-LL has been offered jay-z's current position at def jam but has refused several times

- the majority of Ny rap/hip-hop artist are of islander decent:

B.I.G.: 100% jaimaican
Jay-z: Father was jaimaican
lloyd banks: 1/2 puerto rican and black
remy ma: mauritina(sp)?
havoc- 1/2 jaimaican
rhianna-barbados