> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# $500,000 Cash or Lunch with JAY-Z? The rapper/entrepreneur weighs in [VIDEO]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/500000-cash-or-lunch-with-jay-z-the-rapper-entrepreneur-weighs-in-video/
- Published: 2023-10-25T15:14:55.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-25T16:22:34.000Z
- Description: Would you be smarter to take $500,000 in cash or have a private lunch with JAY-Z? The rapper and entrepreneur offered his own answer during ab interview with Gayle King. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/10/500000-cash-or-lunch-with-jay-z-the-rapper-entrepreneur-weighs-in-video.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, hip hop, hiphip, music, music industry, musician, rap, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Would you be smarter to take $500,000 in cash or have a private lunch with JAY-Z? The rapper and entrepreneur offered his own answer during ab interview with Gayle King on “CBS Mornings.”

“You’ve gotta take the money,” JAY-Z [said](https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jay-z-weighs-in-on-500000-in-cash-or-lunch-with-jay-z-debate-youve-gotta-take-the-money/?ref=hypebot.com), adding that all the wisdom might get from over lunch is already available in his lyrics. “You’ve got all that in the music for $10.99.”

“I wouldn’t tell you to cut a bad deal. Like, take the $500,000, go buy some albums, and listen to the albums,” he said. “It’s all there. If you piece it together and really listen to the music for the words, well, what it is, it’s all there.”

“Everything that I said was gonna happen, happened. Everything that I said I wanted to do, I’ve done,” he added.

---

**Bruce Houghton* is the Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), and a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor.*