There’s much talk online about Jay-Z’s new video in which he drives around Harlem while stacks of 500 Euro bills are flashed for the camera. Some see it as the latest sign of the dollar’s decline due to the fed’s continuing campaign of cutting interest rates. Notes Me-Fi commenter chef_boyardee: “Any REAL gangsta hedging against recession will be coming full circle to what [Jay-Z] did in the 1990s: flashing the gold chains, not dabbling in fiat currency.” Good call. And I’d also like to point out that “Euro, Euro Bill Y’all” doesnt quite have the same ring to it. from the fantastic WFMU’s Beware of the Blog

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