Jay Z muncul sebagai cover majalah
New York Times Edisi Oktober 2012 dengan banyak cerita, mulai dari karier musiknya, tentang
Beyonce dan putri kecilnya,
Blue Ivy Carter dan juga ikut berpendapat tentang
Barack Obama.
On the Occupy Wall Street movement :
"Yeah, the 1 percent that's robbing people, and deceiving people, these
fixed mortgages and all these things, and then taking their home away
from them, that's criminal, that's bad. Not being an entrepreneur. This
is a free enterprise, This is what America is built on."
On President Barack Obama being elected :
"I've said the election of Obama has made the hustler less revlevant.
People took it in a way that I was almost dismissing what I am. And I
was like, 'No, it's not a good thing!' No one came to our neighborhoods,
with stand-up jobs, and showed us there's a different way. Maybe if I
had seen different role models, maybe I'd've turned on to that."
On how his music has evolved :
"I didn't have enough life experience, so what I was doing was more
technical. I was trying to impress technically. To do things other
people cannot do. As I started getting life experiences, I realized my
power was in conveying emotions that people felt."
On his daughter Blue Ivy growing up in today's world:
"She doesn't have to be tough. She has to love herself, she has to know
who she is, she has to be respectful, and be a moral person."
Jay Z juga baru saja merilis Film Dokumenter
"Watch The Throne" di ajang
Toronto International Film Festival hari Minggu 9/9 lalu.
