Hit-Boy Shares Favorite Kanye West & Jay Z Stories

Hit-Boy caught up with the good folks over at HARD KNOCK TV to discuss a range of subjects. The

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Hit-Boy caught up with the good folks over at HARD KNOCK TV to discuss a range of subjects. The Californian producer-rapper talks about growing up mainly with his mother and two sisters, the meaning of HITstory‘s “Running in Place,” and also gives a recount of how he carried around a beat that he made for Kanye West in 2007 until the opportunity to meet him finally arose while working with Pharrell in the studio. Hit also tells what was going through his mind when Jay Z called him out on stage after him and Kanye just performed “N*ggas in Paris” 12 times in a row.

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