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Jay-Z

(1969) Rapper

397 quotes in 1282 categories

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 · Page 13

“To me, its just a word, a word whose power is owned by the user and his or her intention. People give…

Race

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If you want the old me, go buy my old albums.

Albums

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If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time, how we live through it. The beat is everywhere,…

Beats

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I love girls girls girls girls, girl I do aplaudddd.

Love

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Little brothers ring fingers get cut up to show mothers they really got em.

Brother

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I was a really good student. In the sixth grade, I was reading at a twelfth grade reading level. But I got…

Books

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I wish I could give you this feelin, Im planking on a million. Im riding through yo hood, you can bank I…

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Ma, cry me a river, build a bridge, and GET OVER IT!

Cry Me A River

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“I pimp hard on a trick, look / Fuck if ya leg broke, bitch—hop up on ya good foot”

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I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars

Audience

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“The story of the rapper and the story of the hustler are like rap itself, two kinds of rhythm working together, having…

First time

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The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up.

Genius

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I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of…

Albums

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

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It's hilarious a lot of times. You have a conversation with someone, and he's like, 'You speak so well!' I'm like, 'What…

Communication

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The fans get to see you, and you can do great by your record if you have a great performance or a…

Artist

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I've never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of…

Accepting

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And through our travels we get separated, never forget: In order to survive, got to learn to live with regrets.

Forget

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I came into this music business at 26 years old. I was a fully developed man at that point. At that age,…

Age

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Middle finger to my old life, special shout out to my old head. If it wasnt for your advice, A ni**a would…

Life

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The challenge is to get everyone to respect music again, to recognize its value.

Again

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I don't have any fear of working with Samsung because I'm not gonna let them put a phone on my forehead; that's…

Because

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People wanted to make products based on our child's name, and you don't want anybody trying to benefit off your baby's name.

Baby

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New money, I found the fountain of youth. Im headed to Miami to f**k up the Fontaine Bleu.

Fountain of youth

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How could I be out there and not do anything?

Compassion

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