Jay Z Entrepreneurship TBQ

What is the author’s purpose of including the section “Political and Charitable Work? (RI.2.6)

• To highlight that Jay Z is thinking of adding to his resume by beginning a political career.

• To show that Jay Z uses his fame to support causes that he feels are important.

• to show that Jay Z's real fame began when he started speaking out about political causes

• to explain how Jay Z's music career is over so he invests time in politics.

Read the song lyric below.

"I went to school, got good grades, could behave when I wanted / But I had demons deep inside that would raise when confronted." (RI.2.4)

What is the meaning of “demons” as Jay Z uses in the quote above

• questions

• devils

• problems

• violence

What is the role of the underlined sentence in the following paragraph: (RI.2.5)

Jay Z's other business ventures include the popular clothing line Rocawear and Roc-A-Fella Films. He also owns the 40/40 Club, an upscale sports bar chain. In 2012, Jay Z became part owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball franchise. In 2013, he launched a full-service sports management company, Roc Nation Sports, and sold his Brooklyn Nets shares. As Jay Z once rapped about his business empire, "I'm not a businessman/ I'm a business, man."

• To show that Jay Z prefers investing in sports

• To showcase Jay Z’s viewpoint on his business success

• To showcase Jay Z’s lyrical talents.

• To show that Jay Z likes rapping about business

Select the tone created by Jay Z in the following quote:

"Rosa Parks sat so that Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so that Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly." (RI.2.4)

• Exhausted

• Disheartened

• Hopeful

• Interested

Which words or phrases DO NOT help create the tone in question #4?

• could walk

• so we all can fly

• could run

• "Rosa Parks sat

How is the following paragraph from “Rise to Hip-Hop Fame” structured? (RI.2.5)

Carter turned to rap at a young age as an escape from the drugs, violence and poverty of his youth. In 1989, he joined the rapper Jaz-O — an older performer who served as his mentor — to record the song "The Originators." It was at this point that Shawn Carter embraced the nickname Jay-Z, which was also an homage to Jaz-O, a play on Carter's childhood nickname of "Jazzy" and a reference to the J/Z subway station near his Brooklyn home.

• As an argument against drug usage and gun violence.

• As a complete sequence of Jay Z’s childhood and early life.

• As an advertisement, promoting hip-hop as an escape from poverty.

• As an explanation of the beginning of Jay Z’s rap career.

How does this structure of Question #7 impact the meaning of this section? (RI.2.5)

• It allows the reader to understand the humble beginnings Jay Z came from.

• It gives the reader enough information to determine how successful hip hop is.

• It gives value to the argument that hip hop can help a person escape bad situations.

• It reveals how Jay Z got his start in hip hop and created his stage name.

Select a sentence from the text excerpt below where the author responds to a conflicting viewpoint about the Jay Z’s debut album. (RI.2.6)

But even though he had a stage name, Jay Z remained relatively anonymous until he and two friends founded their own record label, Roc-A-Fella Records, in 1996. In June of that year, Jay Z released his debut album, "Reasonable Doubt." Although the record reached only No. 23 on the Billboard charts, it is now considered a classic hip-hop album, including songs such as "Can't Knock the Hustle," featuring Mary J. Blige, and "Brooklyn's Finest," a collaboration with Notorious B.I.G. "Reasonable Doubt" established Jay Z as an emerging star in hip-hop.

• it is now considered a classic hip-hop album

• Jay Z remained relatively anonymous until he and two friends founded their own record label, Roc-A-Fella Records

• a collaboration with Notorious B.I.G. "Reasonable Doubt" established Jay Z as an emerging star in hip-hop.

• . In June of that year, Jay Z released his debut album, "Reasonable Doubt."