor industry source, electronic message to author, July 2010.
34 Lyle Fass, interview by author, February 2010.
Chapter 8: To Infinity—and Beyoncé
1 Kathy Ehrich and Tiffany McGee, “Source: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Take Out Marriage License,” People, April 1, 2008, http://www.people.com/people/article/0,20187497,00.html.
2 Molly Friedman, “Beyoncé and Jay-Z Definitely, Maybe Getting Married Today,” Gawker, April 4, 2008, http://defamer.gawker.com/376408/Beyoncé-and-jay+z-definitelymaybe-getting-married-today-you-decide.
3 TMZ staff, “We Are Sooooo Not Buying It,” TMZ, April 4, 2008, http://www.tmz.com/2008/04/04/we-are-sooooo-not-buying-it/.
4 Jennifer Garcia and Mike Fleeman, “Source: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Are Married,” April 4, 2008, http://www.people.com/people/article/0,20188764,00.html.
5 People.com staff, “Jay-Z and Beyoncé File Signed Marriage License,” People, April 22, 2008, http://www.people.com/people/article/0,20194030,00.html.
6 Antoinette Y. Coulton, “Beyoncé Shows Off $5M Wedding Ring,” People, September 6, 2008, http://www.people.com/people/article/0,20224021,00.html.
7 Jeff Chang, telephone interview by author, March 2010.
8 Mark Binelli, “King of America,” Rolling Stone, June 24, 2010.
9 Jay-Z, “Girls, Girls, Girls,” The Blueprint, Roc-A-Fella Records, 2001.
10 Geoff Boucher, “Destiny, Manifest,” Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2001.
11 Tanith Carey, “God’s Gift to Beyoncé,” Daily Mirror, July 8, 2003.
12 Lisa Robinson, “Above and Beyoncé,” Vanity Fair, November 1, 2005.
13 Tanith Carey, “God’s Gift to Beyoncé,” Daily Mirror, July 8, 2003.
14 Lisa Robinson, “Above and Beyoncé,” Vanity Fair, November 1, 2005.
15 Jancee Dunn, “Date with Destiny,” Observer, June 10, 2001.
16 Lisa Robinson, “Above and Beyoncé,” Vanity Fair, November 1, 2005.
17 Ibid.
18 Tom Horan, “Dream Girl Beyoncé Has It All,” Telegraph Magazine, November 8, 2008.
19 Jancee Dunn, “Date with Destiny,” Observer, June 10, 2001.
20 Jonathan “Jaz-O” Burks, telephone interview by author, May 2010.
21 Jay-Z, “Big Pimpin’,” Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter, Roc-A-Fella Records, 1997.
22 Chenise Wilson, telephone interview by author, March 2010.
23 Cindy Pearlman, “Does Beyoncé Have Boyfriend in Her Destiny?” Chicago Sun-Times, July 17, 2002.
24 Adam Miller, “Eminem Discovering a Romantic ‘Destiny,’ ” New York Post, April 15, 2001.
25 George Rush and Joanna Molloy, “Destined to Be?” New York Daily News, July 26, 2002.
26 Recording Industry Association of America database, “Gold and Platinum (Jay-Z),” Recording Industry Association of America, http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. .
27 Allison Samuels, “What Beyoncé Wants,” Newsweek, July 29, 2002.
28 Touré, “The Book of Jay,” Rolling Stone, December 15, 2005.
29 Lisa Robinson, “Above and Beyoncé,” Vanity Fair, November 1, 2005.
30 Michael Hamersly, “Bye-bye for Jay-Z and Beyoncé,” Miami Herald, March 16, 2003.
31 Rolling Stone staff, “100 Best Songs of the Decade,” Rolling Stone, December 9, 2009, http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/25.
32 Tanith Carey, “God’s Gift to Beyoncé,” Daily Mirror, July 8, 2003.
33 Lisa Robinson, “Above and Beyoncé,” Vanity Fair, November 1, 2005.
34 Cathy McCabe, “Superstar Loves to Put the Booty In,” Daily Telegraph, April 24, 2009.
35 Tom Horan, “Dream Girl Beyoncé Has It All,” Telegraph Magazine, November 8, 2008.
36 Lisa Robinson, “Above and Beyoncé,” Vanity Fair, November 1, 2005.
37 Larry King, “Interview with Beyoncé,” Larry King Live transcript, November 26, 2009.
38 Lacey Rose, telephone interview by author, April 2010.
39 Bernie Resnick, telephone interview by author, October 2009.
40 Touré, “The Book of Jay,” Rolling Stone, December 15, 2005.
41 Jeff Chang, telephone interview by author, March 2010.
42 Jeff Chang, interview by author, March 2010.
43 Ryan Schinman, telephone interview by author, March 2010.
44 Beyoncé, “Upgrade U,” B’Day, Music World/Columbia Records, 2006.
45 Terry Pristin, “Out of the Kitchen and into the Shopping Mall,” New York Times, October 25, 2006.
46 Lacey Rose, interview by author, April 2010.
47 James “Jim Jonsin” Scheffer, interview by author, Los Angeles, California, January 2010.
48 Lacey Rose, interview by author, April 2010.
49 Ryan Schinman, interview by author, March 2010.
Chapter 9: Net Gain
1 Ohm Youngmisuk, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” New York Daily News, November 13, 2005.
2 Robert Caro, telephone interview by author, April 2009; Michael Shapiro, telephone interview by author, April 2009. Note: Excerpts from these interviews appeared in my article “Who Framed Walter O’Malley,” Forbes, April 14, 2009, http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/14/brooklyn-dodgersstadium-lifestyle-sports-baseball-stadiums.html. .
3 Charles V. Bagli, “A Grand Plan in Brooklyn for the Nets’ Arena Complex,” New York Times, December 11, 2003.
4 David Porter, “Nets Reach Deal to Sell Team to Brooklyn Developer,” Associated Press, January 22, 2004.
5 Ohm Youngmisuk, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” New York Daily News, November 13, 2005.
6 Paul Swangard, telephone interview by author, May 2010.
7 Ibid.
8 Paul Suwan, “Nets Greeted by Warm Welcome,” Journal News, January 24, 2004.
9 Frank DiGiacomo with Carson Griffith, “Hip-Hop Mogul Jay-Z Upset . . .” New York Daily News, July 28, 2010.
10 Catherine Curan, “Jay-Z’s 99 Problems,” New York Post, May 16, 2010, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jay_NJOKUMG51yyYswtQo2zrJL/0.
11 Ohm Youngmisuk, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” New York Daily News, November 13, 2005.
12 Kurt Badenhausen, telephone interview by author, May 2010.
13 Ibid.
14 Touré, “The Book of Jay,” Rolling Stone, December 15, 2005.
15 Ohm Youngmisuk, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” New York Daily News, November 13, 2005.
16 Ibid.
17 ESPN staff, “NBA At
tendance Report—2010,” ESPN, http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance/_/order/false.
18 Julia Vitullo-Martin, “Cross Country: A Hole Grows in Brooklyn,” Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2009.
19 Matthew Futterman, “Bruce Ratner’s NBA Waterloo,” Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2010.
20 Anita Raghavan, “Last Man Standing,” Forbes, March 30, 2009.
21 Matthew Futterman, “Bruce Ratner’s NBA Waterloo,” Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2010.
22 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fred Kerber, and Lukas I. Alpert, “Nets’ New Owner Dines with Mayor Bloomberg, Jay-Z,” New York Post, May 20, 2010.
23 Thomas J. Sheeran, “Cleveland Fans to LeBron: Please, Please Stay,” Associated Press, May 18, 2010.
24 Julian Garcia, “Nets Fire 1st Shot,” New York Daily News, July 1, 2010.
25 Jonathan Abrams, “Nets, Through Owner, Ask Fans to Be Patient,” New York Times, July 13, 2010.
26 Kevin Armstrong, “Cases Made in King’s Court,” New York Daily News, July 2, 2010.
27 Jeff Kearns, “Waiting on LeBron Drives Madison Square Options,” Bloomberg, July 7, 2010, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-07/waiting-on-lebron-drives-madisonsquare-garden-options-chart-of-the-day.html.
28 Howard Beck and Jonathan Abrams, “James Picks Miami, Ending NBA’s Suspense,” New York Times, July 9, 2010.
29 Jonathan Abrams, “Nets, Through Owner, Ask Fans to Be Patient,” New York Times, July 13, 2010.
30 Rich Calder, “Markowitz: LeBron Might Be Taking ‘Vacation’ in Miami Before Joining Brooklyn Nets,” New York Post, July 9, 2010.
31 Ibid.
Chapter 10: Who Killed the Jay-Z Jeep?
1 Michael “Serch” Berrin, telephone interview by author, December 2009.
2 Dorothy Pomerantz and Lacey Rose, “The Celebrity 100,” Forbes, June 28, 2010, http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/22/lady-gaga-oprah-winfrey-business-entertainment-celeb-100-10_land.html.
3 Motorola Media Center, telephone and electronic messages by author, April 2010.
4 Lola Ogunnaike, “Steve Stoute Would Like to Turn You into a Sneaker,” Rolling Stone, December 15, 2005.
5 Lisa Eisner, “Private Lives: Adrian Van Anz,” Vanity Fair, April 2009.
6 Craig McLean, “The Bling Philanthropist,” Daily Telegraph, November 18, 2006.
7 Julie Creswell, “Nothing Sells Like Celebrity,” New York Times, June 22, 2008.
8 Touré, “The Book of Jay,” Rolling Stone, December 15, 2005.
9 Marques McCammon, interview by author, Vista, California, March 2010.
10 LL Cool J, “Big Ole Butt,” Walking with a Panther, Def Jam/ Columbia/CBS Records, 1989.
11 Michael “Serch” Berrin, telephone interview by author, June 2010.
12 Michael “Serch” Berrin, telephone interview by author, December 2009.
13 CNN Money staff, “Iacocca Teams with Snoop Dogg,” CNN Money, August 5, 2005, money.cnn.com.
14 Alison Gendar, “A Dash of Violence at Upscale Magazine?” New York Daily News, October 4, 2005.
15 United States Securities and Exchange Commission staff, “Form 8-K: Iconix Group,” United States Securities and Exchange Commission, March 5, 2007.
16 Greg Weisman, telephone interview by author, April 2010.
17 United States Securities and Exchange Commission staff, “Form 8-K: Iconix Group,” United States Securities and Exchange Commission, March 5, 2007.
18 Ken Thomas, “General Motors, Jay-Z Join Forces on SUV Concept,” Associated Press, January 6, 2007.
19 Marques McCammon, interview by author, March 2010.
20 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office staff, “Jay-Z Blue,” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, accessed April 2010, http://tess2.uspto.gov/.
21 Michael “Serch” Berrin, interview by author, June 2010.
22 Peter Martin, “Don’t Blame the Industry,” Financial Times, February 28, 2002.
23 Ryan Schinman, interview by author, March 2010.
24 Global Grind staff, “. . . Jiggaman’s Jeep,” Global Grind, January 19, 2010, http://globalgrind.com/source/bossip.com/1309150/photos-from-a-maybach-to-a-jeep/. .
25 Jay-Z feat. Swizz Beatz, “On to the Next One,” The Blueprint 3, Roc Nation, 2009.
Chapter 11: Reinventing the Roc
1 Nielsen Company staff, “2009 Year-End Music Industry Report,” Nielsen Company, 2009.
2 Mariel Concepcion, “Jay-Z: He’s a Business, Man,” Billboard, July 25, 2009.
3 Mark Binelli, “King of America,” Rolling Stone, June 24, 2010.
4 Billboard staff, “Jay-Z to Step Down as Def Jam President,” Billboard, December 24, 2007.
5 Ibid.
6 Mariel Concepcion, “Jay-Z: He’s a Business, Man,” Billboard, July 25, 2009.
7 Donald David, interview by author, July 2010.
8 Jeff Leeds, “In Rapper’s Deal, A New Model for Music Business,” New York Times, April 3, 2008.
9 Richard Harrington, “Jay-Z’s Rhymes of Passion,” Washington Post, January 2, 2000.
10 Ray Waddell, “Rolling Stones Tour Grosses More Than Half a Billion,” Billboard, October 3, 2007.
11 Nielsen Company staff, “2009 Year-End Music Industry Report,” Nielsen Company, 2009.
12 Kelley L. Carter, “Jay-Z: The Free Press Interview,” Detroit Free Press, November 19, 2004.
13 Golnar Motevalli, “Jay-Z Wins Over Doubters at Glastonbury,” Reuters, June 30, 2008.
14 Peter Kafka, “The Road to Riches,” Forbes, July 7, 2003.
15 Note: This comment is based on tour data from Pollstar Pro.
16 Jeff Chang, interview by author, March 2010.
17 Dina LaPolt and Bernie Resnick, “Multiple Rights Deals in the U.S.: 360 and Beyond,” excerpted from Multiple Rights Deals in the Music Industry, January 2009.
18 Stephen E. Siwek, “The True Cost of Sound Recording Piracy to the U.S. Economy,” Institute for Policy Innovation, August 2007.
19 Swati Pandey, “Stocks, Options, and Rock’n Roll,” Los Angeles Times, Company Town blog, October 17, 2008, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2008/10/u2-live-nation.html.
20 Dina LaPolt, telephone interview by author, November 2009.
21 Bernie Resnick, telephone interview by author, October 2010.
22 Rob Markman, “Hand It Down,” XXL, October 2009.
23 Nick Simmons, interview by author, December 2009.
24 Elizabeth Mendez Berry, interview by author, May 2010.
Chapter 12: History and Beyond
1 Catherine Curan, “Jay-Z’s 99 Problems,” New York Post, May 16, 2010.
2 Craig Kallman, telephone interview by author, June 2010.
3 Robert Sandall, “Destiny’s Children,” Sunday Times, August 9, 2009.
4 Baz Bamigboye, “Coming to Town: Jay-Z and a Very Lucky Fela,” Daily Mail, March 19, 2010, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1259038/Beyoncés-husband-Jay-Z-lucky-Fela.html.
5 Daily Mail staff, “Jay-Z Hints at Arsenal Investment as Rap Superstar Admits He Fell Crazy in Love with Gunners Thanks to Thierry Henry,” Daily Mail, March 23, 2010, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1259957/Jay-Z-hints-Arsenal-investment-rap-star-admits-fell-Crazy-Love-Gunners-thanks-Thierry-Henry.html. .
6 Jay-Z, “History,” Music Inspired by More Than a Game, Zone 4/Interscope Records, 2009.
7 Rodolfo “DJ Clark Kent” Franklin, interview by author, Brooklyn, New York, January 2010.
INDEX
All song and album titles refer to work by Jay-Z unless otherwise noted.
3-D Enterprises
360-degree music deals
40/40 Club
50 Cent
9IX cologne
Abdur-Rahim, Shareef
Ace of Spades. See champagne: Armand de Brignac
albums
American Gangster
Black Album, The
Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, The
Blueprint 3, The
Dangerously in Love (Beyoncé)
Game Theory (Roots)
Grey Album, The (Danger Mouse)
Hip-Hop Is Dead (Nas)
Illmatic (Nas)
Kingdom Come
Late Registration (Kanye West)
MTV Unplugged: Jay-Z
In My Lifetime, Vol. I
Ready to Die (Notorious B.I.G.)
Reasonable Doubt
Stillmatic (Nas)
Survivor (Destiny’s Child)
Vol. 2 . . . Hard Knock Life
Vol. 3 . . . The Life and Times of S. Carter
American Gangster (movie)
Annie (musical)
Armadale Vodka
Ashman, Noel
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Yards (Brooklyn, NY)
auto industry. See also specific companies
Backstage (documentary)
Bad Boy Records
Badenhausen, Kurt
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY)
basketball
Bassline Recording Studio
Beastie Boys
Beatles
Berish, Brett
Berrin, Michael. See MC Serch
Berry, Elizabeth Mendez
Bienvenu, Philippe
Big Daddy Kane
Biggie. See Notorious B.I.G.
Billboard
Bize, Alex
Blige, Mary J.
Bloomberg, Michael
Bono
Bosh, Chris
brand/product endorsement. See also specific items
Branson B.
Brathwaite, Fred “Fab 5 Freddy,”
Bronfman, Edgar Jr.
Bronx, New York
Brooklyn, New York. See also Nets basketball team
Brown, Foxy
Bryan, Carmen
Budweiser
Buffer, Michael
Buffett, Warren
Burke, Kareem “Biggs,”
Burks, Jonathan “Jaz-O,”
Busta Rhymes
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Chang)
Carey, Mariah
Carol’s Daughter products
Carter, Gloria
Carter, Shawn Corey. See Jay-Z
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