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This is the trailer for an unauthorized documentary on Jay-Z being produced by Moguldom Films. Industry insiders including Bobbito, Kim Osorio and others share their perceptions of Jay-Z’s ascendance from being a drug dealer to a big rap star.

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1. Didn’t Lil Mama do a good job portraying Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in the TLC biopic CrazySexyCool: TLC?

2. How will Jay-Z respond to the petition asking him to sever ties with Barney’s after incidents of racially profiling African-American customers?

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3. Even though Kanye West explained his reasons for bringing Jesus onstage with him in Seattle, why did his Jesus look so mainstream?

4. What is the point of the Youtube Music Awards if it’s just catering to the mainstream music industry?

1. Why was the interviewer for Vanity Fair so fascinated with Jay-Z’s drug-dealing past?

2. Why is fashion designer Marc Ecko using Biggie’s “Ten Crack Commandments” in his Skillshare class when he could’ve just used something from Puffy’s business acumen that was used to make B.I.G. a star?

3. Is Questlove correct when he says that Miley Cyrus is using Black people as “accessories” in her entertainment ventures with hip-hop?

4. What does it mean that The Carlye Group which once had a Bin Laden family in its membership has invested $500 million dollars into Beats By Dre?

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Jay-Z’s finished art film for “Picasso Baby” has a cast of characters in attendance including Rosie Perez, Fab Five Freddy, Wangechi Mutu, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, and Taraji P. Henson among others. Marina Abramovich whose “The Artist Is Present” Jay modeled the video after also appeared and was interviewed about the performance piece. Fab Five Freddy’s appearance provides the continued link between the downtown art world and hip-hop culture.