The Rap on Bureacracy

Hip-hop star Jay-Z is into music, fashion and, now, water. But government's just not his area of interest. Yesterday, Jay-Z appeared with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan talk about the problem of access to clean water in the developing world. But when asked by a reporter from Inner City Press about the pros and cons of privatization of water systems, he responded, "I don't want to disrespect anybody, but what you're talking about is bureaucracy. I don't have any expertise in that field. That's not my thing."