Jay Z FeAT Beanie Seigel "Ignorant Shit" Illusion #14: The whole rap game is real.

Illusion #14: The whole rap game is real. It's like WWF. The white folks who run it are behind most of the beefs anyway. And since when do real gangstas issue threats on songs that might take weeks or months to come out? And if you believe that dudes are gettin’ spins and radio play cause of talent, you're REALLY lost. You ever heard of payola? It’s how some of these wack-ass hits became hits. You can try to get in the industry and get big too, but I hope you ready to give up your values, give up your image, give up some money, or give up some ass (oh, you didn't know half of the industry was gay?).
As Jay-Z says on "Ignorant Sh*t":

They're all actors, lookin' at themselves in the mirror backwards/ Can't even face themselves! Don't fear no rappers/ They're all, weirdos, DeNiros in practice/ So, don't believe everything your earlobe captures/ It's mostly backwards, unless it happens to be as accurate as me/ And everything said in song, you happen to see/ Then, actually, believe half of what you see/ None of what you hear, even if it's spat by me/ And with that said, I will kill niggas dead