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We have to stretch out the audience. It can’t be this narrow – we have to stretch out the point of view.

Jay-Z

It wasn’t until sixth grade, at P.S. 168, when my teacher took us on a field trip to her house that I realized we were poor.
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Field Grade House Look Poor Realize Teacher Until
You can feel when something’s authentic, and you can feel when it’s not: you know when someone’s trying to make the club record, or trying to make the girl record, or trying to make the thug record. It’s none of that. It’s just my emotions.
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Authentic Club Emotion Feel Girl Make None Record Someone Something Try
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
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.
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Anybody Baby Benefit Child Make Name People Want Product Try Want
For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton… it’s crazy. It’s mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We were just ignored by politicians – by America in general.
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Another Being Blow Come Just Mind Person Dinner President Vraxy World
Some people are attracted to vulnerability. From my very first album, I’ve been vulnerable. I’ve always given parts of me, parts of my life – good, bad, ugly. I’ve never put up this image as a super-thug. Also, some people just like the music.
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Album Always Part Attract First Life People Some Vulnerability
Biggie was the King Of New York as a rapper. There’s a lot more dangerous guys than Biggie Smalls out there, you know what I’m saying? John Gotti was way closer to King Of New York than him.
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Celebrity Country Dangerous Know More Out People Person Rapper Say
I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it.
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Best Love Want When
I’ve never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people.
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Around Certain Look Myself Need never People Said Sort Way
I’ve always wanted to stay true to myself, and I’ve managed to do that. People have to accept that.
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Accept Always Manage Myself People Stay Want
I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam’s fantastic legacy and move the company into its next groundbreaking era.
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Build Community Credibility Hip Hop More Relevant Think Upon
New York – I’m connected. This is my core. I feel like if I’m not connected to New York, then I don’t even know what to do with myself.
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Connect Core Country Even Feel Know Like Myself
We have to stretch out the audience. It can’t be this narrow – we have to stretch out the point of view.
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Audience Narrow Out Point Stretch View
I don’t sit around with my friends and talk about money, ever. On a record, that’s different.
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Album Around Ever Friend Money Rap Record Talk
Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who’ve never done anything because if you haven’t been successful, then you don’t know how it feels to lose it all.
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Anything Bigger Failure Fear People Successful
I don’t know where streaming will go in the future. The analytics that we’re seeing tell us that streaming is the next thing, and downloads are going down.
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Analytics Download Future Know Next Stream Time

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