In reply to S****** Blonde.

I think you're getting POP the genre mixed up with Pop culture. In pop culture, Jay Z and Rihanna are icons.

Icon - A person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something: "icon of manhood".

If I throw up the roc with my hands, you think of Jay. Plus Jared said 21st century, it only been 13 years in this century, so from the past 13 years, yes, they are icons. (Also there's a blurred line between Pop culture and Urban culture.)