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
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival installation of the acclaimed Festival – a week of lectures, workshops, exhibitions screenings and the world-famous concert. 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of 'Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star' (Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli), the only album released by the two legends as Black Star. Organizers are ecstatic about the headliners of the finale concert as well as the expanded programming of the Hip-Hop Institute. In a world where Hip-Hop headlines festivals all over the world, dominate the Grammys, leads the new streaming economy, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival (BHF) is proud to be one of