JAY-Z PRAISED BY LUHRMANN FOR WORK ON BLOCKBUSTER "THE GREAT GATSBY"
JAY-Z PRAISED BY BAZ LUHRMANN FOR HIS WORK ON THE GREAT GATSBY SOUNDTRACK Director says rapper got the film's point Jay-Z has been praised by Baz Luhrmann, director of The Great Gatsby, for his work as the executive producer for the film’s soundtrack. Jay-Z executive produced the movie soundtrack for "The Great Gatsby." T he movie dazzled at the Box Office earning $51.1 million in its first weekend. Watch a trailer for The Great Gatsby below: Jay-Z oversaw a host of big name artists including his wife Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sande, The xx and Jack White for the soundtrack to the adaptaion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. Speaking with MTV the director said: “Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz were two of the first people to see a rough cut of the film. Jay watched it, and he was fantastic. He and Swizz were talking. I’m like, ‘What are they talking about?’ And at the end, [Jay-Z] said: ‘This story is not about how Jay Gatsby made his mone...