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
Hip Hop goes Theatre Councils of Salzburg. Hip Hop goes Theatre Hip Hop goes Theatre is an international hip-hop theatre festival based in Salzburg, Austria, that was founded in 2008 and is produced annually by the NPO Urban Foundation. It has been under the artistic direction of Alexander Wengler and Sergej Pumper since its inception. Since 2012, the two-day festival has been hosted at the "Republic Salzburg" venue, developing new theatre work with local and international hip-hop artists. In 2007, the members of the dance company Nobulus , founded the festival after performing at "Breakin Convention" in London. "Hip Hop goes Theatre" is supported