Jay-Z and the organisation of the festival, Glastonbury, England, has faced harsh criticism for the presence of the American rapper as one of the main attractions of the event - which is the tradition of a rock festival. Jay-Z finds the controversy "ridiculous".
The rapper, who was present at Glastonbury in the next day 28, told the BBC that it is time to embrace the hip-hop and differs from "old ideas".
The presence of Jay-Z in Glastonbury was announced in February this year and since then has provided very substrate for discussions.
"I never spent for anything like this before. We are in 2008, whats up mentality is a very old, the world does not more so," the rapper desabafou.
Until the music personalities like Noel Gallagher, the Oasis guitarist, considered wrong rapper for the escalation of the festival.
Perguntado by the BBC to comment on Gallagher, Jay-Z said "will not abraçarmos what is new, then how can we progress?".
Jay-Z, which divide the main stage of the second of the festival with Kings of Leon and The Verve, said the criticism signal "barriers" that separate different musical genres.
The rapper, fans of music in the world today do not think more so. "I hear all kinds of music and is as it should be, so that world has done: mix cultures," said Jay-Z.
The rapper, who was present at Glastonbury in the next day 28, told the BBC that it is time to embrace the hip-hop and differs from "old ideas".
The presence of Jay-Z in Glastonbury was announced in February this year and since then has provided very substrate for discussions.
"I never spent for anything like this before. We are in 2008, whats up mentality is a very old, the world does not more so," the rapper desabafou.
Until the music personalities like Noel Gallagher, the Oasis guitarist, considered wrong rapper for the escalation of the festival.
Perguntado by the BBC to comment on Gallagher, Jay-Z said "will not abraçarmos what is new, then how can we progress?".
Jay-Z, which divide the main stage of the second of the festival with Kings of Leon and The Verve, said the criticism signal "barriers" that separate different musical genres.
The rapper, fans of music in the world today do not think more so. "I hear all kinds of music and is as it should be, so that world has done: mix cultures," said Jay-Z.
