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Jay-Z is no longer the struggling hustler from Marcy Projects. He is the first billionaire in Hip-Hop. He owns the masters to Reasonable Doubt (unlike many of his peers). By downloading a pirated ZIP file, you aren't robbing a label; you are robbing a mogul who, ironically, wrote the very manual on how to own your assets. Now, go listen to Dead Presidents one more time
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