What happens when a Weed Carrier graduates to the level of Weed Owner? He then recruits his own weed carriers, of course! A prime example is the story of Young Hov. As a youngster in the 80’s, he maintained his position as weed carrier to The Jaz (some might suggest that he carried dude’s name as well), which saw him travel the world – or at least England – and get his first taste of the studio which he grew to love. When his services were no longer required – possibly because The Jaz could no longer afford any weed and therefore had no use for a carrier – Jay-Z started holding Big Daddy Kane’s bag (no homo). A few years later, he enjoyed a brief stint as Biggie Smalls’ weed carrier, which he seems to feel entitles him to guilt-free access to BIG’s rhymes as well. Or maybe Frank White had his weed stashed in his rhyme book, and he foolishly let Jay carry that shit.
Things eventually came full circle, as the rapper once known as The Jaz was reduced to carrying Jay-Z’s weed while his former student grew in rap stature. During this period, which must have been confusing and no doubt a little demeaning for “The Originator”, The Jaz also changed his name a number of times for some reason, first becoming “Big Jaz” and later “Jaz-O” in an effort to baffle whatever remaining fans he still had. One day, Jaz must have either lost or smoked the weed he was carrying for Mr. Carter, as he found himself cut-off completely, replaced by a new breed of weed carriers such as Beanie Seagel, Memphis Bleek and Freeway. Rather than giving up, The Jaz figured out that all he needed to do was recruit a new squad of his own weed carriers, and thus The Immobilarie Family was created.