Bringing on Jay-Z was a good idea by Luhrmann and Warner Bros.

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Since this Insider post appeared rumors on the web suggest Jay-Z may be abandoning this idea after a major backlash of social media criticism.

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The project began in the summer of 2010, when Rodrigo Corral, a book designer who has created covers for Junot Diaz, Jeffrey Eugenides and Jay-Z, began to toy with the idea of a visual novel that used images, rather than words, to tell the story.

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The resulting back-and-forth between members from both teams sparked an idea from "NBA 2K13" executive producer Jay-Z.

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The idea to swap Scott Joplin for Jay-Z and ragtime for rap was a bold and brilliant choice.

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