![]() ![]() Like my pops would make us guess a woman’s dress size.” We would sit in the restaurant looking out the window onto the streets, and play games that exercised our observational skills. “My father would take us to Lindy’s and we’d get these big-ass steak fries. Paranoia and fear worm their way into every interaction you have.” “When people say hustling is easy money they couldn’t be more wrong. ![]() It’s part of my ritual when I record an album: I wear the Jesus piece and let my hair grow till I’m done.” “The chain was a Jesus piece-the piece that Biggie used to wear, in fact. Here are just a few lines from the story of a kid who grew up in the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, to become one of the world’s greatest rappers, or as he says, “the Mike Jordan of Recording.” And now, like most music icons, he has his own book, Decoded. Jay-Z is easily one of the most important musical icons of all time. He’s had 99 problems, an astoundingly successful recording career, helped catapult many an artist to megasuccess, including wife Beyoncé, and showed that hip-hop can remain relevant as you’re pushing 40. ![]()
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