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Is Jay-Z's '99 Problems' Legally Accurate? A Law Professor Explains in Line-by-Line Reading

Love the song, but we must debunk poor legal advice...wherever it may be found.

12:53 PM Jul 12 2012

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Briana, thank you for sharing this!!

Btw Quora also says the legal advice is fairly valid, depending on the state.

Now I need to watch it again...

I also found this cool alternate version.

So now I'm wondering What is "99 Problems" about?

4:05 PM Jul 12 2012

11:36 AM Oct 03 2012

Memorably deals with Fourth Amendment search-and-seizure issues, while touching briefly on the Fourteenth Amendment issues of racial inequality.

"Smugglers, repeat after me: you have to eat the bust, and fight it in court." That says it all.

7:35 PM Jul 12 2012

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I'm still not sure what "eat the bust" means.

This is no help: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bust

11:45 PM Jul 13 2012

"Eat the bust" means you have to accept the arrest with what grace you can muster, and then beat the rap in court. I see you haven't spent much time in the criminal justice system...

9:22 PM Jul 15 2012

I haven't. But thanks to Jay-Z I am equipped if that ever happens to me,

10:08 PM Jul 15 2012

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