Jay Z Releases "100$ Bill" From "The Great Gatsby" Soundtrack

Throwing in his own contribution to the soundtrack of the movie he scored, Jay-Z released "100$ Bill" off of "The Great Gatsby" album on Thursday (May 2).
Interspersed with quotes from Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, the lyrics go from self-promotion to literary icons, as he raps, "I write like Mark Twain, Jay Gatsby I park thangs/ Yellow cars, yellow gold, like Slick Rick, still tip/ On four-fours, fo-fos at the four-O, four-O."

Recently, the 43-year-old rapper spoke to Blacktree.TV about his foray into the movie business, sharing, "It's not the typical soundtrack, or a standalone piece. The songs are pretty much in the film, so it goes hand in hand with each other. It had to fit pretty snug, it wasn't an afterthought."
Blending modern tunes into a film set in the 1920's may be a head-scratcher, but Jay explains, "Music is music no matter what. Timeless music is timeless music. It doesn't matter what genre."
Check out "100$ Bill" below, which contains explicit language which may be offensive to some viewers.

Jay-Z Brings Hip-Hop to "The Great Gatsby" Premiere

Crossing over from the world of hip-hop to the big screen, Jay-Z attended the premiere of "The Great Gatsby" at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City on Wednesday (May 1).
The "99 Problems" rapper hit the red carpet in a finely-tailored suit, and got a chance to try his hand at scoring the soundtrack in the Baz Luhrmann-directed adaptation.

In addition to hi contribution, the 43-year-old husband of Beyoncé Knowles contributed his track, "100$ Bill" to the movie's album.
In an interview with MTV News, one of the film's stars, Carey Mulligan, admitted that she expects to get a bit starstruck upon meeting Mr. Carter, sharing, "I've been told he might come to the premiere, and I'm freaking out. Because he's the one person I'm going to meet and have no idea how to talk to. I've never met him. I'm genuinely nervous already. He's just this huge, like, genius. And I never in a million years thought I'd be in a Baz Luhrmann film with Leonardo DiCaprio, but with a soundtrack by Jay-Z? Yeah, it's pretty amazing."

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Enjoy the pictures of Jay-Z at "The Great Gatsby" premiere at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City (May 1).

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