Jay-Z Up Close and Personal

Posted on November 12th, 2007 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Jay-Z, News

Posted by Bossip Staff

Jay-Z Blender

Jay-Z recently did a photo shoot and interview with Blender Magazine and shares some information on the entertainment value of rap music:

B: At the end of a song on American Gangster you yell out, “It’s just entertainment!” What do you mean by that?

J: It’s my way of saying, “People, stop taking it so seriously — not everything rappers say is true to life.” It’s entertainment, too. If you can watch a movie and see Denzel as a character, you should be able to do the same when you’re listening to rappers. I know we’re always saying, “Keep it real.” But for the most part [he laughs] — it’s not true!

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  • Cher

    NOW HOPEFULLY ALL OF THE LITTLE KIDS AND ADULTS WHO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY WILL LEARN. JAY-Z ISN’T THE ONLY RAPPER TO SAY THAT. “ABOUT TIME”

  • mimi

    i dont care how rich this man is.. i dont care if he could buy everything in the world, i dont care how big his pipe is this man is one ugly dude. he might have a nice personality but damm b should not have kids with him, and thats my opinion..

  • http://myspace.com/niseyizatardmuffin ThaBossLadee

    Jay Z has my respect, and I like what I have heard off the CD, got it and it’s not bad..

  • Bahama Mama

    HOVA

    HOVA

    HOVA

    HOVA…..but they could’ve back up on the pic tho’. Still love him. And the c.d is FIRE!!

  • http://fu@gmail.com me that’s who

    jay look like an old ass man….

  • http://fu@gmail.com me that’s who

    ahhahhahhahhahh and why they get so damn close in his face in that first pic…….

  • Bahama Mama

    MTW

    chut up!!!

  • NEEK

    UGH I CANT SEE HOW BEYONCE CAN DO IT MAN..IM SORRY HES JUST AN UGLY U CANT WORK WITH[JUST LIKE FLAVA FLAV] U JUST CANT WORK WITH DEM..

  • Just Sit And Be Pretty

    Wow, now that’s a close up.:-) Ya know, he may not be the most handsome guy around, but he does have a really nice smile.

  • http://fu@gmail.com me that’s who

    MTW

    chut up!!!

    ^^^^^ WHAT????? don’t nobody need to be that close all in his face like that, invade his personal space and thangs, and upsetting me…..lol

  • amazonia

    Ooh! That man is butt-ugly. Damn!

    It must be true love from Beyonce’s side.

    I ca’nt stand Beyonce so I hope their kids are gonna look like him! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!

  • http://fu@gmail.com me that’s who

    , but he does have a really nice smile.

    ^^^^^^ lmmfao i can’t get over his face to see that nice smile you talking bout…..but i will say this he got a swagger bout him and he seems like he got some charm too……

  • Bahama Mama

    All right!! so he ain’t hella fine…but chu right tho…lmao

  • 6 Figgas

    Stacks to the ceiling but can’t cop a decent haircut. WTF?

    Blistex. Carmex. Vaseline. Crisco. Sumthin’… Damn man.

  • Bahama Mama

    man who cares what he look like, YALL ain’t dating him….lmao but u think bey downs like a couple vodka tonics before they get busy?? lmao

  • foole

    He looks ugly on that cover..He was said to be found at a millionaire&celebrity dating club http://www.meetrich.com not long before, and he is hot there.Quite a few girls and ladies write to him.OMG! So you will be popular anywhere if you are a celebrity, even if you are not handsome, even ugly.

  • J

    Personally I can’t get passed the lips, but he does seem like a charmer. He has swag too. As long as he and B are happy, more power to them.

  • Black Friday

    The Album is fire! Keep the good music coming homie.

  • wifey

    I think Jay Z looks nice. *shrugs* I mean, he ain’t Boris Kodjoe, but he looks particularly good in a suit. Me likes a lot. LOL

  • Bahama Mama

    MTW

    they ain’t know Pookie and dem is on speed dial….

  • http://www.IStayConfused.com I Stay SMH

    LMAO @ pristine

  • Bianca Vellaroz

    i know looks doesnt matter in some cases, but seriously tho if jay was just an A&R at a record company and he wasnt the JAYZ that we all know..do u actually think he be pulling Beyonce?

    yeah right

    we (the females) dont have to be on beyonce’s level of looks personally ive seen females walkin down the street who look better then beyonce..i personally dont think shes all that cute. take away that lacefront & that lightin cream…….nothin special

  • http://www.myspace.com/mahoganyrouge Sun Goddess

    Why do so many black people hate big lips?

  • http://www.myspace.com/mahoganyrouge Sun Goddess

    iof you do not hate your black features, then the message doesn’t apply to you, so do not get offended….but if you don’t like black hips, black lips, black noses-why is that? Are you so programmed to European beauty standards you do not love the richness of African beauty? (Nothing is wrong with European beauty; I’m just saying to self hating black folks-if that’s not you, don’t get offended, once again.)

  • VTORIRI

    The only thing you can say is JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL………………

  • Bahama Mama

    OH freak that, looks r what initially attracts u to somebody…and from there u go on to see who they are as a person…

  • Bianca Vellaroz

    is not that we hate big lips..his lips just busted…there is a difference between having big beautiful juicy lips to having big busted lips. lloyd banks has big lips but his lips look better then Jay’s…

  • cj

    I am so glad he’s rich, cause he would never have a woman. Turtle,turtle…

  • Mo

    I LOVE YOU JIGGA!!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/mahoganyrouge Sun Goddess

    It just seems like to me that it’s hatred against a black man. I may be wrong, but I think if blakc women want a black man to love them as they are black women can do the same. If it’s not you, then don’t be offended, baby.

  • http://www.theblackactor.com/ Baby Please

    Oh Lawd… that picture is…

    TOO BIG

    http://www.theblackactor.com/

  • http://www.IStayConfused.com I Stay SMH

    Just Sit And Be Pretty

    LOL, exactly. that’s what i meant about still photos. you don’t necessarily get to capture al of that.

    i guarantee if you saw him in person “ugly” would be the furthest thing from ya mind.

  • Sofly

    PPl seem to forget that Jay-Z is near enough 40 and has gained MAD weight. His not the same guy from back when. With that being said “Black and ugly as ever HOWEVER i stay gucci down to the socks”. YOU CAN’T KNOCK THE DUDES HUSTLE

  • Sofly

    Plus his SO-FLY.

  • Bahama Mama

    EITHER way looks aside the man IS a GREAT emcee…

  • http://blackwiz.biz Tiray

    I’m really glad he said that! Maybe a relationship is doing him good!

    I hope the “thugs” are listening!

    think

    http://www.blackwiz.biz

  • lucky

    Please stop taking close-ups on this dude

  • http://www.IStayConfused.com I Stay SMH

    LOL, why i picture BMama breakdancing after that last comment?

    spinning on her head or something

  • Bahama Mama

    SMH-

    nah i was in my b boy stance!!!lol

  • Brit

    Well, I’ll start nicely and finish well. His done many things right to get this far & he has got a nice flow. (Tulib is my boy) but that is too close for comfort, J. B rest gurl just rest up a bit make us miss you like Alicia. Actually I think it’s passed that both of you just retire.

  • Notch

    lol @ marine..arent u suppose to be serving and protecting?? instead you are on a gossip site talking about a rapper you aint never met, arguing with a bunch of ladies.

  • scorpio

    dude’s swagger is like no other PERIOD!!

  • Brit

    B needs less he needs more of the special effects. I have way too much time on my hands…… !

  • NubianGoddez

    Cosign with Sun Goddess!! Love those lips when you get kissed by those lips, you will remember why the Goddess/Gods created us with such full lips………

  • http://www.IStayConfused.com I Stay SMH

    someone on here speaks as clearly as “Macho”

    we don’t know what youare saying

  • Brit

    To whom are you referring?

  • http://www.IStayConfused.com I Stay SMH

    Ahahahahahahahaha!

  • Laleezy

    LMFAO @Me that Who…

  • Bahama Mama

    LMAO….hey where is Macho?

  • Just Sit And Be Pretty

    I Stay…LMAO, I was thinking the same thing!! You know it’s bad when you read a post and can’t figure out WTH the author is saying. LOL, I read it twice and still didn’t get it.:-) Macho, is that you?

  • Brit

    If Jay z’s eyes were slightly smaller he would be a spitting image of Alf! How bizarre his woman is more famous for a her visual & constant exposure (in every sense)and him – well….. Clearly not the case!

  • John

    Man look like he can slap the sh** out of somebody so Y’all best be cool with your comments!! LOL!!

  • Curly Fries

    I almost lost my hearing when he referred to himself as “the Black Brad Pitt”. Oh, and I definately hear what you’re saying. There’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with having strong Black features. It’s YT’s brainwashing that has turned some of our Black brothers in sisters into self-hating suckas. But I Elba has strong Black features, and he’ as fine as hell!!

  • Curly Fries

    ***CORRECTION

    “Idris Elba has strong Black features….”

  • kai

    First off that is one OGLY MOTHA F*CKA! My heart almost skipped a beat when I scrolled down. Im sorry but he looks like Jar jar Binks. And its not that im hating because I dont really care about the man, but lets be real here hes got loads of cash, but GOT DAMMIT he looks like jar jar banks…

  • kai
  • Brit

    Kai- hilarious- cracking up! but be careful I have been warn “streetz are watching”

  • kai

    No dont get me wrong but I dont like calling people ugly and furthermore I dont have a vendetta against him or beyonce cuz ah dont care but that man looks like jar jar binks NO ONE can deny that I dont care how much swagger, big dicks big ass lips I dont care..JAR JAR BINKS!!

  • Just Sit And Be Pretty

    I Stay, I’m ROFLMAO @ “I must before told all you again. diddy has get space time rocks shyt purple Sienna any before”

    Hilarious because you’re sooooo on point.:-)

  • http://www.IStayConfused.com I Stay SMH

    LOL…some random ridiculousness for REAL!

  • Brit

    lol Too much, too bloody much!I can see what his thinking up those nostrils- they were made to enhale some serious oxygen. Just playing peeps. I’m hating because I’m a poor struggling student and his rich successful star! Money helps lack of doesn’t!

  • joe

    women find him attractive…SMH

  • http://lacydpage.hi5.com lacyd

    His lips are so big, he can’t even close his mouth all the way. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That’s my nice deed of the day.

  • moxpoe1

    Jay-Z and the rest ‘em rappers need to own up. They were/are sincere when they talk about keeping it real and he knows it. If he’s going to backpeddle do with a backbone and own up to this mess they have created.

    Even Nicky Barnes and his rival of the day openly recognize that they destroyed their own community.

  • get it

    I luv him! he’s good 2 me …at least his smart and i can deal with that.

  • vam

    Oh I see…It’s now just ENTERTAINMENT huh. So after all these years of rappers battling to see who is more real or who keeps it real, it was all just for entertainment. You don’t have to tell me cause anyone with half-a-brain knows that nearly all rappers from the time we started rappin’ aren’t the gangsters they claim to be. No big revelation there. And Jay-z is definately no exception. Dabbling in the drug game for a couple years don’t make you no gangster, period.

  • vam

    Just makes you wonder if Beyonce really can see this dude for what he looks like rather than the dollar bills he represents. Cause damn, that is one ugly CAMEL. They need to have a reality show like Flavor of Love, so maybe we can get an understanding of what the hell she is thinking. Beyonce definately leaves a lot to be desired in her choices.

  • Harlem World

    I’m glad that Jay-Z has truly shown how doo doo he really is. After all of the “keeping it real” he now admits he is a falsehood. Way to go you freakin’ idiot. That’s really what I was waiting for. Anyone can see that he is a fraud because he is supposedly from the projects but if you ever listened to him he sounds as if he grew up in Beverly Hills. Identity crisis for a long time now. Great moneymaker though… capitalizing off of the ignorance of the massess.. whoopdee doo! Choose Nas!!

  • Mahogany

    It seems an obvious assessment but some people really don’t know that it’s entertainment!!!

    I recall Bey saying in an interview (when she was actually talking about herself)that she was always the one who goes for the “weird and not so cute guys”.

    He does have a nice smile Just Sit….

    I like a sense of humor in a guy personally….that can get a man a long way!

    lol

  • Bryant’s Gyrl

    Daaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmnnnnnnnnn…..Just Damn

  • VTORIRI

    There are cute people with big lips and there are ugly people with big lips (Jay Z) this dude needs to smile all the time and never, I mean never, never, never, never, never, do close ups in his remaining life with money or without money. And you people always want to talk about Beyonce, this is why she is still on tour and thinking about doing another CD, probably a movie and then another movie after that and another tour for her up and coming CD and thinking about opening another clothing line until she is 100. This is why she is so busy with her life, so the next time you want to say B go take a break; think about this picture and just say you go girl…………..

  • VTORIRI

    I forgot, Now that’s some birth control for you right there………

  • Bahama Mama

    Harlem World

    Ur a moron!

    That is all.

  • AND…

    Bahama Mama

    Harlem World

    Ur a moron!

    That is all.

    ____________________________________

    Cosigning. Stereotyping someone based on how they speak. WTF?!??!?!

  • http://www.sitfu.com sitfu.com

    Nicely put Jay.

    sitfu.com

    Taking a Closer Look at the Stories Ignored by the Mainstrean Media

  • Vanessa2

    Food for thought: How can anyone refer to Ghandi as a man of peace, when as a Sgt. Major in the British Army in South Africa he participated in the 1906 British war against the black Zulus.

  • http://lacydpage.hi5.com lacyd

    @ VITORIRI

    Aww, that was too funny!!!

  • JillyBean819

    Two words…

    ZOOM OUT!

  • scorpio

    @ bahama mama, i was about to write the same thing.

    @ harlem world, what do you mean he sounds like he’s from beverly hills?

  • scorpio

    @ vanessa2…. HUH!??!?!? where the hell did that even come from?

  • FAITH

    he’s been a wanksta since reasonable doubt…everything that he say happened with him was what he saw peeps go thru…he’s a fake and is about to be put on BLAST in a few weeks…ya heard it here first!

  • HOLLA

    ^*atrocity

  • Just Sit And Be Pretty

    ^^Holla, punctuation marks exist for a reason!! :-)

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCuApZn89AU Bobby Brown Baby momma

    Jay-Z please stop

  • http://www.viewparkonline.com Angie

    They always want it both ways. To get credibility they say they are only speaking the truth and then to evade responsibility they say its only entertainment.

  • Miss Dee (Not faded…)

    Another album that is pure FYYAH!!!! Keep doing your thing Jay!!!!

  • Reformed GammaRay

    there is trickery going on folks..

  • Shay

    Next time put up a warning before you post a high resolution pic of Jay

  • http://lacydpage.hi5.com lacyd

    Does he turn down photoshop, or it that just the best they can do??

  • ray ray

    Like Biggie said, “Heart throb never, black and ugly as ever; however, I stay Gucci down to the socks…”

  • nono

    this man is not good looking at all. wonder if Bey would even notice his ass if he was a broke nicca on the streetz!

  • http://vimby.com mikamuyo

    why are his lips so gd ashy

    where’s his freaking stylist?

    is that’s whats hot in the streets?

  • 4 Real Tho

    damn!! I need a compare & contrast – btw him and Shabba Ranks … C who’s got the most natural God given halloween costume

  • DM

    Dang, I thought I was looking at a pit bull!

  • Corree

    You all need to leave J alone. Is that the best pic? No. Did he ask to be born with those strong features?

    No. Would Bey date him if he were Joe blow on the street? No. But Bey probably wouldn’t date Joe blow on the street if he looked like Boris Kojoe because he’s not in her league, and she certainly doesn’t stay with Jay because of the money, since she damn sure has her own. She’s with Jay because she loves him and he probably treats her better than any of you could ever be treated by a man.

  • TopThat!

    Well we know that but I guess its good because white people listen to him and they dont know that.

  • DANA

    he should really smile on ALL of his photos! he has a nice smile. do we really need to be THAT close up on the close up! jay-z and lil wayne, 2 mofo’s that i never want to see that close!

  • BennyJ

    Child: Mommy why does he say that all that horrible stuff rappers say isn’t real?

    Mother: Because he’s already made his millions so he can now tell everyone about the great lie that contributed to the downfall of african american youth.

    Child: I like him mommy, are there any more like him?

    Mother: Yes honey, there are so many of them, and some are even better at misleading those african americans that him. Sleep tight honey. They’ll soon be a thing of the past, just like the Dodo bird.

  • Brit

    What I dont get is he has a team of people paid to make him look incredible, but um even with that in mind- this is the best they could do- it looks like a kodac moment- not the money shoot. Bored & back again

  • Brit

    Speak for yourself hun. I get treated well and the treats that he mostly provides is with in the music industry- every move the knowles family make are caculated- why wouldn’t he be a part of that- she may have grown to love him but we will obviously question her/their (stringe pullers) initial intention/motives. Her solo career/ their relationship- commenced around the same time. Business is business – music industry – is just a form of buiness!

  • arasiam

    the problem is he went his whole life with his mouth open and his bottom lip hanging down. now he looks like he has to force his lips to stay closed! DON’T THEY HAVE SOME KINDA SURGERY FOR THAT?!?!??

  • T

    Jay-Z is not that ugly. And I love Beyonce, she is my favorite singer. I think they make a great couple. The hottest chick in the game and THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE. Stop hat’n. Its Jay-Z. He can do whatever he wants.

  • nono

    @ 4 real tho

    “damn!! I need a compare & contrast – btw him and Shabba Ranks … C who’s got the most natural God given halloween costume”

    LMMFAO!!! i’m rolling on the floor with that one that is too classic!

  • http://www.myspace.com/t3pps t3pps

    I normally find Shawn quite hot, but those pics are damn unfl;attering.

  • ESL

    This picture is WAAAY to close!!!!!

  • http://mines TRUTH

    U GUYS ARE RIDICULOUS… I BET U HATE THE WAY U LOOK YOURSELF… WHEN I SEEN THE FIRST PICTURE I SEEN A LOOK THAT SAID THE MAN WAS DETERMINED NOT HIS FEATURES. YEA THOSE LIPS MADE MUSIC THAT MAD HIM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE>???

  • http://mines TELLS

    U GUYS ARE RIDICULOUS… I BET U HATE THE WAY U LOOK YOURSELF… WHEN I SEEN THE FIRST PICTURE I SEEN A LOOK THAT SAID THE MAN WAS DETERMINED NOT HIS FEATURES. YEA THOSE LIPS MADE MUSIC THAT MAD HIM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE>???

  • mandingo

    Of that insightful and positive message we all just read, the only thing you cats can speak on is jigga’s mug? Seriously…

    But yeah, dude is fugly tho ;)

  • Unkle Kracka

    Now im the furthest thing from racist but that niggra looks like the missing link between the cro magnon man and a alabama porch monkey. Here i thought it was oulawed for coloreds to mate with gorillas.

  • DiamondPrincess

    YaKno..He Ain’t All That Fyne But If Yall Really Think Bout It…Beyonce Is Not Lookin For His Money,Cause She Prolly Have More Than Him.And Because He Ugly She Might Be With Him Because She Luv Him

    Money Ain’t Everything And Sure Ain’t Beauty……………….

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