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The World – Episode 20071116 – Global hit – Jay-Z

August 14, 2013

Brooklyn-born gangstah rapper Jay-Z as economic trendsetter? Might be. In Jay-Z’s latest music video, the rapper rides in a limo through the streets of Harlem flashing wads of …. well, they’re not dollars. They’re Euros. Host Marco Werman sees it as a reflection of the falling value of the US dollar.

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