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Jay Z Dumps Manager John Meneilly

Just when you think the Jay Z news was over we have more Hov news for you as word as Jay Z has officially dropped his right hand man John Meneilly.

CelebNMusic247.com has learned that after more than a decade of work Jay Z has terminated John Meneilly, the man whose credits include helping build Jay’s Roc Nation empire.

We have learned via the NY Daily News that a source has revealed the parting was not amicable and Meneilly did not want to leave. In fact, music industry insiders tell Confidenti@l that Jay Z has cut ties with John Meneilly, who helped build the “Empire State” rapper’s empire.

According to one well-placed music industry insider, Meneilly didn’t want to go: “It wasn’t his choice.”
Music industry insiders tell Confidenti@l that news of Meneilly’s departure started making the rounds shortly before Memorial Day weekend.

Longtime Jay Z business partner John Meneilly (pictured left) has cut ties with the rapper. Meneilly helped build Jay Z’s Roc Nation, which was born as a record label and transitioned into a talent agency. He also helped build the Rocawear clothing line before it was sold.

Longtime Jay Z business partner John Meneilly (pictured left) has cut ties with the rapper. Meneilly helped build Jay Z’s Roc Nation, which was born as a record label and transitioned into a talent agency. He also helped build the Rocawear clothing line before it was sold.

For more than a decade Meneilly sat at the center of Jay Z’s notoriously tight inner circle. The former Provident Financial executive is largely credited with navigating the rise of the Rocawear clothing line, which Jay Z sold off for $200 million in 2007 while maintaining marketing and licensing rights. Meneilly is also credited as one of the architects behind Jay Z’s huge deal with Samsung last year, which instantly moved a million copies of the rapper’s “Magna Carta Holy Grail.” Meneilly was also a chief player at Roc Nation, which has grown from a record label to a talent management group that reps Yankee CC Sabathia and former Bronx Bomber Robinson Cano.