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Jay-Z Rides the Subway, Adorably Explains Who He Is to an Adorable Old Lady
Originally Published: Dec. 4, 6:50 p.m.
Total Pageviews: 1,218,168
Posted by: Rich Juzwiak
The Backstory, from Rich Juzwiak:
I had spent the greater part of the day researching and writing at length about Ke$ha. I was vaguely aware of a Jay-Z documentary about his 8-show Barclays stint but I didn't have time to check it out. Emma reminded me toward the end of the day.
Emma: just watch that train convo
me: I'm right on top of that, Rose!
Emma: it's almost worth doing it's so adorable
me: Ooh nice
I will do it...
Emma: i mean, you decide
i think it's adorableI excerpted that 50 seconds, threw it in our player, linked to the original, collaborated with Emma on the headline, and banged out a paragraph. The entire post took me less than 20 minutes and it received probably 10 times more traffic than anything I've done for Gawker by a lot. I'm still way prouder of the Ke$ha piece, though.
Adorable.
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