Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth. Motherf--. I, will, not, lose. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
No one on the corner gotta bop like this, can't wear skinny jeans cause my knots don't fit — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks ...So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for hip-hop, when an artist reaches a certain level, to ascend to executive work. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
You ain't seen money in your life, when it comes to this cheese ya'll like three blind mice. — Jay-z Copy Share Image
As fate would have it, Jay's status appears To be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye When I come… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
And through our travels we get separated, never forget: In order to survive, got to learn to live with regrets. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When you first come in the game, they try to play you. Then you drop a couple of hits, look how they… — Jay-z Copy Share Image
When Basquiat was hanging out with Madonna and Fab Five Freddy, and all those worlds were colliding, people have to realize hip-hop… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock... It's bullshit. It's all music. If you put yourself in… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has done more for race relations than most cultural icons; and I say save Martin Luther King, because his 'I Have… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
That's the reason why I'm making albums. That's the reason why I love hip-hop: It's a challenge every time. — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam's fantastic legacy and… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way… — Jay-Z Copy Share
Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in… — Jay-Z Copy Share
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… — Jay-Z Copy Share
It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around… — Jay-Z Copy Share
“THEY NEVER TAUGHT MARCUS GARVEY IN OUR SCHOOL CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS THEIR GOLDEN RULE” — Jay-Z Copy Share
Tears on the mauseoleum floor. Blood stains the coliseum doors. Lies on the lips of a priest. Thanksgiving disguised as a feast. — Jay-Z Copy Share
Around 20. I'd been trying to transition from the streets to the music business, but I would make demos and then quit for six… — Jay-Z Copy Share
There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can… — Jay-Z Copy Share
All black everything, Ni**a you know my fresh code. Im out here fightin for you, dont increase my stress load. — Jay-Z Copy Share
I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop.… — Jay-Z Copy Share
Their gunnin' for me, want to see me fall, you know my story, been through it all, times I felt like dyin', but I… — Jay-Z Copy Share
