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October 13. Jay Z fans have been anxiously awaiting the release of his latest album Kingdom Come. Last week the fans got an early preview when tracks from the album were leaked on the internet. Since the reported leak, Def Jam has been scrambling to find out how this could have occurred. The company even went as far as contacting the F.B.I. - threatening to press criminal charges against the leaker. But it now appears that they'll never be able to catch the culprit. In a MediaTakeOut.com exclusive, we've learned that West African thieves are most likely responsible for the leak of Jay Z's album. MediaTakeOut.com spoke with a man who claimed to know exactly where the leak originated. According to our source, who is a recent immigrant from West Africa, thieves swiped a copy of the album while Jay Z was touring on the continent. The source told us, "Jay Z left a copy in his hotel [room] and someone took it." Minutes after the theft, our tipster claims, the album was sent via email to counterfeiters around the world. And our source's story seems to be corroborated by evidence. Yesterday MediaTakeOut.com visited a street vendor in Brooklyn who was already selling bootlegged copies of Kingdom Come. That vendor told us that the bootlegged copies had recently arrived from Africa. And he even defended selling the stolen recordings, saying, "with the economy the way it is, you have to do what you can to make money ... besides this is America - everything is for sale here." Developing... |
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