Jay-Z School professor Rawi Abdelal called this a "turning point in American pop culture's response to globalization." The album has sold 1 million copies in the US. On January 1, 2008, Jay-Z resigned as president of Def Jam. In the winter of 2008 it was announced that Jay-Z become the first major hip hop artist to headline Britain's 2008 Glastonbury Festival. Tickets sold out quickly. Former headliner Noel Gallagher of Oasis condemned the festival organizers for choosing Jay-Z to headline a traditionally guitar-driven festival. "I'm sorry, but Jay-Z?" Gallagher asked, swearing. "No chance. Glastonbury has a tradition of, kind of, guitar
Slingshot Hip Hop Film Festival, and was later shown on the Sundance Channel and has won over 13 awards. It has shown in film festivals around the world including; IDFA, ND/NF, Stockholm International Film Festival, Sensoria Music & Film Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, DOX BOX Syria, Dubai International Film Festival, Beirut International Film Festival, Boston Palestine Film Festival. In August 2008 "Slingshot Hip Hop" was shown to Palestinian youth in three of Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps; Shatila, Bourj al-Barajneh, and Bedawi. Slingshot Hip Hop Slingshot Hip Hop is a 2008 documentary film directed by Jackie Reem Salloum which traces the history and development