I’ve got a little more info about Jay Z’s Vanity Fair & Rihanna’s Glamour interview.
First ….
In the new issue of Vanity Fair, Hov talks Bey, Blue and his new sports agent role.
On Blue.
“I don’t know if Blue ever heard any of my music prior to this album — she’s only 18 months old and I don’t play my music around the house.
“But this album was new, so we played it. And she loves all the songs. She plays a song and she goes, ‘More, Daddy, more … Daddy song.’ She’s my biggest fan. If no one bought the “Magna Carta” (album), the fact that she loves it so much, it gives me the greatest joy.”
On wooing Beyonce.
“Well, you know, you’ve got to try first,” Jay Z explained. “You got to dazzle … wine and dine.”
“But she’s a charming Southern girl, you know, she’s not impressed.”
On surrogacy rumors.
“It’s just so stupid,” he said. “You know, I felt dismissive about it, but you’ve got to feel for her. I mean, we’ve got a really charmed life, so how can we complain? But when you think about it, we’re still human beings.”
On what makes him a good sports agent.
“I know about budgets. I was a drug dealer.
“To be in a drug deal, you need to know what you can spend, what you need to re-up. Or if you want to start some sort of barbershop or car wash—those were the businesses back then. Things you can get in easily to get out of [that] life. At some point, you have to have an exit strategy, because your window is very small; you’re going to get locked up or you’re going to die.”
Hmmm… good luck w/ this drug dealer story Hov.
Rihanna’s getting a little introspective w/ Glamour.
On the difference between Robyn and Rihanna.
“When people call me Robyn, my head just flies around because I feel like that person knows me. But Rihanna, that tends to be people’s own [creation]. Robyn is who I am. Rihanna—that’s an idea of who I am.”
On being misunderstood.
“I know I am. That’s why it’s important for me to know who I am. There’s no way for people to know me. All they have are a couple of pictures and some crazy headlines to go off of,” she says.
On haters.
“You can’t change who you are. It’s important for me to know who I am and work with that. They’re gonna keep knocking away until all this comes crashing down. But I’m not gonna ever crash. I’m in control.”
On her music.
“Music helps me tell my story. That’s where I can really be heard. But there’s so much focus on the things that aren’t music.”
On fearlessness.
“I had to regain my fearlessness because it did go away for a little bit. My mother said something to me a few years ago: ‘I’ve seen something in your eyes I’ve never seen before: fear.’ She was like, ‘No, this is not you.’ I just got back to being okay with myself.”
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