The Rebel Faction

Jay-Z Hits Girl Backstage!
Tuesday - June 15, 2004
Albert McCluster III

Apparently Jay-Z had a problem with a female in a shocking video that was sent to our offices at HipHopDX.

As of this time I have yet to hear from my numerous contacts at Roc-A-Fella in regards to Jay-Z’s side to this affair.

But, if pictures speak louder than words then Jigga-man has some explaining to do. The assault looks unprovoked as HOVA walks into what looks like a backstage area of a concert venue.

As Mr. Carter walks into the room he has a rather irritated look upon his face and without hesitation lashes out at an unidentified female in the video. The video is brief…but, shows a lot.

Now, let’s look at this from the point of view of my former profession as a police officer and investigator…from those hazy lenses Jay-Z appears to have committed an unprovoked assault upon a defenseless female while others within in Jay’s entourage, security and backstage ballas watched and did nothing…this does not appear to be good.

But, as in all things media and news related…it all comes out in the end. Jigga has his side of the story and we would love to get comment from him or his peeps…

After sending two-ways and leaving numerous messages from Damon Dash’s office to Jay-Z’s assistant, Roc-A-Fella has yet to comment in regards to the video.

So, fellow HipHopDX’ers we’ll let you be the judge…was up with Jay-Z in this video? Is there an explanation that would satisfy die-hard Hip Hop haters like Bill O’Reilly? We sincerely hope so. With the current state of Hip Hop…this is certainly something that we don’t need.
Holla@yaboi!

At Press time, it is our understanding Roc-a-Fella was developing a press release; however after numerous calls on our part they have made no comment on the situations.

o_O

I felt stupider for reading the god-damned in character article... people cannot really talk like that.

But the picture really speaks for itself, and it's fairly big news that someone is stupid enough to push a camera into a girls eye when the guy standing behind her has a video camera. O_o

Its true, Ice-T told me yesterday when I had him round for Iced Tea.

LOL!

Given the information posted here (which will be the only information I take into account in this reply) this seriously looks like a case of "let's pick on the super-star".

Note the tone the supposed "journalist" has taken in his 'non-baised', and yet thuroughly opinionated article. Using terms like "Jiga-man", "backstage ballas" and, "peeps" denotes one of two things. Option one, this article appeared in some Hip-Hop rag where 'slang' is considered common tongue, or option two; the article was purposefully written to denerate 'rappers' and the like.

Also..

Note the authors use of the word "if", followed directly by what look to me to be a number of rather harmful accusations based on the aforementioned "if".

"Now, let’s look at this from the point of view of my former profession as a police officer and investigator…" - Sounds like motivation for bias to me...


"from those hazy lenses Jay-Z appears to have committed an unprovoked assault upon a defenseless female while others within in Jay’s entourage, security and backstage ballas watched and did nothing…this does not appear to be good."

Embellishment is a journalists favored tool, through and through. What evidence, in that clip, shows the female to be 'defenseless'? How can the author know that the supposed entourage 'watched and did nothing' when the clip is only just long enough to show the pair of shoves?

And again, a typical example of a writer shoving as many biased opinions into an article then following it up with a "what do you think?" tag line. As if the author even cares. Is there an explanation? Who cares, yours has already been given.

Another case of a little information being a dangerous thing.

Although, given that he is black, a rapper, and American, he probably did it. Not that I have any preconcived notions about any of the above.

And you can't see the video at the bottom? Make up your own mind.