Jay-Z... Freemason?

To me, the video for Jay-Z’s “Run This Town” represents something all-too rare in the post-music-on-MTV age: a video that actually helps the song for which it was made. The visuals are stunning and the camerawork elevates the song from innocent baller braggadocio to dark, revolutionary anthem. However, I recently stumbled across this article, which suggests something a little more… not exactly sinister, but maybe… shall we say… complicated about the video’s symbolism. Knowing Hov, he would associate himself with a group routinely linked to some of the most influential people in history…

And we already know he considers himself a god.

You be the judge:

My opinion? If some of the rhymes this guy analyzes really do have an occult origin (especially the squared circle reference) then Jay might be even better than any of us ever thought.