(AOL Black Voices) — Jay-Z is featured on the cover of this month’s Forbes magazine with billionaire Warren Buffet, not because he is listed as one of the 400 richest people in Americaby Forbes, as Buffet is. No, Jay-Z is included on the Forbes cover because someday, he hopes he will be included on the list of the 400 richest people in America. And Jay-Z just might be, if over the latter half of his life the rap mogul can double his wealth,as Gawker writer Hamilton Nolan observes:
[I]t’s clear that Forbes is trying to drum up some public interest in a fairly cynical way: Not only did they put Jay-Z on the cover, but they also include a story on a sit-down chat between he and Buffett, a video, and another separate story on Jay-Z, all on the alleged premise that Jay-Z “will earn a spot on the Forbes 400” one day-as soon as he doubles his wealth.
