Streamer and producer (and newly minted Grammy nominee) PlaqueBoyMax has offered his answer to the evergreen hip-hop question: Would you choose dinner with Jay-Z, or $500,000?
During a recent stream with French Montana, the topic of Hov came up, and Max said, “Yo bro, so badly I want to have that dinner, bro.” Montana seemed surprised and asked why he didn’t want to take the $500,000, and he defiantly said, “I’m taking the dinner over the $500k, bro.” Montana laughed and suggested he was “capping” by saying that.
“You gotta help me, bro!” Max said. “I’m deadass… My pops grew up loving Jay-Z. I’m deadass, gang. Wait, why everyone laughing like I don’t know what’s going on?” He then proceeded to play the X-Files theme as everyone sat in silence.
Throughout the years, the question has become something of a meme. While some have suggested that it’s an easy choice because $500,000 is a life-changing amount of money for the majority of people, others have said that speaking with Jay-Z one-on-one could be a great opportunity for artists looking to get their big break.
But even Jay-Z believes that $500,000 is the easy choice.
"You gotta take the money," he told Gayle King about the question in 2023. “That's a bad deal. I wouldn't tell you to cut a bad deal. Take $500,000, go buy some albums, and listen to the albums. It's all there if you piece it together and really listen to the music for the words.”
However, fellow streamer DDG revealed last year that he had gotten advice from Hov in the past that has helped his career.
"He gave me advice before," he said in an interview with Jason Lee. "I asked him at the birthday party, actually. I was like, 'What advice could you give me as an artist?' And he was like, he gave me an analogy. He was like, 'If people go to a Chinese restaurant, they expecting Chinese food, so give the people what they came for.'"