January 30, 2008
What happens when you have a lot of cheddar (cash) to blow? You make bets and don't care about the winnings.
In Jermaine Dupri's biography, "Young, Rich & Dangerous: The Making Of A Music Mogul," Dupri recalls, "Me and Jay-Z bet on basketball games all the time. One time I lost $15,000 to him. The next week, when he saw me backstage before a performance, the first thing he asked me was, 'Where's my money?' I handed over a fat wad...