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Says Jay-Z:

When I first started working on this book, I told my editor that I wanted it to do three important things. The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics—not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC—are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The second was I wanted the book to tell a little bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at a violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history. And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to.

Dammm Hov, took over today: Jay-Z & Warren Buffett Cover Forbes 400 Issue To go along with their cover, Jay-Z and Warren Buffett took part in the very first “Forbes 400 summit,” which consisted of an hour-long videotaped interview with Steve Forbes at Buffett’s office building in Omaha, Neb. Check out the full video of their sit-down after the jump, or simply visitForbes.com to watch 5 highlight clips from the interview. In clip #5 (also embedded after the jump,) Jay talks about almost losing an iPod with all the music he had recorded for Blueprint 3 on a flight coming back from Hawaii, the day before he bought the album’s rights for 5 million dollars. Via NahRight  

Dammm Hov, took over today:

Jay-Z & Warren Buffett Cover Forbes 400 Issue

To go along with their cover, Jay-Z and Warren Buffett took part in the very first “Forbes 400 summit,” which consisted of an hour-long videotaped interview with Steve Forbes at Buffett’s office building in Omaha, Neb. Check out the full video of their sit-down after the jump, or simply visitForbes.com to watch 5 highlight clips from the interview.

  • In clip #5 (also embedded after the jump,) Jay talks about almost losing an iPod with all the music he had recorded for Blueprint 3 on a flight coming back from Hawaii, the day before he bought the album’s rights for 5 million dollars.

Via NahRight