Mar 22 2007Jay-Z is a man of his word

Four years ago Jay-Z made a bet with Playboy editor Rob Tannenbaum for 50-1 odds that he'd never come out of retirement and took $20 from him at the time. Well Jay-Z did come out of retirement with the release of "Kindom Come" so Tannenbaum gave his assistant a call to remind him of the wager and last week a messenger sent him $1,000 from Jay-Z's office.
"Jay-Z is a man of his word. I just bought a plasma TV with the money, and the first thing I'm going to watch on it is a Jay-Z video."
When you've got $12 bajillion in the bank paying off a $1,000 bet isn't going to hurt that much, but it's still impressive that Jay-Z kept his word. If it was me I would've pretended that I forgot about the bet, then went for a swim in my pool filled with money and had brunch with my solid gold robot servants.

Reader Comments
1. wedge1 - March 22, 2007 9:15 AM
extreme FRISTING!
2. okiedoke - March 22, 2007 9:18 AM
Secondy!
3. Jimbo ∞ - March 22, 2007 9:18 AM
Is that his IQ?
4. okiedoke - March 22, 2007 9:20 AM
Well, I bet he never marries Beyonce.
5. serial snarkalec - March 22, 2007 9:24 AM
Less fingers and body mass alone make Jay-Z so much more of a class act than the last post.
6. BarbadoSlim - March 22, 2007 9:24 AM
Jigga's gonna talk about the hardships of not being able to drink Cristal since he boycotted it. Truly an artiste this guy.
7. whitegold - March 22, 2007 9:27 AM
I wish I could have gotten in on that bet! Jay-Z coming out of retirement was pretty much a sure thing! I would have gladly taken those 50 - 1 odds!
8. mrs.t - March 22, 2007 9:28 AM
Damn, that is one homely man. Like hit it from behind, double bag, let me stare at a pile of diamonds while you hit it, stone-cold F.U.G.
My oldest daughter was admiring a photo of Beyonce a few years ago when she suddenly let out a horrified gasp. When I asked what was wrong, she just said "Oh Mommy.....her BOYfriend is so ugly." It totally pissed her off.
9. RichPort - March 22, 2007 9:29 AM
Fucking ay...I thought they bet over whether Beyonce would be in Playboy. Now I lost $20. Joe Camel looking mothafucka.
10. combustion8 - March 22, 2007 9:32 AM
what about the guy he stabbed? fuck jay-z
11. RichPort - March 22, 2007 9:35 AM
By the way, when the fuck did this turn to Vibe.com???
12. Wildhoney - March 22, 2007 9:38 AM
How kind.
13. guymorgan - March 22, 2007 9:38 AM
It's such a shame that in our modern society people like Jay-Z have to cover up their true sexuality behind such a over the top laughable image...
14. bigponie - March 22, 2007 9:42 AM
he obviously doesn't know the "college humor" hand sign.
15. biatcho - March 22, 2007 9:44 AM
#1 ponk baby, that was fantastic!
16. New York Pundit - March 22, 2007 9:49 AM
He looks like Tone Loc on meth!
17. biatcho - March 22, 2007 9:52 AM
He is gonna need bigger sunglasses if he is going for the "trying to downplay the enormous nostrils" look. Those fuckers could sniff 4 grams at a time!
18. Jimbo ∞ - March 22, 2007 9:53 AM
Everybody needs to be nice and not say anything mean about Jay-Z. We don't want to bring DanYELL to tears again.
19. RichPort - March 22, 2007 10:07 AM
@18 -- danielle's so fat, she cries ears of Koolaid. Grape flavor.
20. mandy - March 22, 2007 10:11 AM
i love hova!!
21. Alllegiononflegit - March 22, 2007 10:15 AM
why is this news? It isn't like he bet a night with Beyonce. NOW THAT IS A BET!
22. p0nk - March 22, 2007 10:17 AM
dear troll,
apparently i don't have as much free time on my hands as you do, so feel free to continue commenting on my behalf.
If at some point you feel you are unable to continue posing as me, feel free to drop me link at my blog (link above).
signed,
fan of p0nk's troll.
23. biatcho - March 22, 2007 10:19 AM
Sorry if I enabled your troll, ponk. I immediately thought of a friend of mine who uses the term "extreme (insert noun here)" in a deep, gruff voice to describe over the top things and it always gets a giggle out of me.
Sincerest apologies,
Biatcho
24. p0nk - March 22, 2007 10:23 AM
no problem biatcho, i'm honored to be one of the trolled.
25. RichPort - March 22, 2007 10:33 AM
Trust me p0nk, that'll only make the troll whack off endlessly with his furry palms as he furiously types with his sticky fingers. It seems we all have at least one troll in common. I haven't posted here in weeks, yet I seem to be posting everyday. That's just fucking odd. The troll has be advised to stop being a bitch, but it usually just responds with how gay I am, or how many monkeys I ass rape. Too much time indeed. To think, this all started when Ass Ferret Jones had the pleasure of getting schooled by me repeatedly... hmmmmm... is there a connection there? It's been on hyperdrive ever since.
26. RichPort - March 22, 2007 10:36 AM
Is #25 is a troll as well? This is fucking confusing.
Jay Z does Tae Bo. Now's THAT'S gangsta (please forgive the probable improper usage danielle, you people speak in code).
27. lambman - March 22, 2007 10:39 AM
WHEN WAS HE RETIRED? He's done multiple track's on Beyonce's albums, and been guesting on other people's stuff too. How is that retirement?
Also, he kinda sucks I think. He like to think of himself like a Notorious BIG or 2 Pak or Snoop or Dre, but really he just made money.
Jay Z business sense = great
Jay Z rap = status quo for pop/rap
28. llllllllll - March 22, 2007 10:50 AM
Do camels keep words?
29. lickmybutt - March 22, 2007 11:12 AM
hahahahaha. that fool bought like a 10 inch plasma TV with his winnings. WOOO!
30. wedge1 - March 22, 2007 11:14 AM
Now Richard, enough of your feigned displeasure. We both know your troll provides a gluttonous feast for your boundless narcissism. Look at how he enticed you to scamper out today, elbowing aside our poor Mr. p0nk - a zero, indeed - to take your rightful place at center stage. Bravo!
31. jrzmommy♠ - March 22, 2007 11:24 AM
did DanYELL take over the content managment of this site? Jay-Z and Queen Latifa...in one day? Next thing you know there'll be a section called Axt da Superfish.
32. RichPort - March 22, 2007 11:31 AM
@31 -- Doncha me "ax da soopafish"? We knows she spells like I speak Ebonics, which is to say not well.
33. the chicken - March 22, 2007 11:35 AM
#32 I'm still laughing over her using "conversating" awhile back.
34. biatcho - March 22, 2007 11:47 AM
heh, "ax" reminds me of that Onion headline from a few years back: "Local African American neighborhood terrorized by Ask Murderer".
35. jrzmommy♠ - March 22, 2007 11:57 AM
34--TSFSRT
36. PrettyBaby - March 22, 2007 12:05 PM
I listened to Jay-Z's music once while I was gangfucked by Stallion, Ponk, Ferret and Richport and it was -yawn- lame. I read the MN. Daily the whole time and then got up to churn the butter.
37. LoneWolf - March 22, 2007 12:16 PM
Can you get a plasma for $1,000? I've got to get on over to Best Buy. Must have been a small screen though, no?
38. jrzmommy♠ - March 22, 2007 12:19 PM
Seems to me that the Troll posting in 36 is jealous that he didn't get a mercy fuck for his balless pink dick.
39. Lowlands - March 22, 2007 1:35 PM
Somebody which's named 'Tannenbaum' obviously doesn't forget a moneybet in his favor...
40. supafreak - March 22, 2007 1:59 PM
Fucking lame-o....I could pull a better story out of my ass.
41. edamame - March 22, 2007 2:13 PM
It's a damn good thing he has money.
He'll find his Katie Holmes one day, I'm sure.
Beyonce doesn't need his ass. Run, girl, run!
Think about what your kids would look like.
42. kamihi - March 22, 2007 3:18 PM
Oh this black "fingers" this is so lame and so pathetic on anyone but expecially middle aged music execs, unless hes saying "get me two more Big Macs" its just stupid, almost as stupid as that pig Randy Jackson doing it.
43. woodhorse - March 22, 2007 4:15 PM
he never made any money off me.
44. k naz - March 22, 2007 8:46 PM
oh shut the fuck up he's lyrically awesome (if you even LIKE hip-hop you can agree) and he is an inspiration to many artists who are making millions today. AND he does good things with his money. i saw a special on the water crisis in africa where he traveled there to actually experience it, and if you watched it you'd see he is a down to earth man. ANNND he bought a water system so the poor kids didnt have to travel a million miles to get it. and if you listen to him speak he is actually a cool mothafuckaaa and ya wish you were sucking his BBC. HAHAA
45. crazyotto - March 23, 2007 3:00 AM
This jiggah has made it rich on all you stupid white kids who want to be black....we are all doomed!!!
46. PrettyBaby - March 23, 2007 7:59 AM
#36 Sounds sooo hot! If I were I would have churned that butter up and down nice and slow for those boys up... and down.. then maybe a little harder...try to keep it nice and smooth- do it to the beat of "Get That Dirt of your Shoulder"
47. DrunkBlogger - March 23, 2007 10:14 AM
Jay-Z came out of retirement...but let's be honest. That was not his best work.
48. Niecy - March 23, 2007 10:27 AM
That editor is stupid. I would have bet a lot more than that. I knew from the day he announced it that Jay Z would not stay retired. Before his album came out, he was rapping on other people's songs non-stop. Some retirement.
49. Courtney - March 23, 2007 11:25 AM
If I was fucking Beyonce I'd be pretty generous, too.