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People wanted to make products based on our child’s name, and you don’t want anybody trying to benefit off your baby’s name.

Jay-Z

I don’t think any rapper can go back. You can be a car salesman, a bank teller – I mean, really good jobs, and people are still gonna look at you and be like, ‘You used to rap; what happened?’
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Any Back Bank Good Job Look People Rapper Teller Think
I came into this music business at 26 years old. I was a fully developed man at that point. At that age, I didn’t have anything to prove.
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I think relationships are broken up because of the media.
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Broken Media Relationship
My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.
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Dad Good Huge Just Left Scare Superhero
I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity.
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Authenticity Emotion Feel Integrity Make Music Something Try
My first album was mainly dealing with street issues, and it was ‘coded’: it was called ‘Reasonable Doubt.’ So the things I was talking about…
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Album Call Code Deal Doubt First Issue Mainly Reasonable Stress Talk
I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.
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Famous Made More Yankee
I listen to everything – from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Scarface, UGK and Lauryn Hill.
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Country Everything Listen People Person Way
I’m just going to make the music I love to make, and I’m going to mature with my music.
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Just Love Make Mature Music
Providing – that’s not love. Being there – that’s more important. I mean, we see that. We see that with all these rich socialites. They’re crying out for attention; they’re hurting for love. I’m not being judgmental.
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Attention Cry Important Judge Judgment Love More Out Provide Rich See Socialite
My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to ‘Roc-A-Wear’. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of ‘Roc-A-Fella’ records, which lead to Def Jam.
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When you’re accustomed to wealth, you don’t show it, right? That’s why the white kids in school could wear bummy sneakers; it’s almost like, ‘Don’t show wealth – that’s crass.’
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Accustomed Bummy Kid Right School Show Speaker Wealth Wear
We wasn’t allowed inside the galleries or inside Yankee Stadium. We were writing in the street and making music.
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Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama’s running so we all can fly.
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As kids we didn’t complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
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Aspire Being Complain Going Kid Lifestyle Made Move Poor Rich Talk
I was never a worker. And that’s not even being arrogant. I was just never a worker.
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Arrogant Being Even never Worker

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