Not JUST, But primarily. Jay Z and his rhyme skills are THE PRODUCT. You got nothing to sell, you got nothin. His talent was the thing everything else was built upon.
Now , let's say Dames talent played an equal part. That means he should be able to take that talent and have made his own shit work as well.
Jay, is still rhyming, and still putting out hits , even as a 50 year old. That's unheard of. His business skills have him owning one of the major streaming services, a talent agency, a sports agency, and several other businesses. Of course he delegates to other people to do this, but even that requires discerning skills, and those people seem to be doing the job tbag Dame did, just as good , if not better.
Dame, on the other hand, has not succeeded in ANYTHING, Even walking away with the capital he earned at the roc, and the experience people know he must have. His reputation couldn't have been all bad with EVERYBODY, unless...
But we know it isn't all bad, because the Greek billionaire Alki Davis gave him a shot with that shitty "channel" he ain't to have. Yes, even though he tells everyone he owns shit, he doesn't own the platform that his "channel" is on. And even that's a flop.
Name me.ONE successful venture Dame has had in 20 years. Rememember he was saying he had oil fields? No more. Art galleries? Where? What does he sell? Movies? I saw em. They were on Vimeo, and now on Filmon.