Here are some photos of Jay-Z and Beyonce out and about in NYC on Wednesday. Beyonce’s really bringing the banana realness, right? Yikes. My eyes hurt from this ensemble. I do kind of love Jay-Z’s “I FEEL LOVE” t-shirt though. Except they look like they’re heading to completely different events, but that’s pretty normal for them.
Earlier this week, artist Marina Abramović talked some trash about Jay-Z. Jay famously asked Marina to be a big part of his music video for “Picasso Baby” with the understanding of a quid pro quo: Marina would appear in the video as long as Jay contributed to her institute. First, here’s the music video:
Well, Marina told Spike Art Quarterly that Jay had not contributed to her institute after that performance and she felt “totally used.” She also said: “I will never do it again, that I can say. Never. I was really naive in this kind of world. It was really new to me, and I had no idea that this would happen. It’s so cruel, it’s incredible. I will stay away from it for sure.” Except… Jay-Z did make a big contribution to the Marina Abramović Institute just after the performance. Jay-Z literally showed the receipts!!! And Marina’s people issued this apology-tweet:
Marina Abramovic Institute apologizes to Jay Z (and Marina Abramovic) for saying he didn’t donate for “Picasso Baby”
— Joe Coscarelli (@joecoscarelli) May 20, 2015
So her excuse is that no one told her that Jay-Z made a substantial donation to her institute, as he promised? This story makes me question Marina and how her “institute” is run and organized. But for Jay… he’s a man of his word and good on him for following through, donating and keeping that receipt.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
