Jay-Z Ruins ‘Gatsby’ Soundtrack as Lana Del Rey Begs Love
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Jay Gatsby’s life, according to the product-placing new movie, was a celebration of glitz that would have delighted any rapper: Moet & Chandon champagne, Brooks Brothers blazers, Tiffany baubles. Gold Rolls-Royce covered in bikini models presumably just out of shot.
Small wonder, then, that the film soundtrack, released just before the Leonardo DiCaprio picture itself, is executive-produced by the king of bling, Jay-Z. As he fires into the lead number, “100$ Bill,” we may ask what 2013 hip-hop has to do with Gatsby’s Roaring Twenties.