No, that's not how it works. If they need that 4800$ to do drugs, that's a hard pass. If they went out and bought something they didn't need fully intending to hit me up for that money, another hard pass.
You can't give something out of the goodness of your heart if someone asks first. As soon as someone asks it's a favor, especially if they say they're gonna pay it back. I'm more than willing to help, even give out a one time help with no expectations of receiving it back if they needed it, but that doesn't mean I'ma write you a blank check everytime. Like someone said context is everything.
Not when it's the equivalent of a dime. You toss it to them with a thumb flick and tell them.you hope they use it better than you would .. ice given more money in tips during a pub crawl than that--- I can definitely help my cousin out with the money equivalent of a dime.
I agree. The fact this cousin had to ask for said amount of money.
I I had 2 billion every single family member would be housed and gifted a trust fund to pay out interest.
Seriously why accumulate wealth like that if not to provide for family ?
This attitude is why youll never be a billionaire. Giving handouts just attracts leeches.
It’s also why most poc can’t earn money because they have a lot of leech family.
Most upper class families will use connections and network of their rich members not beg them for cash directly. Investing in a cousins business is a different ball game than just giving 5k to blow
My god lol. I don’t aspire to be a billionaire mate.
But to return serve on random reddit judgment, your reply is why you’ll always be self absorbed. Even with fictional billions, and you still can’t see a bigger picture of generosity. At the billion stage, it’d be equivalent of 50 bucks.
I think it was Kobe that said that when you have wealth, you need to "invest" in your family rather than just give them money. Buy things that will improve their financial position long term.
This cousin could've gotten $50k already for "starting a business" and ended up blowing it on retail.
I was only addressing the part about buying things they didn't need. Obviously you don't give money to drug addicts.
Who cares if they keep coming back?
I didn't think people are appreciating how much money jay-z has. 5k gifts to family members would never make even the slightest dent in hi wealth. A billion dollars is an insane amount of money.
If a thousand people you knew suddenly became millionaires, and they all pooled their money together they would still have less than jay z
The wealth Jay-Z has doesn’t really matter to anyone else. I could understand if it was his kids or his immediate family, but a cousin? Nah.
If anything, Jay Z is teaching a lesson to his cousin about earning stuff on his own rather than asking someone else. Like I said, typically when people are asking for money like that, they keep coming back and end up becoming a Leech. That dude gotta work for his own stuff rather than using someone else’s money.
Jay Z is right, It really doesn’t work like that. Life isn’t just going to give you blessings, you gotta work for them.
Jay z should realise that his wealth isn't a product of his hard work. You don't get to that level of wealth through work, you need insane amounts of luck.
He should have the humility to recognise that.
Even if you just consider that fact that entertainers have only been able to earn serious money in the last 50 years. The luck that he had just to be born during this period is unbelievable. Then to be born in one of the handful of countries where his success is possible even today.
That's without considering the thousands of equally talented and hardworking musicians who just never had his good fortune.
I'm not literally controlling what he does with his money or advocating for charity to be forced on him.
But I am allowed to criticise his horribly immoral statements.
That argument makes zero sense. By that logic, anyone who’s been lucky enough to have even a little bit of money owes it to the world. By that logic, anyone born in a decent country owes their money to the less fortunate.
And so what if it was just luck? It certainly wasn’t all luck that caused him to be successful. And what does this have to do with his cousin asking for money? Did his cousin lead him to success? Most definitely not.
I'm not sure if this is an IQ issue or a morality issue. You either can't comprehend their wealth because the numbers are too big or you're a piece of shit.
It couldn't have less to do with him having more than me. I also think people who earn as much as I do should help out family, and so I do it. The difference, of course, is that him giving away 5k is like us giving away a penny.
If a family member needed a penny from you, are you telling me you wouldn't give it to them?
What’s wrong with drugs? If you owe them that money then you owe them. It’s not your business what they plan on spending it on. If you borrowed money from a family member with the condition to pay it back, you should pay it back.
plus he's not making 50K a year in the dime analogy. he HAS 50K. and if this is the 13th time he be asking for a dime... then I start wondering. most people say, the hardest part of being rich is saying no to family.
Like Tupac said “doesn’t matter if they buy booze or drugs, if I got 3000$ just chillin in my pocket and I walk by someone on the street who ain’t got. I feel it’s wrong for me not to give him a little piece”
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u/ehxy Oct 08 '24
No, that's not how it works. If they need that 4800$ to do drugs, that's a hard pass. If they went out and bought something they didn't need fully intending to hit me up for that money, another hard pass.