List of Black Card Mentions in Media and Entertainment

Centurion Card References in Culture, Media and Entertainment

  • In Lauren Weisberger’s 2005 novel Everyone Worth Knowing, a co-worker of the main character, Bette, pays for dinner with a black card: “There it was, the mythical American Express black card. Available by invitation only to those who charged a minimum of $150,000 per year. I had only just learned about it myself.”
  • In Kanye West’s song “Last Call” he raps: “I went to the mall and I balled too hard”‘Oh my god is that a Black card?’/I turned around and replied ‘Why yes/but I prefer the term African American Express.”
  • In Grand Theft Auto IV, there is a random encounter in East Holland in which a man named Jeff asked Niko to spy on his cheating wife. Though he doesn’t have cash to give you for completing this, he offers you use of his black card as payment.
  • In The J. Peterman Company’s catalog product “Linen Safari Jacket“, John Peterman describes his encounter with an un-named director and the black card: “The rumors were true, then. There really was a black Amex card so exclusive (less than 10,000 issued worldwide) that most people had never even heard of its existence. “
  • In Bow Wow’s song “Marco Polo” he raps: “Black card, spendin’ when I hit the mall”
  • In an episode of Law and Order SVU, one high-rolling character was “by the look of his black American Express, very rich”.
  • In Nelly’s song “Flap Your Wings,” rapper says, “I know you’re thirsty, ma/Go ahead and order whatchu want/Some call it trickin’, go ahead and call it whatchu want/I came to ball, I ain’t come out here to front/Cause the black card will pick-up what the gray card won’t.”
  • In Kresley Cole’s 2006 novel A Hunger Like No Other, the half vampire/half Valkyrie character Emmaline Troy is noted to have a black Centurion AmEx, which is confiscated by her Lykae mate Lachlain MacReive.
  • In Lil Wayne’s song “Get It Shawty Remix” he raps: “Black card, black card/ Girl I got a black card/ Can I buy some of your time and charge it to my black card?”

Here are some references to the Centurion “Black” Credit Card in TV, Movies, Music and Sports:

  • Jessica Simpson’s Black Card appeared on her hit reality TV series “Newlyweds, Nick and Jessica”. Jessica makes reference to the card when searching through her purse for it. The card then appears on the table at the restaurant after Jessica found it.
  • In episode 7, Nevada Day – Part I, of the only season of the NBC show “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”, while in Pahrump, NV, Jack Rudolph attempts to post bond for Tom Jeter, with his “American Express Black” – claiming it has a one million dollar limit.
  • In season 1 of the ABC show Traveler, Tyler Fog’s father tells his son to use the black card given to him for emergencies to withdraw as much money as possible from an ATM to run from the authorities.
  • In season 2 of the Fox show The O.C., Julie Cooper-Nichol mentions she is going to pay for a pony with her real estate baron husband’s Black Card.
  • In the Bravo show The Real Housewives of Orange County, Slade is given an after hours private shopping session. He tells us that his American Express Black Card gained him this privilege.
  • In the HBO show Entourage, in the episode ‘The First Cut Is the Deepest‘, Eric, Vincent, and Vince’s financial manager/adviser talk about how Vince can’t keep living off of his Black card.
  • In the TV show “Fast Lane”, in the episode where undercover cops Van and Deaq try to infiltrate a local Triad gang and impresses their leader by using a Black Card.
  • In Lauren Weisberger’s 2005 novel Everyone Worth Knowing, a co-worker of the main character, Bette, pays for dinner with a black card: “There it was, the mythical American Express black card. Available by invitation only to those who charged a minimum of $150,000 per year. I had only just learned about it myself”.
  • Bette’s friend, Philip, hands his black card to a bouncer when they are lining up to go into a nightclub.
  • In Robert Crais new novel The Watchman, the daughter of a rich businessman is described as having a black Amex card.
  • In one of his columns (I’m nobody, my jet-set credit card tells me so), Jeremy Clarkson criticizes the Centurion Card for being useless and overrated. “Is the waiter really going to be impressed you earn a million a year? And what about your friends? They either earn a million too, in which case so what, or they don’t, in which case they won’t be your friends for much longer”
  • Rap group Clipse refers to themselves as the “Black Cards” of the “Black Card Era.” After the American Express Black Card.
  • In an exclusive Amex interview Janet Jackson was asked how much she spent on her shirt and replied “I don’t even know, isn’t that bad? When you sign it and walk away… that Black Card is dangerous! (laughs)
  • Noel Gallagher took out his black American Express card during the filming of the 2007 BRIT Awards backstage show.
  • Ryan Leslie, founder of NextSelection, filmed the moment that his business manager delivered him a package containing his Black Card.
  • Ali Vegas released a mixtape titled “Black Card Council – Unlimited Street Credit.”
  • Lil’ Kim’s lyric, “I smack ni**az ‘cross the face with a Centurion Card who don’t believe I’m doin it way big”
  • Kanye West’s lyric, “‘Oh my God, is that a black card?’ / I turned around and replied ‘Why yes, but I prefer the term “African American Express”‘”
  • Bow Wow’s reference in the track “I Think They Like Me (Remix)” with the line “I ain’t got to act hard / I’m under 21 with a black card”
  • Jay-Z’s lyric in the song “30 Something”, “Now I got black cards / Good credit and such / Baby boy / Now I’m all grown up”
  • Nelly Furtado’s Promiscuous Girl remix featuring Rick Ross, “I smoke purple, my car white / credit card black, girl I’m alright.”
  • Fat Joe’s first line in the song “Get it Popping” Featuring Nelly, “I got that black no limit American Express card / Mami you can get whatever you like”
  • On the 2005 mixtape We Got It 4 Cheap, the Clipse and the Re-Up Gang announce their presence on the hip-hop scene as the dawning of the “Black Card Era”.
  • Lil Jon’s lyric, “Imma ball ’till I fall / drank ’till I cant / put It on my black card I got money in da bank” in the song “Act a Fool” featuring Three 6 Mafia.
  • Fabolous’ lyric, “More stuntin’ more frontin’/How he getting it homie, show something/You can ask about him, he go hard/with that A-M-E-X negro card”
  • Lil’ Wayne’s lyric in the song ‘Get it shawty (remix)‘ says, “Girl I got a black card/Can I buy some of your time and charge it to my black card?”
  • During a recent trip to Atlanta, GA, Beyonce Knowles visited the Nicole Miller boutique in the Lenox Square shopping mall and reportedly bought a dress and two belts, paid for on her American Express black card, according to a store spokesperson.
  • Sirius Satellite Radio’s Bubba the Love Sponge has often spoke of his Amex Black Card, and actually has showed it to fans that have requested to see it at several of his autograph meet ‘n’ greets
  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. expressed contempt for the Black Card in HBO’s miniseries 24/7. Insisting that he doesn’t need a Black Card, he proceeds to take out a considerable amount of cash, saying the latter system works better.