From ‘Hard Knock Life’ to $2.8 billion, Jay-Z calls billionaire hate ‘a cop-out’ even as 1 in 5 Americans say it’s ‘morally wrong’ to be that rich

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From the Marcy Houses to chart-topping success, Jay-Z was minted the first hip-hop billionaire in 2019. Now worth $2.8 billion, according to Forbes, the star is calling out blanket hate against billionaires.

In a recent interview with GQ, the billionaire rapper said lambasting the whole billionaire class is a distraction from fixing the structural forces that lead to extreme wealth in the first place.