But you don’t get to those kids by not being honest with yourself, because those kids don’t believe what you’re rapping about, so they don’t buy into it. That’s the demographic that you have to go for. If you’re a guy who loves to make rap music, then you have to do it, and those 18-year-olds are where the white-hot spot is, right? That’s what everyone says. Jay & Bey Beat Brangelina As “Top Earning” Couple He finally gets it, and there’s this dark cloud over him. I mean, he wanted to be successful his whole career. I couldn’t imagine being that successful. I remember I hugged him, and I could feel that he had on a bulletproof vest. I remember Eminem came into the studio when we made “Moment of Clarity.” It’s 2003, I think The Eminem Show had come out, and he was like the biggest rapper in the world-he sold like 20 million records worldwide or some ridiculous number. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenburg Gate with Bono. I like breaking down those barriers, doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. That ‘I’m the best! No one else exists!’. I don’t listen to that,” I find that elitist. When people say stuff like, “Oh, that’s soft rock. All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock…it’s bullshit. Jay-Z: “I Believe In God But Not Christians Or Muslims” You can’t give someone “Video of the Year” if they don’t win “Best Female Video.” I thought “Best Female Video” was something you won on the way to “Video of the Year.” But, hey, I guess it wasn’t-and that’s a whole other conversation about awards shows and artists.
He believed that “Single Ladies” was a better video. I just think the timing of what he did was wrong, and that, of course, overshadowed everything. We were just ignored by politicians-by America in general. For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton… It’s mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We didn’t have the numbers, the vote, to put anybody in office, because no matter who was in the office, we didn’t think that it would affect change where we lived.
We were the kids who were ignored by every politician. It’s unbelievable because it’s so far away from where I come from. ON BARACK & HIS “DIRT OFF THE SHOULDER” MOMENT:
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