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Power couple Beyonce and Jay Z have reportedly gifted their employees with huge bonus checks. According to sources, all 80 of their employees have gotten a bonus of more than $45,000, totalling close to $4 million. An insider told TMZ that employees were so shocked that they had to make sure that the performers had not made an an error on their paychecks. "Jay Z is spreading the wealth around and everyone is blown away. Nobody got left out. A lot of them couldn't believe it and phoned his personal assistant to check that there hadn't been some mistake."
http://www.ajc.com/videos/entertainment/jay-z-employees-get-massive-bonuses/v8R9j/
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Didn't really know anything about this guy until I saw him on Real Time last week, he seems like a really decent human being. Good for him.
Oprah? Oprahoma?
OneGrassRoot
(22,917 posts)HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,917 posts)Hip-hop mogul Shawn Carter, aka Jay Z, and legendary singer and human-rights activist Harry Belafonte have recently been embroiled in a highly publicized dispute over the responsibilities of black icons to the larger African American community.
Belafonte, who has effortlessly wedded a successful international career as a singer, dancer and actor with vocal and important support for civil rights, anti-apartheid and human activism, chastised Jay Z for turning his back on social responsibility and included the rappers wife, Beyoncé, in his public indictment.
http://baystatebanner.com/news/2013/aug/07/jay-z-harry-belafonte-feud-showcases-generational-/
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)How much are Jay Z and Beyonce worth?
I do not wish to bash them, but I will not parade them around as saints for this.
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/richest-rappers/jay-z-net-worth/
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/singers/beyonce-net-worth/
So 4 million is about 1/2% of their net worth. If they were the median US household (2010), this would be about 380$. Not super generous.
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/06/12/chart-of-the-day-median-net-worth-1962-2010/
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)He didn't inherit it. He worked for it. He grew up poor. He sold drugs to make ends meet. Then he turned himself around, started his hip-hop career, followed by a very successful record label and clothing line. From nothing to something. A true success story. Not to mention he's given back to his community, and the US at large. He's a good guy.
Initech
(99,915 posts)I wanted to go to the Jay-Z / Justin Timberlake show but was out of town.