Lady ask Jay Z on subway are you famous? (New York: home, school)

[All American NYC]

Jay-Z, the rapper and producer with a net worth somewhere around $500 million, was riding the subway with a documentary film crew recording his every move when a 67-year-old fellow passenger asked him, “Are you famous?......The woman Jay-Z spoke with, Ellen Grossman, is a well-known artist who later told New York Magazine that she finally figured out who the man was when he said he was “Jay-Z,” instead of simply “Jay.”

“I make music,” the rapper told the woman, as she tried to figure out why so many people were following him around.

Lucky Beyonce wasn't there

[SobroGuy]

I know who Jay Z is and I would have done the same thing. You gotta do what you can to deflate the hype/ego.

Jay-Z...hmmm the name does sound vaguely familiar...do you work for the Yankees? Oh you are one of those rapper people you say? **suspicious stare** I see. Where did you go to school? Oh you didn't go to school. Well I'm sure your parents are very happy you are doing something. Bye.

That should be how those conversations go.

[likeminas]

Jay who???????????

[jcoltrane]

The point of this thread is what, precisely???

A demonstration in the dearth of substantive knowledge and focus....

OP, I wonder, who are these people:

Mario Draghi?
Xi Jinping??
Angela Merkel???

Would you know them he they came and stripped down naked for you?

[craigslist]

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by jcoltrane

The point of this thread is what, precisely???

A demonstration in the dearth of substantive knowledge and focus....

OP, I wonder, who are these people:

Mario Draghi?
Xi Jinping??
Angela Merkel???

Would you know them he they came and stripped down naked for you?

What a Noob you are, you got those names from a list of the most powerful people on earth, Xi Jinping is the President of the Peoples Republic of China which he was recently elected by Communist party members, Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany and the Iron Lady of the EU and Mario Draghi is Italian and the head of the EU. You don't know these people either and it shows much of a derth you are. DO you know who is William Howe? or How about Fernando Wood? Do you know who he is? or Aaron Burr? Do you know where Alexander Hamilton was originally born? Do you know who is Ali Jinna, Nehru, or Desmond Tutu, Idi Ameen? Yasser Arafat, Luis Inacio De La Lula? Thought so!

[movingtrustates]

Jay Z is a cool dude

[Jasper03]

So? There are likely a whole lot of people who don't know who Ellen Grossman is either. Anyway, I guess he can go home and sob into all of his stacks of money.

[traveler36]

I remember seeing a list of the worlds wealthiest and one of the billionaires didn't even have a picture next to his biography. I then goggled him and couldn't find a picture. I only brought that up to show how man wealthy and important people can fly under the radar.

In Jay-z's case, since he is an entertainer he should be known more, but I always thought Jay-z looked like an everyday guy. He doesn't dress too noticeably/distinctly or have any identifying tattoos or trademarks. He has the look that if he wasn't with 10 bodyguards and walking around in someplace other than NYC he could possibly get unnoticed.

[nightcrawler]

I wouldnt know him if he sat next to me, nor would I carte.
Same thing with Madonna, couldnt give a rats ass.