Jay lands the cover of Vanity Fair‘s November 2013 issue, and looks very New Yorkish in a white dinner suit. The magazine has provided a preview of the full article and below are some of our favorite quotes and the full cover:
“[Blue Ivy] watches [Beyoncé’s concerts] on the computer every night.”
“…growing up, if you had ever told a black person from the hood you can be president, they’d be like, I could never . . . If you had told me that as a kid, I’d be like, Are you out of your mind? How?”
“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.”
“Crack was everywhere—it was inescapable. There wasn’t any place you could go for isolation or a break. You go in the hallway; [there are] crackheads in the hallway. You look out in the puddles on the curbs—crack vials are littered in the side of the curbs. You could smell it in the hallways, that putrid smell; I can’t explain it, but it’s still in my mind when I think about it.”
“Of course [I pursued Beyonce].You got to dazzle . . . wine and dine.”
“And even in hip-hop, all the blogs—they had a field day with [Beyonce fake pregnancy rumors]. I’m like, We come from you guys, we represent you guys. Why are you perpetuating this? Why are you adding fuel to this ridiculous rumor?”
