Jay-Z, Pharrell to drop ‘Entrepreneur’ tomorrow
Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams will release Entrepreneur, a song about black ambition, tomorrow.
The single
is part of TIME magazine’s cover story ‘The New American Revolution’ which was
curated by Pharrell.
The project
includes conversations with rising tennis star Naomi Osaka, Tyler, the Creator
and Angela Davis about the inequalities faced by black people in the United States.
Pharrell
told the magazine that the song shows how difficult it is to be a
businessperson in the US, made worse by being a person of colour saying, “there’s a lot of systemic disadvantages and
purposeful blockages.”
He
continued, “How can you get a fire started, or even the hope of an ember to
start a fire, when you’re starting at disadvantages with regards to health
care, education, and representation?”
In
one line, Jay-Z, known for translating his music career into a billion-dollar
empire, raps “For every one Gucci, support two FUBUs”.
