Jay-Z Quotes About Love, Hustling, Money, Life, Success, Business, Loyalty, Lyrics, Change & Family! As a rapper, Shawn Corey Carter is better known as Jay-Z. He is an American rapper and businessman from the United States who also achieved worldwide fame in the rap genre. In addition to being a well-known rapper, he’s also a businessman with a firm called ‘Roc Nation.’ After receiving a boombox as a birthday gift from his mother, he began to develop a love for music. He started improvising, writing songs, and mimicking prominent singers at the time.
He published his first studio album in 1996, ‘Reasonable Doubt.’ The album, which included classics like “Can’t Knock the Hustle” and “Brooklyn’s Finest,” is primarily regarded as one of the best albums of all time, even though the public did not well accept it at the time. Hard Knock Life’, of his second studio album, ‘Vol.2… with the release, he garnered even more popularity.
His records have sold over than 50 million copies worldwide, and he has won several prizes for his work. Many of his Albums have regularly appeared on significant lists, including the Billboard 200. His extensive discography is a testament to his dedication and relentless aspirational excellence.
He manages the 40/40 Club, Def Jam Records, Roc Nation Sports, Roc-A-Fella, and he is a certified NBA sports representative and a good businessman. Lately, Jay-Z was listed as one of the most successful musicians of the century, with 50 Cent, Nelly, and Eminem. Most of his art reflects snippets of his drug- and liquor upbringing. Jay-Z has become a multimillionaire musician despite his humble beginnings, and he continues to enthral listeners with his beautiful music.
Best Jay-Z Quotes
1. “I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.” – Jay-Z
2. “I believe that the energy you put out in the world, you get back.” – Jay-Z
3. “Only thing that’s on my mind, is who’s gonna run this town tonight.” – Jay-Z
4. “Some said ‘how’d you fly?’ I said from not being afraid of trying to fly” – Jay-Z
5. “Only two things can get you through this: that’s patience and persistence.” – Jay-Z
6. “Always be inspired.” – Jay-Z
7. “By far for me the most important thing is inspiration.” – Jay-Z
8. “Whenever inspiration won’t find you, you have to find it.” – Jay-Z
9. “Everyone needs a chance to evolve.” – Jay-Z
10. “Told me don’t wait on nobody, go get your own, so it’s me, myself, and my Microphone.” – Jay-Z
11. “I’m feeling like the worlds against me Lord, call me crazy, cuz strangely I love the odds – they gunning for me, they want to see me fall, they know my story, I been through it all, nights I felt like dying, but I ain’t crying, what didn’t kill me, made me strong as I am. I am. I am.” – Jay-Z
12. “There are 2 possibilities: 1 is that there’s more to life than the physical life, that our souls ‘will find and even higher place to dwell’ when this life is over. It that’s true, there’s no reason to fear failure or death. The other possibility is that this life is all there is. And if that’s true, then we have to really live it- we have to take it for everything it has and ‘die enormous’ instead of ‘living dormant’, as I said way back on ‘can I live’. Either way, fear is a waste of time.” – Jay-Z
13. “I try to work with brands that have some sort of partnerships there. I don’t do one off deals, but try to work on partnerships as opposed to one off endorsement deals.” – Jay-Z
14. “A wise man once told me luck isn’t some mystical energy that dances around the universe randomly bestowing people with satisfaction and joy, you create your own luck.” – Jay-Z
15. “The truth about talent is first, that it’s G-d Given. When you want to unleash that talent, your mind lets it go. Because its there. You have to have that belief that when you draw from that well of talent that it’s going to be there.” – Jay-Z
16. “Everyday hit every wave, like I’m Hawaiian. I don’t surf the net, no I’ve never been on MySpace, too busy letting my voice vibrate, carving out my space in this world.” – Jay-Z
17. “The record company would be my bridge to those people I could connect with, but they didn’t give me that bridge, so it was very important part of my career that we didn’t give up right there. That belief in myself, and belief that I had something to offer, so we built our own bridge, and I started my own record company.” – Jay-Z
18. “Next time you see the homie and his rims spinnin’, just know my mind is workin’ just like them…the rims that is.” – Jay-Z
19. “They say you put the right artist with the right track in the studio, leave the door cracked, and let G-d in.” – Jay-Z
20. “You have to find your genius level talent, and then to apply it in a way that supports that genius level talent.” – Jay-Z
21. “A wise man once told me don’t argue with fools, because from a distance you can’t tell who is who.” – Jay-Z
22. “I’m inspired by life, and all sorts of things. You could say something right now and it would inspire me to write a song.” – Jay-Z
23. “I have a lot of happiness, but that doesn’t mean that the two (money and happiness) equate to each other…they’re not tied to each other…”- Jay-Z
24. “Life is about balance, you have to have time for work, and time for play. If you don’t allow these two things to co-exist you have an imbalance.” – Jay-Z
25. “Either love me, or leave me alone.” – Jay-Z
26. “The genius thing that we did, was we didn’t give up, we didn’t say ‘Because these guys…’ we used that ‘What do they know’ approach, and didn’t give up.” – Jay-Z
27. “Instincts are really important in business. I didn’t go to any business school 101 or anything like that, I pretty much just followed my instincts.” – Jay-Z
28. “Do me a favor. Don’t do me no favors. I handle mine.” – Jay-Z
29. “I’d rather live enormous than live dormant.” – Jay-Z
30. “I see I said, jealousy I said, got the whole world mad at me, I said to my one of a kind self.” – Jay-Z
