VIDEO CONTROVERSY: JAY Z

There's no secret to the rumors surrounding rapper Jay Z and his supposed association with the Illuminati ('New World Order') 'secret society'.

With the recent release of his unexpected video for "On To The Next One" ft. Swizz Beatz more rumors and even Youtube videos hit the net suggesting that the rappers video had certain imagery and secret messages, confirming that he was indeed apart of the secret society.

With these rumors going around, the director for the video has released a statement defending his artwork.

Director: Sam Brown

"I think when you're dealing in abstract imagery people are going to want to draw lines between things and make sense of it. However, I've always felt that the viewing public was, in general, extremely visually literate. They don't always want or need things to be spelt out for them. One of the great things about music videos are they can be enjoyed purely visually—it doesn't need to mean anything or make any sense. There is imagery in this video that is drawn from all over the place. None of it is owned by any one culture or belief system. You can connect anything if you try hard enough, and make it mean anything you want it to."

"He gave me a very loose brief, and made it clear that we should be progressive with the video. All the imagery was thought up by me and was a response to the track itself.

For those interested, the idea is actually about a funeral for old imagery and ideas, hence all the gothic and oppressive stuff. I was also trying to contradict the excess of hip-hop videos by making something brutally simple and claustrophobic."

Well... the fact that he's defending his work makes sense, but it's gonna take a lot more than that to convince me that Jay isn't down with the secret society... There's too much evidence out there that adds up, everything the guy say's or does has an alternate meaning behind it that the average person doesn't catch on to or even notice the first time... Lyrics and imagery are very important in this underground world. The interviews he does are very 'to-the-point' and is it a coincidence that he has never, (correct me if im wrong) Thanked God for any of his achievements?

Jay's a very talented artist but do your research people. Not saying you have to believe ALL the rumors, just be aware of what you and your children could possibly be feeding into. Indeed it's scary...

--- That's all IM gonna say before I too come up missing! =|