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It seems like every Jay-Z is highly anticipated, nevertheless with the ground breaking digital release of Magna Carta Holy Grail Jay-Z's star power and influence on the music industry on a whole may equate this as his most prolific album to date. While his twelfth studio album was released via Google Play App for Samsung and android phones users on July 4th, the album became available on July 9th for all. Hov went back to his roots and stopped by New York's HOT 97.1 radio to chat with his friend Veejay Angie Martinez about MCHG, fatherhood, his well wishes for Dame Dash, Beyonce, and where he gets his news.
Hov got deep with Angie as he answered the questions that he couldn't with 140 characters for his Twitter Q&A with fans Monday night. The pioneer opened up about his estranged relationship with Roc-A-Fella records co-founder Dame Dash, who has recently made headlines for tax evasion, divorce, and more money issues. Jay also revealed his yearning for more children, changing the rules and not being afraid to fail, MCHG, and where he gets his news.
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Check out some of the highlights of the interview below:
Quotes via VIBE.com
On the RIAA changing their rules "If you did 500,000 digital, 200 thousand, whatever the metrics is, they should certify what's digital. It should've been happening. I was just the agent of change."
On whether he's surprised about moves he pulls off "It's a bit of business acumen and it's a bit of believing I can and not being afraid to fail. That holds a lot of people back, that fear of failure."
On whether he hates failing "I'm a person that loves winning. [But] I don't hate to lose. That's a different personality trait. Some people hate to lose and that drives them."
On being a father "[It's] just more reaffirming the things that's really important in life and editing your life in such a way that you don't have anything that's distracting you. Anything that's taking away from that time you should be with your child."
On growing up with both parents "They were together my early years, till I was 9 or something. That's what made it worse-'cause I knew. Some people don't even get to feel that sort of love at all so you can't miss what you don't have. It's still this empty feeling. There's more of an empty feeling having it then having it taken away from you."
On watching TV "I'm watching the trial heavy right now. I was just looking at the news and like it's strange how you can see everyone's agenda... CNN is almost like TMZ. Certain things it's like, Aw man this is really just entertainment. It's really all for ratings. And you squeeze a bit of information in there... [Sports], that's the only thing that's real. The outcome of that is real. Although people want to believe that it's fixed. That's the real reality show."
On his stake in the Brooklyn Nets "Everyone may try to trivialize my whole involvement in the Nets to a percentage. Okay, which one is it? Am I all about money or do I... It's difficult to keep up with."
On living without money "I don't need money... I think success is just being able to do what you want to do on your terms."
On having Barack Obama "on the text" "Yeah, I've spoken to him on the phone and had texts... Yes, that's happened and it's amazing. He's a regular guy as well. He's very heavy into sports so a lot of his analogies end in sports... I don't know if this is reaching National Security, but when he was getting elected the second time, he was like, 'Fourth quarter, just gimme the ball.'"
On Beyonce's Life Is But A Dream HBO documentary "It gave me a little anxiety, but it's something that she had to do, she wanted to do..." You feel weird just putting yourself out there in that sort of way, especially when you reveal so much in your music. It's like, any more? I'm naked out here."
On whether he'll have more kids "Absolutely. God willing... A little basketball team."
On whether there will be a Watch The Throne 2 "Yeah, hopefully."
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