Jay Z is more than just a rapper, entrepreneur and elite businessman; above all the success he's experienced, the only thing that truly matters to him is what his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, and wife Beyoncé think about him.
In the November issue of Vanity Fair, the "Magna Carta" rapper lets it all loose, from this past drug dealing to how Blue Ivy brings him joy, the Jay Z holds nothing back. Check out the following interesting snippets of the rap mogul's interview.
Jay Z on baby Blue:
"That's not true. She does like her mother's music-she watches [Beyoncé's concerts] on the computer every night. But my album came out and I don't know if Blue ever heard any of my music prior to this album-she's only 18 months old and I don't play my music around the house. But this album was new, so we played it. And she loves all the songs. She plays a song and she goes, 'More, Daddy, more . . . Daddy song.' She's my biggest fan. If no one bought the Magna Carta [album], the fact that she loves it so much, it gives me the greatest joy. And that's not like a cliché. I'm really serious. Just to see her-'Daddy song, more, Daddy.' She's genuine, she's honest, because she doesn't know it makes me happy. She just wants to hear it."
How dealing drugs affected his life:
"I know about budgets. I was a drug dealer...To be in a drug deal, you need to know what you can spend, what you need to re-up. Or if you want to start some sort of barbershop or car wash-those were the businesses back then. Things you can get in easily to get out of [that] life. At some point, you have to have an exit strategy, because your window is very small; you're going to get locked up or you're going to die."
How he "dazzled" someone like Beyoncé:
"'Well, you know, you've got to try first. You got to dazzle . . . wine and dine.' He tells Robinson that "of course" he pursued Beyoncé, and when asked if he hadn't been Jay Z-say, he had been a gas-station attendant and she pulled up-would he have been able to date her, he responds, 'If I'm as cool as I am, yes. But she's a charming Southern girl, you know, she's not impressed. . . . But I would have definitely had to be this cool.' Jay confirms that the line on his latest album, 'She was a good girl 'til she knew me' is about Beyoncé, and when Robinson asks if she's not a good girl anymore, Jay laughs, saying, 'Nah. She's gangsta now.'"
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WARNING: video contains explicit language.
