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first gisele, now my boy jay-z is moving away from the benjamins. who said supermodels and rappers were dummies?

OK, you’re watching your favorite rap video and everything seems as usual: fleets of Bentlae with their shocks shot beyond all recognition, baggy clothing on everyone who isn’t a woman and a plenitude of writhing female “dancers.” But when the fisheye lens zooms in real close on the star basking in his piles of money, you espy nary a Benjamin. How popular culture is increasingly reflecting the rising demand for import-only cash.

Morning Call: November 19

Wads of dollar bills are usually as much a part of rap videos as fast cars, diamond-encrusted jewellery and scantily-clad models.

But in an apparent nod to the low value of the dollar, rapper Jay-Z's new video Blue Magic features another currency.

He is seen cruising the streets of New York in Bentleys and Rolls Royces (now owned by Germany's Volkswagen and BMW) with a briefcase of 500 euro notes.

It follows reports that the supermodel Gisele Bündchen also favours euros.

The catwalk star's twin sister and manager Patricia told Bloomberg in September that: "Contracts starting now are more attractive in euros because we don't know what will happen to the dollar."

The US currency has been ticking off historic lows over the past few months as falling US interest rates make other currencies more attractive.

Other more conventional market-watchers have also been snubbing the dollar, including the billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Still, there may be hope: There have been no suggestions that Jay-Z's fellow rapper 50 Cent could be considering a move into a different currency…

Wads of dollar bills are usually as much a part of rap videos as fast cars, diamond-encrusted jewellery and scantily-clad models.

But in an apparent nod to the low value of the dollar, rapper Jay-Z's new video Blue Magic features another currency.

He is seen cruising the streets of New York in Bentleys and Rolls Royces (now owned by Germany's Volkswagen and BMW) with a briefcase of 500 euro notes.

It follows reports that the supermodel Gisele Bündchen also favours euros.

The catwalk star's twin sister and manager Patricia told Bloomberg in September that: "Contracts starting now are more attractive in euros because we don't know what will happen to the dollar."

The US currency has been ticking off historic lows over the past few months as falling US interest rates make other currencies more attractive.

Other more conventional market-watchers have also been snubbing the dollar, including the billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

Still, there may be hope: There have been no suggestions that Jay-Z's fellow rapper 50 Cent could be considering a move into a different currency…

(Continue reading on BBC).