"We all make money, and then we all lose money, as artists especially. "'The Story of OJ' is really a song about we as a culture, having a plan, how we're gonna push this forward," Jay-Z said. "I'm a field n-a with shined cutlery / Gold-plated quarters where the butlers be." like, 'I'm not black, I'm O.J.' / OK / House n-a, don't f-k with me," he said. Simpson, the former football player who was accused and acquitted of killing two people, served as Jay-Z's inspiration. Jay-Z even calls out his frenemy Kanye West, rapping, "I know people backstab you, I feel bad too / But this 'f-k everybody' attitude ain't natural / But you ain't the same, this ain't KumbaYe / But you got hurt because you did cool by 'Ye / You gave him 20 million without blinkin' / He gave you 20 minutes on stage, f- was he thinkin'?/ 'F-kin' wrong with everybody?' is what you sayin' / But if everybody's crazy, you're the one that's insane." It's about killing off the ego, so we can have this conversation in a place of vulnerability and honesty." "You almost went Eric Benét / Let the baddest girl in the world get away," he rapped, later reminding fans, "Never go Eric Benét." The song is "not to be taken literal," the 47-year-old rapper told iHeartRadio. The altercation, which was widely rumored to have been about fashion designer Rachel Roy, led Jay-Z to a realization: "But you gotta do better, boy, you owe it to Blue / You had no father, you had the armor / But you got a daughter, gotta get softer." Seemingly confirming that he did indeed cheat on his wife, he also name dropped Eric Benét, who split from Halle Berry in 2003 amid rumors of infidelity. "You egged Solange on / Knowin' all along /All you had to say you was wrong," he rapped. Jay-Z referenced his famous elevator fight with sister-in-law Solange Knowles after the 2014 Met Gala. Jay-Z is the most nominated artist at the 2018 Grammys, where his most personal album yet will compete in such categories as Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. iHeartRadio's The Beat shared exclusive audio of Jay-Z explaining the meaning behind his lyrics.
The trailer for the album featured cameos from Oscar-winning actors Mahershala Ali, Danny Glover and Lupita Nyong'o, and the album itself features tracks with Beyoncé (who is also a co-writer), Frank Ocean and Damian Marley-as well as the rapper's mom, Gloria Carter. Jay Z and his mother, Gloria Carter, established the Shawn Carter Foundation in 2003 to help individuals facing socio-economic hardships and empower youth and communities in need through a scholarship fund, college tours, study abroad experiences, counseling initiatives, and giveback programs.Jay-Z turned lemons into Lemonade with his 13th studio album.Ĥ:44, first released on TIDAL in partnership with Sprint, features 10 original recordings, many of which were seemingly written in response to his wife Beyoncé's deeply personal visual album.Did you know? The Recording Academy New York Chapter honored Jay Z, Mariah Carey, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, and film composer Howard Shore as 2005 recipients of The Recording Academy Honors.Former President Barack Obama named Jay Z as one of his favorite rappers along with Kendrick Lamar, Chance The Rapper and Drake.
He made his GRAMMY performance debut at the 48th GRAMMY Awards in 2006 when he teamed with Linkin Park and Paul McCartney for a medley of "Numb/Encore" and "Yesterday." Currently tied with Kanye West, Jay Z holds the distinction of rapper with the most GRAMMY wins in history. Jay Z took home his first GRAMMY for Best Rap Album for Vol.
1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Top 20 mainstream hit, "Can I Get A. In 1998 Jay Z released his breakthrough album, Vol."A poet's mission is to make words do more work than they normally do, to make them work on more than one level."
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