I think all those theories are ********. I mean this is coming from religious people, so you can see the irony here (they believe in something we can't see, yet they also believe in a society that barely left a footprint in history)...You gotta watch out for stupid people like these. They'll kill in the "name of god" to get their point across.
The freemasons were a bunch of people who were hated by the catholic church because the catholics thought they worshiped the devil..they only didn't believe in god...but I guess that means you're a devil worshiper because stupid religious people say so. They also crafted swords and made things from wood and metal. Masonry comes from that.
Jay-Z believes in the theories as well, that's why he has the chorus from a mobb deep song in D'evils "illiuminati trap my soul, mind and my body"...he probably respects their way of power and it figures why his record company is a big empire in the hip hop industry, but it has absolutely NOTHING to do with new world orders or whatever the **** these conspiracy theorists come up with these days...
You gotta keep in mind 2 things here. Most conpsiracy theorists or people who believe in this **** also believe in god, something we can't actually see or talk to, or touch(and frankly, my prayers have never been answered, that's why im atheist)..the second thing is, these type of people will look at newspapers and watch the news almost 24/7 to analyze it and try to see a hidden puzzle and then call it a conspiracy theory...people will believe anything these days..it's the internet, it has that affect on people..so don't worry about this, cuz I don't believe he's a freemason, he's just a really good artist, but I wouldn't say the best ever either...lol