Jay-Z Speaks Out Over Glastonbury Furore
Rapper Shawn 'JAY-Z' James Earl Carter Jr. has defended his headline time slot at legendary English music fete Glastonbury next month (Jun08).
The star's charge has attracted disceptation because of the event's traditionally rock-orientated line up, and was even blamed for the festival's slow down slate gross sales.
Final stage calendar month (Apr08), Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher criticised Carter's appearance at Glastonbury, saying, "I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."
Simply now the hip-hop star has spoken out more or less his headline one-armed bandit - and has urged Gallagher to "respect" his musical comedy literary genre.
Carter says, "We don't play guitars, Christmastime, only rap music has place in its work like any other cast of medicine. This headline show is just a natural progression. Tap music is still evolving.
"We barely have to respectfulness from each one other's writing style of medicine and move onwards."
And Carter admits he's excited around performing Glastonbury, because it'll be the about controversial performance of his calling.
He adds, "I've never ever so had a prove that's caused this much of a stir so I'm truly looking forwards to it. I've never been involved in anything this controversial. What's the big deal around doing a show?
"I reckon it's inheritance and mass view as that lamb to their heart and experience it one way but that's how the worldly concern is. The man has to modification. It just can't be one thing - and that's the beautiful thing. That's why people feel so passionate close to an consequence."