i met him a few years ago, way after this. i took pics and got autographs from him. in fact everyone that was in the room did too. he's the same guy. cool dude
@@Redd91ful yea that’s why I said you have to have talent first. The list continues after that. Don’t be so quit to respond read the whole text. Deion sanders wouldn’t be Deion sanders with out the talent first, Mj, kobe etc
My granny used to tell my older cousin she'll never ride in his car with him driving from the back seat. Shit was silly cause she kept asking for rides anyway and complained about that shit everytime.
Raw House LLC Hov and I’m assuming you’re cousin were tall so it was ok. Imagine me lol 😆 5’4-5’5 driving ghost in a Honda Civic 1991 two door in 2002/2003 lol 😆....Dangerous as FUCK.....Remember when all boys would drive like this....Man, these mid-90’s babies FUCKED UP HIP HOP.....’86 Born.....HOV THE BEST TO EVER TO DO IT......
@@TheKillerEmceeevery year someone was hotter than Jay Z. ‘96 2Pac/Nas, ‘97 BIG/Mase/Puffy, ‘98 DMX/Juvenile, ‘99 DMX, 2000 Eminem/Ja Rule/Nelly, 2001 Ja Rule/Ludacris/Nelly, 2002 Eminem, 2003 50 Cent/Ludacris
@@kingartison that's what's up. Shout out to you & the queen city. I'm from murdering ass robeson county. One of my friends was just killed today. Not bragging about it. Shit is bad.
I remember watching this as a senior in high school who had just been accepted to Winston-Salem State. I was so hurt when Hov said he would NEVER come back to the tre...and I don't believe he has since.
Damn this was 20 years ago Jay been grinding, now he at a Bil! Him and B probably will never be in a low class club like this one. Money changes everything in ones life, the more of it you have the further you distance yourself from the average person cannot blame people.
Wasn’t he still really rich during this time and and an A-lister, surprised he’s riding around here solo with no security he became a worldwide superstar after hard knock life
@@mo2k638 Yes, I am assuming so, I don't think he was a Billionaire back then but a Millionaire yes. That type of Atmosphere that he was in back then, I couldn't see him in that again with his superstar wife Beyonce lol.
Mo 2k, I believe this was just before he got into the clothing business with the “Rocawear” brand, but he definitely was closer to his superstar status. And regardless of people’s personal feelings about the current Jay-Z, son was a BEAST with his writing ✍🏽 rhyming style & skills!!!!
People in my hood was hating on my happiness and I'm not even a millionaire. Jay; smile more because you have every reason to be happy. I just made the best of it my situation despite having sickle cell and being in poverty. That's all! My people didn't understand that. I practiced brotherly love. It starts at home. Stay up Jay.
I remember watching this on MTV back in the day and Jay-Z is a legend who has put it down in hip hop and I wish artist right now sounded this good and lasted as long as he has. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017
Those days never really went away, my friend 😂! People are waiting for the mainstream outlets to spoon feed them, while the Hip Hop we're claiming has gone away is still being made. Those with XM Radio are listening to Hip Hop on a daily basis. Many of your favorite emcees are still active.
As a young teenager watching when he hopped out the car in the middle of the projects and walked through it like he owned it was the flyest shit to me. Always the 🐐 in my eyes
This is the time when Jay resonated with the STRUGGLE, because he realized that his talents were putting him in the position to affect a POSITIVE CHANGE to the location of where he came from, but it is sooo difficult to continue once the $ begins to flow!!! Unless it’s in a person’s HEART (BEFORE the $) to uplift people, it becomes easier to......FORGET, which is IMO is where the CURRENT Jay-Z is at!!!!
Black rappers who were born and raised in white dominated communities are fighting to be respected or more respected than black rappers who were born and raised in black communities. This issues ongoing but quietly.
Most people say that you're lucky. I believe it's your ambition that got you where you are. You wanted out of the ghetto; only to miss it. Whats more valuable than money? People! When we expire? Everything special about us expires as well. Value people! Word of advice.
Jay was still huge worldwide at this point he was doing arenas the year before in 99 when he headline the hardknock life tour one of the greatest tours ever and grossed millions
Came here after watching the Oschino interview with him calling Jay-z a sucker for not vouching to be responsible for supervising beans if they let him come home from jail early. I see why now lol. Beans was a wild boy🤣
Do u remember when I was in vip and I went to lobby in NC I’m Mel I said keep up good work I left my music with Beanie and heard Beyoncé singing it call me for more music this Melodee listen!
@@kingartison he was still huge at this time one of the biggest rappers in the world and an a-list celebrity in 2000 he was coming off the Annie song and winning the Grammy in 1999
I hollered at you as a little brother; and a mentor; because I know you're more of an influence than I am. Otherwise; I wouldn't bother you. Since my mother past away. I vow to never lie again.
@@richmindstv2974 Anyone can get robbed. Ask whoever robbed him can they purchase anything that this very successful businessman could then, or can now😂! Contrary to foolish belief, being jealous of what someone else worked for isn't something to be proud of.
These days were epic. I miss the old mtv too
i miss everything from those days not just mtv vh1 also bet
Yep!!🇹🇹👊🏿
Nothing like growing up in the 2000s watching BET and MTV 💔
FACTS before the net took it over and humans don't appreciate shit no more. This was everything!!!
You can't come this close to hova anymore 🤔😂😂😂
Word!!! Nigga got secret service security
i met him a few years ago, way after this. i took pics and got autographs from him. in fact everyone that was in the room did too. he's the same guy. cool dude
@@meladgoatsame. I met him when I was like 6 or 7
this dude really made it. To the people who feel stuck, anything is possible. Give it your all
You gotta have talent first.
@@bjones140 talent can only get you so far. It takes strategy & discipline. Self-belief
@@Redd91ful yea that’s why I said you have to have talent first. The list continues after that. Don’t be so quit to respond read the whole text. Deion sanders wouldn’t be Deion sanders with out the talent first, Mj, kobe etc
U mad dawg? Lol
@@bjones140You gotta work before you recognize your talent. Period.
jay z drives like he owns the world
"Im a get it or im die tryin" anybody catch tht? Wonder where 50 got tht from....and 50 still hatin on this nicca 25 years later 😀
The days of xxxxL white tees.
Shit that’s still going on in some Cali neighborhoods lol
6
Nigel Brown Hanes shirts were sold out in every hood in the size xxxxL
Tristan_81 sactown fasho 😂
Those joints were terrible.
MTV in the late 90's, early 00's with the Diary from music artist to actors/actresses was amazing, definitely need that back!
Back when rappers actually were around
That may just depend on where you're expecting to only see them. Just being posted up all day kind of makes no sense.
Before niggas was clout chasing for the internet killing folks
I remember catching method man in the Staten Island mall a few times with his son lol
Jay-Z “Gangsta lean” driving was hilarious to me. 😂
Looking over his shoulder 😂😂
My granny used to tell my older cousin she'll never ride in his car with him driving from the back seat. Shit was silly cause she kept asking for rides anyway and complained about that shit everytime.
He driving driving
😭😭😭😭
Raw House LLC Hov and I’m assuming you’re cousin were tall so it was ok. Imagine me lol 😆 5’4-5’5 driving ghost in a Honda Civic 1991 two door in 2002/2003 lol 😆....Dangerous as FUCK.....Remember when all boys would drive like this....Man, these mid-90’s babies FUCKED UP HIP HOP.....’86 Born.....HOV THE BEST TO EVER TO DO IT......
I remember watching this as a kid. 🔥🔥
Great times.
Jay bumping that Wood Wheel by UGK. One of the hardest Southern rap records made. Down South hustle is always hard..
You already know with a wood wheel in the Benz💯💯💯
Mane hold up
How far do you want the driver seat from the steering wheel?
Jay: YES
🤣 I guess you can do that when you’re tall. At first I was like is he trying to hide...Then I was like nah...He ain’t got no tint
I bet he needed a co-pilot to tell him what's ahead of the car
OLD NEW YORK SHIT, these new niggas don't know lol
@@marxwelsmalls2326 that's just some old hood shit period
That’s black men period
He's evolved so much from here. The epitome of a rags to riches story.
Wym he was super rich here and an A lister
I'm referring to 1998 JayZ, till now. You apparently doesn't understand what the term, "rags to riches" means?
@@reneesatchel42Jayz was filthy rich in 98 now he wealthy
Blows my mind he's rollin dolo in his old hood, no tints, window down, in a crazy V12.
It’s crazy how people say Jay z was never the hottest rapper 😂
Never was totally considered #1 in any year is what theyre saying
@@TheKillerEmceeevery year someone was hotter than Jay Z. ‘96 2Pac/Nas, ‘97 BIG/Mase/Puffy, ‘98 DMX/Juvenile, ‘99 DMX, 2000 Eminem/Ja Rule/Nelly, 2001 Ja Rule/Ludacris/Nelly, 2002 Eminem, 2003 50 Cent/Ludacris
@@Camjj89cap
😂@@Camjj89😂
@@TheKillerEmceethat’s 1000% false so im confused 😂
Man, Jay-z was the shit. Bigger than life.
Hov driving around banging UGK! Shout out to Hov! I’m from UGK’s hometown Port Arthur, Texas!
H town in here
I'm from North Carolina. Shout out to Texas. Love them slabs & that candy paint. Hold up!! Pimp c voice.
Kevin Michael same by way of Charlotte tho
@@kingartison that's what's up. Shout out to you & the queen city. I'm from murdering ass robeson county. One of my friends was just killed today. Not bragging about it. Shit is bad.
I’m up early my nigga, I dont sell dope after night time - Pimp C
im gon get it or die trying...jay said it first.
Facts!
@Chris Spencer Exactly. That's just the NYC mentality. Always has been, always will be.
@@breakingcycles741 Exactly, that was definitely the mentality we had in NYC
I don't know if people caught tht...Jus shows you tht 50 been watchin and probably hatin on this ncca from Day one 😀
Hov the trendsetter
20 effin years. I was 19 when i seen this
I was like 12 or 13 when I seen this lol
@@Vino_Czar bruh. Where the time go
@@2nvsolo451 IDK fam...... I miss those days tho
Me to fam it's crazy how time flies
I was 13 lol
JayZ up in the hood CHILLIN. I love it
6:38 explains that particular song "2 Many Hoes". Hov is a genius for putting his real life incidents in his music.
This is what hip hop is supposed to be 💯
Jay z is a true legend fr Fr jay came from the trenches man started from the bottom
If this isn’t the most 2000s vid.
I love Jay Z, he’s my #1 favorite rapper, my rap icon, rap legend and rap idol!! ❤😊😊❤️💙💙💚💚🩵🩵😍😍 🤩
Dont idolize
His MTV diary is my favorite every time I buy new clothes I feel like I'm Jay z 🏙. Great diary 👍👍
I remember watching this as a senior in high school who had just been accepted to Winston-Salem State. I was so hurt when Hov said he would NEVER come back to the tre...and I don't believe he has since.
Nah he didn't. He did come to Greensboro in 04 though.
Damn this was 20 years ago Jay been grinding, now he at a Bil! Him and B probably will never be in a low class club like this one. Money changes everything in ones life, the more of it you have the further you distance yourself from the average person cannot blame people.
I wouldn't either
Facts
Wasn’t he still really rich during this time and and an A-lister, surprised he’s riding around here solo with no security he became a worldwide superstar after hard knock life
@@mo2k638 Yes, I am assuming so, I don't think he was a Billionaire back then but a Millionaire yes. That type of Atmosphere that he was in back then, I couldn't see him in that again with his superstar wife Beyonce lol.
Mo 2k, I believe this was just before he got into the clothing business with the “Rocawear” brand, but he definitely was closer to his superstar status. And regardless of people’s personal feelings about the current Jay-Z, son was a BEAST with his writing ✍🏽 rhyming style & skills!!!!
Hov bangin ugk wood wheel in probably one of the first CL600 in NY in ‘99
People in my hood was hating on my happiness and I'm not even a millionaire. Jay; smile more because you have every reason to be happy. I just made the best of it my situation despite having sickle cell and being in poverty. That's all! My people didn't understand that. I practiced brotherly love. It starts at home. Stay up Jay.
90s and 2000s was the best time to be a kid 💯
And 2001
@@nylabellinger6597 I said “2000s” 😐
@@WO2411 and I said 2001 was good to
@@nylabellinger6597 Bro the 2000s includes 2001 😐
@@WO2411 oh so 2001 is with the 2000s
I remember when this first aired
This nigga too cool leaning driving like that 😭😭😭💯💯💯💯
Back when rappers actually sold CDs not streams or digital data
I remember watching this on MTV back in the day and Jay-Z is a legend who has put it down in hip hop and I wish artist right now sounded this good and lasted as long as he has. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017
My boy playing that UGK wood wheel, how trill is that.
Recorded this on VHS when it premiered. Watched it everyday!!! Hova the GOD!!!
The G.O.A.T
Na but he was hot
Without a doubt!!!!
@@incorrecterror there's some that doubt
@@ThefamilybaggRecords ok I'll listen but I'm not really into new rap but I'll check it out. I'm older so I'm not hip I'm just about business
The days when rap music was rap music! I miss these days!
Those days never really went away, my friend 😂! People are waiting for the mainstream outlets to spoon feed them, while the Hip Hop we're claiming has gone away is still being made. Those with XM Radio are listening to Hip Hop on a daily basis. Many of your favorite emcees are still active.
One of my all time favorite MCs ever
Love my Jay z a great man / Trini
He created his own atmosphere space around him was real good people luv that no time to ponder 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
Don’t we love Jay Z and his accomplishments that he has made of himself everyday but you do have to be protected and careful because fans love you
As a young teenager watching when he hopped out the car in the middle of the projects and walked through it like he owned it was the flyest shit to me. Always the 🐐 in my eyes
Not owned it. He walked like one them, he is one of them
Dynasty album promotion.... Oct 31st i was 13 when i seen this on Mtv2... The diary was dope
I like these
This is the time when Jay resonated with the STRUGGLE, because he realized that his talents were putting him in the position to affect a POSITIVE CHANGE to the location of where he came from, but it is sooo difficult to continue once the $ begins to flow!!! Unless it’s in a person’s HEART (BEFORE the $) to uplift people, it becomes easier to......FORGET, which is IMO is where the CURRENT Jay-Z is at!!!!
Beans was a monster back then
THE WHOLE CITY WANTS ME TO PROGRESS...AS THEY WOULD SAY...😅
Black rappers who were born and raised in white dominated communities are fighting to be respected or more respected than black rappers who were born and raised in black communities. This issues ongoing but quietly.
Literally none of that is true
Most people say that you're lucky. I believe it's your ambition that got you where you are. You wanted out of the ghetto; only to miss it. Whats more valuable than money? People! When we expire? Everything special about us expires as well. Value people! Word of advice.
2:35 “imma get it or die tryin” - Hov 2000
Jay came in like a BOSS!!
So nothing surprises me about Jay’s
Young Jay
Old days he was fly now still fly❤
Jay got much paper now he can't walk the streets like now a days..
He was still worth 100 mill at this point
Young jay
Beanie Sigel too official lmaooo
Brooklyn
Damn! Hov came a long wayz. You see how he went from packed ratchet clubs to arenas.
Jay was still huge worldwide at this point he was doing arenas the year before in 99 when he headline the hardknock life tour one of the greatest tours ever and grossed millions
I wish I could meet Jay and bey
Came here after watching the Oschino interview with him calling Jay-z a sucker for not vouching to be responsible for supervising beans if they let him come home from jail early. I see why now lol. Beans was a wild boy🤣
Time flies
THATS HOW U RIDE OG
20 years later I still drive gangsta lean when I drive by myself
It’s the Brooklyn lean for me, reclined in the cockpit. 😎
Originated in Harlem though ?, I believe so anyways 👊
dan coolinism could be, Jerz took it over. They lean on the door & put the seat all the way back.
@@robertdrayton3541 Haha yeah
Myguy 💯✔
0:48 this moment was epic as fuck
So Brooklyn.
"They Jigga cant go back home, you know when I heard that? When I was back home! Im comfortable dawg from Brooklyn to Rome, on any Martin Luther..."
He’s FIONE too me!!
AlwAys has been.
That skin and those BEAUTIFUL LIPS!!
Bye Felicia. Leave Beyonces husband alone 😂
I agree.. I ALWAYS liked Jay-Z
ye23 I will tell Beyonce to her!!😏🤣
#Tuh
Felicia Kelley .. 😂😂!.. You didn’t say you wanted to sleep with the man, you just said he’s attractive .. Like, what was wrong with that 🤷🏽♀️
Kay P. EXACTLY
How's this guy just finding parking in fucking Brooklyn 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Hard to imagine that he is now a Billionaire.
No it's not.
@@breakthatrance yes he's billionaire ,you're idiot..
Not surprised at all!!
@@thatlchiponda3368 bro he's saying no its not hard to imagine calm down
@Baby face Sk all day he never mixed with beyonce money, you're fool..Jay-Z is billionaire on his own and beyonce is millionaire too
Buying Jordans off the shelf for retail was peak shoe game
Jay Z before Beyonce >>>>
This was exactly 20 years ago today..
✌☮ to the God's and the one nation crew 🌐
Before selfies with famous people were popular we asked for autographs
Keyword: asked
Not just run up and go Paparazzi on you
randomly
@@CaneBigMad9 lol
I just realized he was listening to UGK!😎
2:34
50 Cent was like "Ah ha!!!!"
50 copied
Winston Salam aka trey fowe! Jay Z said he's never coming back, and he's not the only one. This is also were Ski beats and 9th wonder use to stay
Jay was driving round the hood just cooling
That ugk is classic
I know this is about Hov but i laughed when i saw the cheese cake spot...Puff made niggas walk to get a cheese cake🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This man was alone
I got faith in my people..
Damn..Dehaven ain't seen him since that night...
Do u remember when I was in vip and I went to lobby in NC I’m Mel I said keep up good work I left my music with Beanie and heard Beyoncé singing it call me for more music this Melodee listen!
Hov was riding around listing to that ugk
The dynasty era
Ohhhh so dis where 50 get his "Get rich or die trying" from ?? 🤔
Jay- Z is no longer this person, but for good reason. he dont even let ppl touch him no more lol
This back when he still had a soul I know he's a good person but he does alot of wild shit too
He literally can’t afford to be this approachable anymore every rapper get to that point where you just can’t hit the hood no more
@@kingartison he was still huge at this time one of the biggest rappers in the world and an a-list celebrity in 2000 he was coming off the Annie song and winning the Grammy in 1999
@7:03 - That's the dude DeHaven who he fell out with.
So f'n cute here!
0:26 bumping that ugk
ITS CRAZY HOW THICK BEANS PHILLY ACCENT WAS.. ITS LIKE MEEK TALKING
I hollered at you as a little brother; and a mentor; because I know you're more of an influence than I am. Otherwise; I wouldn't bother you. Since my mother past away. I vow to never lie again.
Jay ran the city no security
Yea and got robbed in my city. He never returned.
@@richmindstv2974 Anyone can get robbed. Ask whoever robbed him can they purchase anything that this very successful businessman could then, or can now😂! Contrary to foolish belief, being jealous of what someone else worked for isn't something to be proud of.
rgw1380rw facts
Before he sold his soul!! Now he a whole new Basquiat!😒🔥👿
He is listen to UGK at the :20 mark.
6:50 He said get out my face