Jay-Z Brings The Nets 2 Brooklyn

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On Thursday, Hov was in Brooklyn @ the groundbreaking ceremony for the Barclays Center, the future home of the New Jersey Nets, the NBA team he co-owns. When it was Jay's time to speak, not only did he tell the crowd which included Beyoncé, the Reverend Al Sharpton & the mayor/ governor of New York about the realizations of his own dreams, but Jigga also shouted out the other half of "Brooklyn's Finest." "What I stand here and represent is hope for Brooklyn, New York City. I'm a son of Brooklyn, I'm from Marcy projects," Jay said. "I think about growing up in Brooklyn in the Marcy projects and shooting jump shots, thinking I can make it to the NBA. Now I stand here as an owner of a team that's coming back to Brooklyn. The pride in that, & bringing that dream so much closer for people, brings me so much pride I get a little nervous about it. But I'm very happy, very excited about this day. & we did it again, Brooklyn!! Shoutout to Notorious B.I.G." The tail end of Jay's speech hearkened back to the 1995 Source Awards, where Biggie shouted out Brooklyn during his multiple acceptance speeches. After Jodeci presented him with Album of the Year, Big wearing a white towel on his head & a horde of others came onstage to address the crowd. "I wanna give mad love to my daughter, my moms, my manager, Gucci, my wife," he said. "We did it, Brooklyn. We did it. All them sh--. [I won] all of them [awards]. One love to all y'all mutha----as."
Via: MTV.
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