SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAIL

摘要

Jay Z sold a million copies of Magna Carter Holy Grail before it was even released to the public. But has he struck on that sacred balance of creativity and commerce? The atmosphere was charged when Demacio 'Demo' Castellon arrived at the Penthouse Room, Jungle City studio in New York. It was the evening of April 10, 2013, and a wild thunderstorm was raging outside, adding a whiff of the surreal to a tumultuous day. Jay Z and Beyonce had been copping criticism from US conservatives for celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba a week earlier (the embargoed Communist country is a no-go zone for American tourism). It was a storm in a teacup, really -- the couple had travelled under the licence of the Sir John Soane Museum Foundation and their trip satisfied all the requirements -- but their celebrity and Obama supporter status had sufficiently rankled the Republican house to balloon the controversy into a US-wide debate.