Jay-Z Accused Of Faking Record Sales Again (Wall Street Journal)

Jay-Z

Scared his next album will be another sales disappointment, rapper Jay-Z has signed a deal with Samsung, who will buy and distribute for free, 1 million copies of his forthcoming CD. Many are criticizing the move as a sales scheme on Jay-Z's end.

Previously, Jay-Z was slammed for a massive sales scandal that discredited well known music industry company Soundscan (Jay-Z turned it into Soundscam). Jay-Z, a one time drug dealer who still brags about said misbehavior in a manner not helpful to impressionable people, rather than denouncing it, bribed retailers to scan the same copy of his CD through the register repeatedly to register higher sales.

It gave him undeserved and unearned number one records on Billboard, also discrediting and tainting their charts, while robbing others of their rightful position and accolades. From day one Jay-Z entered the music industry with drug money, using it to fund his record company Rockafella and engage in illegal payola to guarantee him airplay, which counts towards number one singles on the music charts.

Jay-Z, who has been faced with a string of business failures, has a career that is all smoke and mirrors, to create the illusion of success. It's one thing to take payment for advertising tweets on Twitter, as many have done so as a legitimate business. However, things have gone so far regarding Jay-Z that he pays people to tweet compliments about him, his appearance, daughter, wife and career. That's just sad. 

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Samsung to Give Away 1 Million Copies of Jay-Z’s New Album

June 16, 2013, 9:26 PM - ...The connection: Samsung has purchased 1 million copies of Jay-Z’s coming album, entitled "Magna Carta Holy Grail," slated for release July 4, and plans to give them to Samsung Galaxy smartphone users for free – 72 hours ahead of the release. The users are to receive the music through an app they’ll receive later this month. (Recipients won’t be able to share it until the official release date.). Samsung paid $5 apiece for the albums, according to a person familiar with the matter. It wasn’t immediately clear if Nielsen SoundScan will count Samsung’s purchases in its sales tallies.

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FBI Director Robert S. Mueller Slammed Online Over His Comments In Congress On NSA Spying And IRS Harassment Scandals (Videos)

A Sickly And Displaced Looking Mueller Makes Appearance In Congress

An angry American public has been tearing FBI Director Robert S. Mueller to shreds online over his poor performance in the U.S. Congress, when questioned about the current IRS and NSA scandals dominating news headlines. Some members of Congress threw softball questions at Mueller.

However, others ripped him a new one in what constituted some of the most explosive exchanges between the disgraced director and the legislature. Mueller is being mocked and derided all over the internet.

Mueller came across as incompetent, inept, confused and bumbling during the hearing. For instance, he claimed he did not know a number of pertinent facts on various issues he is supposed to be abreast of as head of the FBI. One of his most derided claims was due to Mueller stating he did not know what "BOLO" meant. In law enforcement circles "BOLO" stands for "Be on the lookout."

Mueller also told Congress he does not know who is investigating the IRS scandal, regarding the International Revenue Service targeting and harassing conservatives, Christians and journalists. However, a number of press reports over the past few weeks have indicated, based on information from Congress, the FBI is supposed to be investigating the matter.

 

A few members of Congress also brought up the Boston Marathon terrorist attack, regarding the FBI ignoring a credible tip directly from the Russian government, warning that now deceased bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev is a terrorist plotting jihad (he went on to commit the atrocity against innocent citizens of Boston).

It was revealed the FBI did no proper investigative work into the matter, because if they had done so, they would have discovered Tsarnaev's mosque was founded by a convicted terrorist, who is currently in prison on terrorism charges. The head of the FBI simply stated, "We visited the mosque."

Regarding NSA spying, which the FBI is apart of, Mueller stated any activities engaged in regarding national security is permissible, which is an outright lie, as illegal surveillance, among other things, is a violation of the Constitution. If the program was legal and in line with the Constitution, it would not have been a secret from the American people.

Mueller leaves the FBI in a few months and in disgrace. Beginning in 2006, I repeatedly warned online about this man and his crooked agenda, after being interviewed by the FBI in Miami in 2005 and seeing their practices. He is one of the worst things that ever happened to America and as the scandals continue to break, this fact will become undeniably evident.  

In closing, to bring home Mueller's warped view of justice, he stated in Congress yesterday, "There are many number of occasions where we have probable cause or facts that would purport to establish probable cause to charge someone with something and we do not." Corrupt!

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Be on the lookout for mockery: FBI director didn’t know what a ‘BOLO list’ was [video]

Billboard Magazine Outs Singer Beyonce For Repeatedly Stealing Copyrighted Music, Images And Videos

Beyonce stealing from European pop singer Kerli brought on the latest scandal about her unlawful stealing of other artists' protected works

Thieving Sony Music singer, Beyonce, has been slammed and exposed by the music industry's top magazine, Billboard, for stealing other artists copyrighted music, videos and images, in a subtle op-ed piece. Beyonce is known and mocked all over the internet for being a thief, who insists on stealing from others in failed attempts at unlawfully making herself look like an artist who does it all.

Copyright infringement is a crime under U.S. and U.N. laws. Stop for a moment and think about that. When you steal copyrighted works, you are a criminal under domestic and international law (not to mention a fraud and a phony). When you steal someone's copyrights, it is the equivalent of stealing a mansion or luxury car, due to the value of intellectual property.

Shamefully, this happens often in the music industry, especially regarding certain mainstream artists in Hollywood cults such as Kabbalah, who call themselves the Illuminati. Leaked documents have shown, when they see or hear something they like, they simply take it, in criminal violation of the law, as copyright infringement is a federal crime. To applaud Beyonce or any other artist engaging in this felony, is the equivalent of praising a bank robber, burglar or ponzi schemer like Bernard Madoff.

Beyonce's husband Jay-Z has been sued by many people in unrelated cases for theft of copyright, trademark and money 

The FBI, under Robert S. Mueller, has failed in their congressional mandate in this regard, operating under the corrupt premise stars are allowed to break the law, which is disgraceful and an embarrassment. These thefts are damaging America's bottom line, as these stolen copyrights are executed incorrectly and devalued in the process, bringing in lower revenues and tax dollars.

Having been a victim of copyright infringement at Beyonce and Jay-Z's hands (see items listed below), the Judiciary Report has covered Beyonce's many thefts in past articles, which were subsequently read by millions online. A noticeable and significant sales decline began for both aforementioned artists shortly after, as no one in good conscience could support such thievery, dishonesty and fraud.

This week it is Billboard's turn, as the industry's most prominent publication details some of Beyonce's most brazen and disgraceful thefts, completely calling her artistry or lack thereof into question (see article below).

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Op-Ed: When Beyonce's Inspiration Turns Into Imitation

May 01, 2013 11:48 AM EDT - They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but what if the person imitating is a polarizing icon that should be doing otherwise -- someone like Beyoncé? On Monday (April 29), pop singer Kerli posted a side-by-side photo on her Facebook page of her and Beyoncé donning the same Amato Haute Couture dress. The photo of Beyoncé comes from the pages of her 2013 "Mrs. Carter Show" tour book.

Except, it's not just the Furne One designed dress -- which also Nicki Minaj wore in her "Va Va Voom" video -- that's similar in the photo. Both singers can be seen painted in white, from head to toe, and stylistically posed as sculptures. No one owns a look, image, dance move (after all, how many artists have pulled out signature Michael Jackson moves?), or in this case, an experimental costume. They're not copyrighted property, but filed as intellectual property.

Any artist, including Beyoncé, can wear whatever another artist wore, but that multiplicity gets suspicious and easily pegged as stealing. And understandably so, when it's not only the look of the artist that is being traced, but his or her entire idea.

Beyoncé first caught flak for working up a dance similar to Josephine's Baker's iconic banana dance in her "Deja Vu" video, then was seen sporting a skirt with dangling bananas when performing the "B'Day" track. But let's be honest: that wasn't that serious, at least not at that point in her 20-year plus career. She later borrowed from Bob Fosse's routine, "Mexican Breakfast," in the video for her girls anthem, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)." There are also references to "Rich Man's Frug" scene (of Bob Fosse's "Sweet Charity") in Bey's "Get Me Bodied" video.

There's a difference between inspiration and imitation. "Countdown" is a good example of Beyoncé doing both in one piece of work. She references Audrey Hepburn's "Funny Face" dancing and both Hepburn and Peggy Moffitt's late 50's/early 60's fashion, then elaborates with color schemes and pairs the choreography perfectly with the pace of the soundscapes. She also samples Boyz II Men's countdown from their song, "Uhh Ahh."

As the video continues, we see Bey' using the same choreography, cinematography and costumes that Belgian choreographer and dancer, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, used in "Rosas Danst Rosas." It's one thing to be inspired by someone else's work and revamp with one's personal style, but it's another to duplicate exact movements, which is ultimately violating the artist's intellectual property. Context matters.

Before the debut of "Countdown," Beyonce was criticized for nearly replicating Italian singer Lorella Cuccarini's live performance with her performance of "Run the World (Girls)" at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards. She later stated that she had hired the same choreographers that had worked on Cucarini's performance, but it's still puzzling as to why she didn't work with them to create a groundbreaking concept of her own.

The choreography, seen in the performance and the song's accompanying music video, comes from Mozambigue dance troupe Tofo Tofo. Instead of thanking them for the inspiration after the fact, as she's done with Cuccarini and Keersmaeker, Beyoncé brought them to the U.S. and hired them to dance alongside her in the "Run the World (Girls)" video.

The 2011 song, off her fourth studio album "4" swipes the beat from Major Lazer's 2009 "Pon De Floor." According to Diplo, one half of Major Lazer, the making of "Run the World (Girls)" started out as a "joke" (whatever that means).

Beyoncé's "1 + 1" video features scenes similar to the unfinished French film, "Le'Enfer," while her "Love On Top" video has dancing scenes much the same as those in New Edition's "If It Isn't Love" video...

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ADDITIONAL BEYONCE THEFTS AS LISTED BY THE JUDICIARY REPORT: 

Beyonce 2011 (left) and Lorella Cuccarini 2010 (right)

Thieving Sony singer, Beyonce, has been stealing from other artists again, in a nasty habit that has made her the recipient of a number of copyright infringement lawsuits. Her career has solely been based on copyright theft, which is a federal and international crime.

This time Beyonce stole in great detail, the preexisting video performance of European pop artist, Lorella Cuccarini, for her appearance on the Billboard Music Awards show last week. She's being slammed all over the internet for it.

Beyonce performed the infringing song "Run The World Girls" which has flopped on the charts and paired it with a scene by scene rip-off of Cuccarini's performance from last year that was televised in Europe.

Internet users are slamming Beyonce for this unoriginality. This week Beyonce also premiered a new song entitled "1+1" which is already being panned by people online. Ironically, Beyonce's "1+1" is a dead rip off of the 1960's song "Wonderful World" by my dad's favorite singer, Sam Cooke, who he plays often on his radio show. 

Sam Cooke

My dad played "Wonderful World" so many times in the house and car, while I was growing up, when I heard the Beyonce song, I instantly recognized the infringement. A few of the copyright infringing lyrics are:

Sam: but I do know one and one is two
Beyonce: but I know one plus one equals two

Sam: don't know much about algebra
Beyonce: I don't know much about algebra

Sam: don't know much about the French I took
Beyonce: I don't know much about fighting

Sam: what a wonderful world this could be
Beyonce: when the world's at war

  

En Vogue

Beyonce's "1+1" is also a rip off in certain parts, of the 1991 En Vogue hit "Don't Go." It's clear she slapped the two songs together ("Wonderful World" and "Don't Go"). There are melodic infringements and lyrical ones as well:

En Vogue: don't go
Beyonce: don't let me go

En Vogue: let's make sweet love
Beyonce: make love to me

En Vogue: I won't put up any fight
Beyonce: I will fight for you

En Vogue: lay me down
Beyonce: I'm laying right next to you

En Vogue: Our love's been growing freely
Beyonce: our love will heal us all

En Vogue: it's out of my hands
Beyonce: when I ball up my fist

En Vogue: body next to mine
Beyonce: laying next to you

BEYONCE'S OBSESSION WITH RIPPING OFF VANESSA WILLIAMS' MUSIC CAREER:

Vanessa in 1991	Beyonce in 2008

Vanessa Williams took the photo posted above on the left in 1991 for her "Running Back To You" single. In 2008, Beyonce ripped it off. Note the similarities:

1. Vanessa Williams is wearing a black leotard covered by a black jacket. Beyonce is wearing a black leotard.

2. Vanessa Williams is wearing black paten leather ankle high boots and Beyonce is also wearing black paten leather ankle high boots .

3. Vanessa Williams has the front of her hair upswept with blonde highlights at the top while the back is flowing over her shoulders. Beyonce has the front of her hair upswept with blonde highlights at the top while the back is flowing over her shoulders.

4. Another sick note to add, Vanessa Williams has a daughter named Sasha. Beyonce adopted an alter ego named Sasha Fierce (more like Sasha Stupid ripping everybody off).

PREVIOUS PHOTO AND VIDEO THEFTS OF WILLIAMS' WORK BY BEYONCE:

Vanessa Williams 1988:	Beyonce 2009:

(Above) same see through jacket, plunging neckline dress, dangling earrings, hair teased upwards and the same pose.

Same blue hued video tint, same hairstyle and highlights, but the part is on a different side and both wearing coats with black:

Vanessa Williams "Darlin I" 1988:	Beyonce "Halo" video 2009:
Pictured below, is Vanessa Williams in another scene from the 1988 "Darlin I" video, wearing that same black coat, makeup and hairstyle Beyonce is now wearing 20 years later in the rip off video (photo above right):

 

Vanessa Williams "Just For Tonight" 1991 (left) Beyonce 2008 (right)

Vanessa Williams "Comfort Zone" 1991 (left) Beyonce 2008 (right). Beyonce posing topless with a cross on her arm (bracelet) is sacrilegious and disrespectful to God.

Vanessa Williams 1988 (left) Beyonce 2008 (right) wearing the same style corset top, tutu, leggings and black boots as Vanessa Williams did in her "Right Stuff" debut video 20 years ago.

Vanessa Williams' "Darlin I" video 1988 (left) and Beyonce's "Get Me Bodied" video 2007 (right). Both scenes contain the singer getting out of the same old style black car with a chauffeur in uniform holding an umbrella for them in the rain, however, Beyonce stole it from the Vanessa Williams music video.

George Michael's "Too Funky" music video 1990's (left) Beyonce 2008 (right)

OTHER BEYONCE THEFTS:

For details on the thefts listed below see the Judiciary Report article Butt Shaking Beyonce Strikes Again

 

Sued for stealing the song "Survivor"

Sued for stealing the song "Baby Boy"

Sued for stealing the song "Independent Women"

Sued for stealing the song "Kissing You"

Took credit for writing "Crazy In Love" when she didn't

Took credit for writing "Irreplaceable" when she didn't

Sued for not paying Wilhelmina

Sued for not paying Greg Walker/Icon Entertainment

Sued for stealing $32,000,000 from the family of her former dead co-manager who got them their record deal

Will be sued shortly for stealing the songs “Worldwide Woman,” “Amor Gitmo” and “Welcome To Hollywood” and the videos “Beautiful Liar,” “Suga Mama,” “Greenlight,” “Flaws and All” and “Still In Love.”

Rappers Faking Finances (Jay-Z And Diddy)

Jay-Z

Some folks try to emulate the lavish lifestyle of rappers, not realizing many of them are faking it. Years ago rap group the Roots had a music video humorously revealing the fact, most of what rappers flaunt is often rented. Many rappers are pretenders. A recent hacking of financial data revealed both Jay-Z and Diddy, two of the most famous rappers in the industry, have debt problems and items in collections.

However, their public image is that of bragging about their mansions, cars, clothes and jewelry. They are seen partying and sipping expensive champagne that some of them couldn't even pronounce correctly (see: Jay-Z). They insert themselves in political and business circles way above their stations in life, with no sense of decorum or humility regarding their actions (see: Jay-Z).

Jay-Z is a crook and ignoramus stealing people's copyrights and business plans, he does not understand and promptly runs into the ground, while pretending to be an entrepreneur (another word he pronounced incorrectly while bragging about his alleged business accomplishments that are without merit).

Due to his bewildering, inexplicable ties to the President of the United States, Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce, a woman who has been sued repeatedly for copyright infringement, theft, fraud and bad business dealings, believe they can do anything, even if it is illegal. So much so, the couple recently embarrassed President Obama and placed his job in jeopardy, regarding a trip to Cuba they tried to blame him for when the brown stuff hit the fan.

Everything Jay-Z touches turns to garbage. The ex-drug dealer, who still brags about selling drugs, stole business plans for restaurants, a hotel, a management company and a sports company, with all of said ventures hitting the wall shortly after being launched. His so-called hotel failed before the doors even opened. His restaurant in Vegas was involuntarily shuttered. His sports bar in New York was sued by employees he treated like slaves, refusing to pay them and was temporarily shuttered by the health department for gross code violations regarding the food.

His former record label Rockafella, which he started with drug money, was closed - this after Jay-Z fraudulently inflated the value thereof, only for the public to find out the company and accompanying clothing line were worth very little. His stake in the New Jersey Nets (Brooklyn Nets) was very minor and severely diluted, though he went around like the emperor with no clothes in claiming he owned the team. His stake therein was valued at $350,000 - peanuts, especially in comparison to the real owner's share of stock in the multi-million dollar team Jay-Z has been pushed out of. He didn't even own 1% of the team. At the end of the day that's not an owner - simply an investor. That's like buying a few shares in Apple then going around telling everyone you own the company. Delusions of grandeur.

 

Diddy

At least Diddy went to university for a time and has some understanding of business. His clothing line Sean John was professionally done and maintained a level of quality worthy of a global brand. His label Badboy did sell a lot of records for a time (however, the music was very negative and profane). But Diddy spends too much money and parties to extremes, which would destroy just about anyone's finances. The hack revealed Diddy is millions in debt and had a big foreclosure on one of his properties.

Years ago a friend of mine who is a songwriter, was given Diddy's number and told to give it to me, regarding my songs (I have a copyrighted catalog of over 15,000 songs that I began authoring when I was a kid, as I come from a family of accomplished published writers, playwrights and journalists). My dad, one of Jamaica's top radio disc jockeys and musicologists, whose radio show is broadcast to millions around the world every month, didn't want me to get mixed up with Diddy. I wasn't too keen on the idea either, so I didn't call when my friend gave me his number. I'm not into that wild life Badboy is known for.

Just the other day, I saw one of the mothers of Diddy's kids Kim Porter at a restaurant in passing. Diddy pays her (and others) large sums of money in child support, maintaining very lavish lifestyles for the women he impregnates (and it's helping to bankrupt him).

God never intended for Diddy (or anyone else for that matter) to have all these "baby mothers" necessitating one maintaining so many households. He should have been married and kept it all in one place. However, a number of entertainers and athletes are going bankrupt due to promiscuity and the financial consequences thereof.

At the end of the day, be careful who your role models are. The entertainment industry is often smoke and mirrors. Many like to project an image of wealth and success, but a number of people are nowhere near as rich as they claim and rely on illegal means such as copyright infringement, ponzi schemes, financial theft and drug dealing for ill-gotten gains. However, the FBI allows this criminality, facilitating what is essentially a mafia and monopoly.

In closing, be happy with your life and earn an honest living. Stop trying to be like certain people on TV, who aren't worthy of your respect and admiration.

Jay-Z And Beyonce Took Food Out Of Starving Nigerian Kids' Mouths

Beyonce Knowles (because steroids cost money)
 

Greed is not good. It harms people. Once again, singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, are in the midst of another incident involving financial impropriety. The greedy couple took millions of dollars to appear in Nigeria, via money that came from a state poverty fund meant for poor kids and adults. While the Nigerian economy is said to be improving exhibiting economic growth, in any third world nation, particularly one with over 160,000,000 people, there will be segments of the population facing poverty.

Jay-Z

 Beyonce and Jay-Z need to return the money at once. This is the second time they have been caught up in a scandal for improperly accepting money for appearances in foreign nation at the expense of the country's poorest citizens. That kind of money does a person no good in life, as God sees and knows who is being hurt in the process.

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BUSTED: Beyonce And Jay Z Are Alleged To Have MISAPPROPRIATED $1 MILLION From NIGERIA . . . That Was Meant For STARVING CHILDREN!!!
 

February 25, 2013: There is a new report gaining MOMENTUM inside Nigeria - the report says that Beyonce and Jay Z received $1M that was designated for starving African children. They supposedly have DOCUMENTATION that shows the governor of Bayelsa - where 47% of the population live in poverty - diverted $1M in aid to Jay Z and Beyonce. Here is what is being reported by the online news mag Saharareports.com:

SaharaReporters has uncovered a document indicating that a million dollars of Bayelsa State’s poverty alleviation fund was spent by then Governor Goodluck Jonathan on bringing American entertainers Beyonce and Jay Z to Nigeria in 2006. In a letter stamped and signed by Bayelsa officials, N150 million (approximately a million dollars in 2006) was released from the state’s poverty alleviation fund for the first ThisDay Music Festival in Lagos. The document came to light after a controversy was ignited over how much money American "reality TV" star Kim Kardashian was paid for a brief visit to Nigeria...

The sources who provided the 2006 document for Beyonce and Jay Z’s visit told Saharareporters that there was a shady financial link between the producers of some high profile entertainment events and the governors and other officials who control budgets at the state and federal levels. Mr. Obaigbena’s newspaper, ThisDay, is a major sponsor of entertainment events that brings US music stars as well as top public figures for flying visits to Nigeria in exchange for gargantuan paychecks...

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