Rapper Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) received his Global Leadership Award last night (October 1st) at the ultra plush Waldorf Astoria in New York. He received the award for his visionary leadership of ‘Water For Life’ project, and for his partnership with the United Nations.
I remember the ‘Water For Life’ project fronted by Jay. MTV covered the whole event.
About a year and a half ago he embarked on a lucrative tour which covered Europe and then Africa. In Africa he ventured in to various poverty stricken regions with his security team, lifestyle guru and various assistants, spoke to some of the natives, listened intently while the camera’s rolled, visited a school, and carried a heavy bucket of water for a little girl.
However, when the tour ended all seemed to go quiet on the ‘Water For Life’ front, so I’m surprised to see that he’s been awarded for his “visionary leadership” for this project.
Apart from raising awareness of the water crisis for about a day or two what else has he done to deserve this accolade?
Do the villagers that he visited, now have access to clean water within close proximity? Have their living conditions improved thanks to his “visionary leadership” skills?
Enquiring minds want to know!
Anyway congratulations Jay. I’m sure the world’s poor are celebrating the news of your award and raising their glasses filled with contiminated water as we speak!
Jay receives his award from the US Abbassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad
Photographs: WireImage/N. Barnard
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Straight BS!
You can’t just leave it there Fr lol. Why do you think it’s straight BS?
Janice I wondered the same things. Like how has there situation changed since that documentary? His camel ass at parties wearing shades and shit and people can’t even get water!! I guess he figures he did his part…
…and he prob doesn’t care cause camels can go without water for a long time…
LMAO!!! Soooooo wrong…. smh LMAO!!!!
They just like to hand out awards for the sake of it. Give those awards to the ordinary folk who are out there every day, getting their hands dirty, working hard to make a difference in those people’s lives. Not some pampered celebrity who nearly always has his/her own agenda set.
Thats what I’m feeling Janice, like really, did he help them people, yeah, he laid one pipe in one village, and we’re supposed to believe that Jay-z (Mr Big Pimpin baby, Mr American gangster) is Now a GLOBAL LEADER???,…ermm since when, and what exactly is he leading in, don’t get me wrong I do think he has a great mind for business and respect the fact that he has done well for himself, but doubt very much he would be were he is without the help of his secret society buddys!… GLOBAL LEADERSHIP MY ASS!… i WONDER IF HE NOW HAS ENOUGH MONEY AND POWER TO BUY HIS SOUL BACK?
Did you know, he has a street named after him Naij? Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter Street, somewhere in Abuja, http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-148190.0.html. So much for priorities.
Yes I knew, and I was pissed at them for doing that. There was no need for it. What had he done to deserve a street named after him? Foolishness. They also made him a King.
They made Rio Ferdinand a chief too.
That’s it, Jay was made a chief.
They also made LL Cool J a chief back in 1990. I remember looking at the pictures in Right On Magazine. lol