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Jay-Z

(1969) Rapper

397 quotes in 1282 categories

Step into the world of one of hip‑hop’s most influential voices. With nearly four hundred snippets of his thoughts, you’ll get a feel for the ambition, street wisdom, and entrepreneurial flair that have defined his career. Whether you’re after motivation, perspective on fame, or a glimpse of his creative process, this collection offers a solid snapshot of his lasting impact.

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Jay-Z is a rapper.

Quick Facts About Jay-Z

Born: December 4, 1969
Profession: Rapper

About Jay-Z

[Wikidata] American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur... | [Wikipedia] Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. In 2023, Billboard and Vibe ranked him as the greatest rapper of all time. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, Jay-Z is known for his complex lyricism that often uses double entendres, wordplay, an

Quotes by Jay-Z

Can I live?

Live

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Jealousys a weak emotion.

Emotion

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I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!

Business

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Too much enemy fire to catch a friendly.

Catch

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I look in the mirror, my only opponent

Inspirational

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Ball so hard motherf*ckers wanna find me.

Ball

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I got 99 Problems but Mitt ain't one.

99 problems

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I'm far from God, but I work god damn hard.

God

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Jealousy’s a weak emotion.

Emotion

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How you get so fly? From not being afraid to fall out the sky.

Afraid

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Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out.

Community

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Cough up a lung where I'm from marcy son, aint nothin nice

Cough

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You learn more in failure than you ever do in success

Education

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You not feeling me, fine. It costs you nothing, pay me no mind..

Cost

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Difficult takes a day Impossible takes a week I do this in my sleep

Difficult

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Now shoot trigga, stop looking at her tits. Get ya own dog, ya heard. Thats my bitch!

Bitch

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Everybody can tell you how to do it, they never did it.

Tell

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People really feel like music is free but will pay $6 for water. You can drink water free out of the tap,…

Drink water

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New York - I'm connected. This is my core. I feel like if I'm not connected to New York, then I don't…

Connected

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Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a…

Deep

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Niggas pray and pray on my downfall, But every time I hit the ground I bounce up like round ball

Balls

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Its a celebration of black excellence. Black tie, black Maybachs. Black excellence, opulence, decadence. Tuxes next to the president.

Black tie

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Treat my first like my last and the last like my first and my thirst is the same as- when I came.

Firsts

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Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth. Motherf--. I, will, not, lose.

Earth

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You belong with n-ggas who used to be known for dope dealing. You too dope for any of those civilians.

Nigga

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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,…

Becoming

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Everyone's supposed to stay in their lines and be neat. 'You're a rapper. You're supposed to rap, carry a boom box, wear…

Art

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You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still…

Album

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For me, the challenge is just making great albums, because talent - and writing in general - is not tangible. There's no…

Albums

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I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and…

Brooklyn

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When you listen to an album, it shouldn't feel like, "That's the girl song," "That's the club song." I shouldn't know what…

Albums

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What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business.…

Business

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Boxing is a glorious sport to watch and boxers are incredible, heroic athletes, but it's also, to be honest, a stupid game…

Athlete

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Don't ever go with the flow. Be the flow.

Flow

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I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.

Dormant

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Niggas wanna hijack the flyness.

Hijack

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What you eat dont make me shit.

Food

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I went through hell, Im expecting heaven.

Heaven

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Men lie, women lie, numbers dont

Lying

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Everyone needs a chance to evolve.

Chance

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