Hey, this goes Jake Brennan here. Listen to new episodes of Discrets Land from season

11 every Tuesday and catch the after party episodes every Thursday. This is where we go

deeper into the artist's stories. I'll share what I'm reading, listening to, and what

I'm watching, and I'll respond to your messages and questions, and of course, I'll be reading

the phone book.

You've probably realized that we're releasing a lot of previously exclusive episodes this

month. We've got episodes on Studio 54, Prince, the Missfits, Selena, way more that you've

probably never heard before. You can listen to all those episodes in a bunch more Discrets

Land right now wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Spotify

Stitcher, Cast Box, Amazon Music, you get the picture where everywhere thank you for

listening. Let's get into it.

Discrets Land is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Jay-Z are insane. As a boy, he shot his own brother. He himself was

shot at, arrested for drug possession, charged with the stabbing of a colleague. Raised

in one of the most violent housing projects in the country, Jay-Z is imbued with a hustler's

sense of the street. Yet he's dined with presidents, keeps warm buffet, one of the richest

men on the planet on speed dial, and continues to lend his name and his considerable wealth

to causes he believes in, to help illuminate injustice. Jay-Z is impossible to simply categorize.

He is as multi-hyphenate as they come, rapper, producer, CEO, entrepreneur, activist. At his

core though, he will forever be simply a hustler. A hustler who is made and continues to make

some of the greatest music of all time. Unlike that music I played for you at the top of

the show, that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Hoboken

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