Jay Z 登上《Vanity Fair》11 月刊封面

在繼 Kate Upton 登上 Vanity Fair 名利場第 100 期紀念刊後，此次登上十一月版封面的，是剛剛與 Justin Timberlake 完成回歸合作美國說唱歌手、製作人 Jay Z a.k.a Shawn Corey Carter 。以“ Jay Z 史上最深度訪談”為賣點，此次的 Vanity Fair 就 Jay Z 涉嫌販毒的早期生涯、 2008 年大選時對奧巴馬總統的傾力支持、與 Beyonce 的關係、以及女兒 Blue Ivy 等各式話題進行了提問，完整的專訪可在這裏查看。而 Vanity Fair 11 月版將於月末登陸各大報刊亭。

On drug dealing:
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.

On Beyonce:
She was a good girl ’til she knew me. She’s gangsta now.

On Blue Ivy’s music tastes:
She watches [Beyoncé’s concerts] on the computer every night. But my album came out and 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’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. And that’s not like a cliché. I’m really serious.