In a previous post, I presented evidence that in the sixth grade, Jay Z had a 12th grade reading level.
In 2009, Jay Z told The Guardian:
It actually challenges me, it’s exciting to me, that’s the thing about being in music – I like swimming upstream. If I didn’t have to, I’d probably lose interest. It’s like being at school – when I was in 6th grade I was reading on a 12th-grade level. I lost my interest, I think that’s one of the reasons I didn’t graduate high school – it wasn’t interesting to me. As long as I’m being challenged, it’s exciting.
Although you have to be very skeptical about what public figures claim, the fact that Jay Z’s sixth grade teacher is also on record claiming the same thing gives the anecdote more credibility.
The term “12th grade reading level” is a bit confusing because the average American adult, who has more than a 12th grade education, reads at only an 8th grade level. I assume this is because in the early 20th century, only the best and brightest got a 12th grade education, but once high school became democratized, despite the Flynn effect, they had to dumb it down to the point where 12th graders were reading 8th grade material.
So when Jay Z and his teacher claim he was reading at the 12th grade level in the sixth grade, I don’t know whether they meant he was reading at what is traditionally understood as 12th grade level, which would imply a breathtaking IQ of 147, or whether they simply mean he was reading like today’s average 12th grader, which would imply a more believable IQ of 135. A third possibility is that Jay Z was simply reading at the level of the barely literate 12th graders at his dysfunctional school, but I doubt that would have been worth bragging over.
One reason for thinking Jay Z’s IQ is not above 135 (at least not as measured by scholastic tests) is that he apparently dropped out of high school and thus did not take the SAT. According to the book The Bell Curve:
The higher the ability level, the higher the proportion of students who take the SAT. At the 700 level and beyond, the proportion approaches 100 percent and probably has been so since the early 1960s…That is, almost all 17-year-olds who would score 700 if they took the SAT do in fact take the SAT at some point in their high school career, either because of their own ambitions, their parents’, or the urging of their teachers and guidance counselors. It is therefore possible to think about the students who score in the 700s on the SAT as a proportion of all 17-year-olds, not just as a proportion of the SAT pool.
Thus the fact that Jay Z did not apparently write the SAT, arguably puts a ceiling of 700 on the verbal score he would have obtained had he done so. When Jay Z was 17 in 1986, a verbal score of 700 was obtained by only 0.88% of 17-year-olds, equating to an IQ of 136 (U.S. norms) or 134 (white norms).
Of course it’s always possible that Jay Z was one of those freak cases of a super gifted person who slipped through the cracks, but listening to him talk, you don’t get the sense that he’s quite that brilliant. Indeed this video, where he chats with Warren Buffet and a journalist from Forbes, shows how the upper class patronize him oh so gently, and shows how he is welcomed into the elite, only as a curiosity, and not as a true equal.
Of course, a lot of that has to do with socialization, not innate ability. Humans are social animals and Jay Z has been surrounded by low IQ people his whole life, so it’s not surprising his speech patterns would mimic stupidity, even if he’s genetically quite brilliant.
Speaking of genetics, it seems Jay Z has passed on his high IQ genes to his daughter. Okay! Magazine reports:
Blue Ivy Carter has definitely made her mark at her school, with her daily motorcade which has left other parents of the elite preschool upset, but she’s also got the brains! An insider told OKMagazine.com exclusively that proud parents Beyonce and Jay Z have been boasting loudly about their daughter’s very impressive intellect and believe she’s a genius!
The 3-year-old, who attends a prestigious school in Hollywood, has been excelling in music, which comes as no surprise since her famous parents are hip-hop royalty. She is “showing an understanding of octaves and major/minor keys,” the source said.
But that’s not all! Blue Ivy is also “showing very early signs of being a mathematic genius,” according to the insider.
“It was always a possibility as a lot of kids with innate musical talent are good at math too,” the source explained.
Jay and Bey have been so blown away, the source said, of Blue’s ability to count and read numbers at just 3 years old!
“Last month she was able to add up 1+1 and 1+2,” the insider added. “It’s incredible for a child her age.”
And since Blue is so bright, her doting parents want the best for her and are “having her tested for early signs of genius,” the insider revealed.
“Bey thinks she’s got more talent in her little finger than her and Jay together,” the source said.
Further evidence of Jay Z’s high IQ genes comes from The Globe and Mail which states that “Jay-Z inherited a photographic memory from his absentee father”
peepee would do well to read this…assuming she’s capable of doing so:
Artificial Intelligence is inevitable.
You can no more stop it then you could have stop videogames.
They are coming and might already be here.
We need more posts about how Jay Z is secretly the smartest man on the planet with the smartest child ever. She figured out 1+1 and 2+2. What’s next? Maybe she’ll figure out 3+3 before elementary school starts? Brilliant!
‘Blue Ivy’ is the stupidest name I’ve ever heard.
Your anecdotes are compelling, but I don’t think magazines would write about the kid doing bad, of course they’ll say she’s doing great and ‘a genius’.
I was reading at a 5th grade level when i was 5. Always liked reading. Was always good at spelling too. But I hate math.
How do you know you had a 5th grade reading level? What test did you take?
I’ll have to look back at my files to tell you. I was always a good reader. I was reading advanced books way past my age. I was interested in astronomy books and space and things like that. I’ve always had a knack for reading it’s just that I hated math. My math ability is far lacking behind my verbal.
I took the GEPA and NJASK exams when I was a child. But the other battery of tests came through the school. I was born a premie so I was always in school since I was 2 years old. This is how I have all of this information on myself. I’ll have to sit down and go through it one day.
http://whitegenocideproject.com/tv-chefs-boast-cappuccino-colored-future-no-white-people-anymore/
Emil Kirkegaard is in trouble… He leaked ok Cupid users’ information. See the Daily Mail article.
I hope he doesn’t get in too much trouble. I wish him well.
Fortune magazine also ran an article on Emil
Damn. Gotta be more careful. Online dating is idiotic anyway.
Pp — Ok Cupid might take him to court!
Rr — I used to have an Ok account, actually. It was a (relatively!) safe, easy-to-use website, but I didn’t like the online dating scene.
http://whitegenocideproject.com/about-white-genocide/
ooooh jeeez
he said it
nooooooo
”Intelligence” without wisdom or creativity will make humans extremely depended on environmental humor, as tends to happen with other life forms.
to think more balanced and holistic, what i define as objective truth, see the sky, the land, the landscapes and be capable to think about many things like sex, reproduction, the beauty of the color sky, the people you hate, you ”more or less” and u luv, and think in a diverse different perspectives [what other life forms can’t do in a detailed way], recquires a broader degree of both, creativity and wisdom, both a different types of abstract thinking, 😉
BTW, in Moment of Clarity Jay-Z raps:
Music business hate me ‘cause the industry ain’t make me
Hustlers and boosters embrace me and the music I be making
I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars
They criticized me for it, yet they all yell “holla”
If skills sold, truth be told, I’d probably be lyrically Talib Kweli
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
But I did 5 mill’ – I ain’t been rhyming like Common since
Bad video, cuts off early.
I am the teacher. He was reading at the highest level he could. He was very bright
Explain why QUALITY of intelligence matter, even more than quantity…
This man have the highest IQ scores in Brazil, Roger Moreira, singer, with scores around 170…
your musics are funny and popular, and just it…
he is nothing bright or brilliant, just smart as well so many people tend to be…
he have good academic achievements, and nothing more…
BUT your IQ scores make him to the eyes of IQdiots AND people without correct and rationally expansible knowledge in intelligence, super bright, a ”genius”…
no have excuses for him, he have the best of chances in your life to show your superior intelligence and nothing…
i really believe that
Nicole Kidman or Shakira scores higher in IQ tests, i no doubt,
and i doubt Donald Trump can scores higher in IQ tests
why i believe in it*
because IQ is not intelligence, period.
… even IQ correlates with intelligence, and a lot of very bright to brilliant people often scores higher in IQ tests or in some subtests…
…and i no doubt Trump can scores higher in IQ tests…
In terms of intellectuality (morality, aesthetic consciousness, etc) Mister Moreira look like a troglodytes.
And in contrast with IQdiocracy, i believe absolutely that he is not the exception but a relative norm/rule among ”higher IQ” crowd.
How does intelligence have to do anything with morality. Each people went down a different evolutionary path with different selective pressures. You accept that brains aren’t the same oh average, so why would there be a universal morality? It’s that simple. Because each population evolved in different places and are not the same in the brain, there are different types of morality. It’s that simple and the only logical conclusion to take.
Well conscientiousness is correlated with higher IQ but all groups have in group morals due to how they evolved.
Nothing you say correlates with my arguments, it’s not refutation it’s just a repetition of the same nonsense… retarded guido.
shame yourself for ever
I even talked about morality
yes, morality is important to people behave bad or good, a someone who say morality IS relative and fundamentally, MORALITY —–NEED TO BE RELATIVE—-, as you retard is always saying whatever the site or blog you are, so i will behave According to customers’ taste, people as you DESERVE feel in their own skin what they are foolishly concluding…
i’m talking about the highest IQ scores in Brazil, that guy, Roger Moreira, singer and musician, a greater IQ and squalid achievements in any place…
enjoy rapefuelgees in your ”beautiful” mafiosi ancestral land…
i hope other europeans don’t confuse sicilians or other half mena with rapefuelgees, hahahahahahahaha
extremely dumb ghido.
Repetition? It’s true. High IQ correlates with conscientiousness.
“retarded guido.”
Ad hominem.
“morality is important to people behave bad or good, a someone who say morality IS relative and fundamentally, MORALITY —–NEED TO BE RELATIVE”
What’s funny is you have no idea what I’m talking about since you’ve never read Haidt’s work. You go right to emotions when talking about morality. You’re proving Haidt right that people cannot agree on moral truths and looking at it from an evolutionary perspective makes the most sense. No that’s not me “repeating things”, it’s a statement of fact. And if you’d have read his work you’d see where I’m coming from.
“people as you DESERVE feel in their own skin what they are foolishly concluding…”
Such as? I’m concluding that morals differ by culture due to different evolutionary pressures. You agree that all brains aren’t the same and there is variation between races and ethnies. However you seem to think there’s some kind of “universal morality” when this is not true. The science says otherwise. Haidt actually went to your country and studied Brazilians on morality. You should read his book to see how you’re wrong.
“enjoy rapefuelgees in your ”beautiful” mafiosi ancestral land…”
Italy is one of the only countries pushing back against this.
i” hope other europeans don’t confuse sicilians or other half mena with rapefuelgees, hahahahahahahaha”
If they do then they’re idiots.
“extremely dumb ghido.”
Rather be a guido than a mullato.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I don’t care what this rat say or not…
I’m not dependent on supposed fantastic studies to know what is right or wrong.
Retarded….
“I’m not dependent on supposed fantastic studies to know what is right or wrong”
Hahaha. So you’re a science-denier. Should have said as much.
”science-denier”
– leftist 2016**
nope, try other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_achievement_among_different_groups_in_Germany
lol
Academic Grade received for performance in German language class (by ethnic group)
1 is the best grade, and 6 is the worst.
1.0-2.4
turkish 6,3%
italian 6,7%
german 33,5%
100% of population
3.1-6.0
turkish 74,4%
italian 81,1%
german 40,3%
”deny saienz”
”No other ethnic group in Germany were as successful as the Vietnamese, 50% of whom attended a Gymnasium, and the Koreans, 70% of whom attended a Gymnasium”
seems it’s not ”100% of population” but based on % of group ethnic in this educational categories.
”it’s relative**” unt*