Before we get into a deep conversation about stealing art, I should say that I purchased every studio Jay-Z album from Sound Garden, my favorite record shop in Baltimore, and I lost those CD’s ...

JAY-Z on Returning to the Studio: “I Have To Be Saying Something Important”: The artist also opened up about regaining control of his masters and what matters most to him nowadays.

King asked what Jay-Z does feel feeds him, and he responded, “I have to be saying something important. It has to mean something. It has to mean something to a larger society. Like, 4:44, for ...