Jay-Z: The rap hegemon

hegemony: –noun, plural -nies.  1. leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation. 2. leadership; predominance. 3. (esp. among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination. Source Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) is the closest thing to a hegemon which the rap world has known for a long time. [...]