Jay Z Got Scott Boras To Fall For The Oldest Trick In Rap’s Book

“Scott Boras, you over baby / Robinson Cano, you coming with me.”

Jay Z rapped those words this summer on “Crown,” a song from his latest album,Magna Carta … Holy Grail. The line was acelebration of luring the all-star second baseman away from superagent Boras; at the time, it seemed to be a brash, cocky, even careless move–one that would earn Jay Z a considerable amount of criticism. Many observers suggested he was in over his head.

Then Canolanded a whopping $240 million contract from the Sea...