Jay-Z Looking To Sell His Brooklyn Nets Shares?

Word is that the move will take Hov another step closer to becoming a full-fledged sports agent.

Jay-Z is ready to change the game, once again. The trailblazing rap star broke new ground when he aided in transplanting the NBA Nets to his native Brooklyn last year but now, as basketball's regular season is drawing to a close, Hov is apparently set to sell his ownership shares in the team — and make an even bigger splash in the sports world.

Jay-Z Wanted To Keep Nets' Logo 'Classic'

On April 2, it was announced that Jigga had partnered his newly formed Roc Nation Sports division with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and together they signed New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano. Word is that Jay hopes to become a full-fledged sports agent, representing professional players in all major leagues, including basketball. But in order to do that, he has to relinquish his minority ownership in the Nets. According to Yahoo! Sports, that process has already started.
In the months leading up to the Nets' move from New Jersey last year, Jay helped to re-brand the team with a new logo and new uniforms. By September, Jay had christened the Nets' new home with a string of eight sold-out shows at the Barclays Center, before the team kicked off their 2012-13 campaign. Though ESPN reports that the rap mogul only owned .067 percent of the team, Jay's contribution as a Nets ambassador is much tougher to quantify.
"It would be disappointing [if he left]," Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo told ESPN. "He had an enormous amount to do with the rebranding of the team. I wasn't close to it at all, but from what I've seen, it would be hard to overstate his importance in this all. I like his involvement in the team; he's at the games, and maybe he's around more than I realize behind the scenes. But he's an excellent fan, one that wasn't just around this year, but a lot in the past, too, which is very telling to me."

Drake Calls Out Chris Brown's 'Insecurities,' Says Rihanna Fell Into His Lap

'At one point in life the woman that he loves fell into my lap,' Drake tells 'Keep It Thoro' of Chris Brown and Rihanna.

In song Drake is usually calm, measured and economical with his words, even when dealing in rap beef. On Friday (April 12) however, fans saw a different side of Drake when he went up to radio and took loud and direct shots at Chris Brown, while urging the media to just leave the drama alone.
"Don't ask me sh-- about that man when I come up there and leave that man alone. Stop preying on his insecurities," Drake told hip-hop journalist Elliott Wilson when he appeared on his "Keep It Thoro" Internet radio show, before bringing things a level higher and referencing Breezy's main squeeze Rihanna. "His insecurities are the fact that I make better music than him, that I'm more popping than him and that at one point in life the woman that he loves fell into my lap.
"I did what a real n---a would do and treated her with respect," he continued, while being vague.

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Drake seemed particularly bothered about the last round of interviews that Chris Brown did when he visited New York City in March, where he had to field constant questions about their beef. "All them things combined create an individual that comes up to your radio station and is just gonna do dumb sh--. It shouldn't be about tearing that man down. It shouldn't be about wanting to see me and him tear each other down," he barked. "We have an issue and it's either gonna drag out or maybe in ten years we'll laugh about it over drinks, just let us solve that sh--."
On March 29 Brown dropped some rap bars on Young Jeezy's "R.I.P." remix and suggested that Drake "come out the closet." Drizzy didn't seem overly concerned about a potential battle, a contest that he feels he'd win anyway. "I don't wanna hear that man rap, nobody wants to hear me rap against him. I really do this sh--," he boasted.
Nothing good can come from a Drake versus Chris Brown beef, Drizzy says and overall he is just focused on putting on his upcoming album Nothing Was the Same. "I'm not thinking about that man at all, or that girl, straight up," he said.

Chris Brown Predicts Even 'Bigger' Career In 10 Years

 

'Now it's about shaping my life,' Breezy tells MTV News as he gears up for album X.

 

Although it's been eight years since Chris Brown dropped his self-titled debut, the pop star has been working in the music biz since 2003, spending two years perfecting his song-and-dance before his first album ever hit stores. With that in mind, Breezy's upcoming X release is meant, in part, to commemorate his 10th year in the game.
So having done so much already, what does Brown have planned for the next 10?
"Hopefully in 10 years, I'll be bigger than I've ever been — hopefully," Chris told MTV News when he visited our studio on Friday.

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Since dropping that first album in 2005, Brown has gone on to release four more LPs, selling millions of records and touring the world as he became a pop superstar. At just 23, the singer has realized many of the dreams he had while still in his teens. "I've accomplished so much of my goals, just from being from Virginia, being able to take my mom, and my parents and certain people out of poverty that I grew up with," he said. "That's one of my main goals that I focused on and now it's about shaping my life."
While Breezy's bread-and-butter is still music, he has a ton of artistic aspirations beyond that. Over the course of the next decade, Chris revealed he would like to become established as a songwriter, video director, music exec and painter. It doesn't seem that he'll be abandoning his solo career anytime soon, but the "Fine China" singer will certainly continue to expand his repertoire.
"I think being able to write for great artists — J.Lo, collaborating, working on her album — and doing stuff that I never thought possible," he said, trying to find the words to match his lofty ambitions.
So far, Brown seems off to a strong start. He's particularly proud of his paintings and being able to work with Brazilian pop artist Romero Britto. Still, Chris doesn't limit himself to just one medium. "Everything that I do creatively, whether it be skating, anything that I try to put my hands onto, hopefully [I'm] excelling in it and, you know, making people see the light at the end of the tunnel," he said.
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Justin Bieber Says He Handles Fame Like Jay-Z

'I don't need to address every speculation,' singer tells Teen Vogue about the rumors surrounding him.

Justin Bieber wants you to know he hears all the rumors; he's just brushing them right off his shoulder. After what's been a rollercoaster ride of a month, full of tabloid speculation about his personal life, Bieber is opening up about his ups and downs in the new issue of Teen Vogue.
Bieber is on the cover in a white tank top for the magazine's music issue. And even on the cover, he's out to set the record straight, sharing "I know who I am, and I'm very much in control."
And, inside he's comparing his own life in the public eye to the deeply private life of Jay-Z. He says in the interview (which took place when he was in NYC for "Saturday Night Live"), "I don't need to address every speculation. Remember when Cam'ron dissed Jay-Z? Jay-Z didn't even respond. Why didn't he respond, because he's Jay-Z."
But, Bieber hasn't been all that quiet. He's vented about the tabloid speculation on social media, includinglengthy rants on Twitter and Instagram. And, after he was accused of assault by his neighbor in L.A., he addressed all the attention in an interview with Us Magazine last week. In his latest tell-all, he doesn't do any venting, but rather keeps it positive by thanking his fans.
"My Twitter is really nice," he said. "I have so many fans that I rarely ever see a nasty tweet. I don't read YouTube comments because those can get you sad. I see so much stuff on the Internet, sometimes I just want to go to Twitter and just go after people. But then I just think twice: If someone is dissing me, I'm going to make this person way more famous by tweeting them."
Bieber is currently on his Believe tour abroad and will land back in the States in June. In between tour dates, he's also managed to make some time for his friends in the Wanted. Their manager, Scooter Braun, confirmed that Bieber just penned a track for the British boy band. "so @justinbieber wrote a smash for @thewanted . damn. #hitrecord," he wrote on Tuesday.