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Jay-Z Opens Up To Oprah About His Family Drama
Posted on Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:50 AM PDT
Jay-Z already did an interview with Oprah in O Magazine, and now the music mogul has sat down with the talk show queen for an upcoming episode of her show. Beyonce's hubby reveals all sorts of details about his troubled childhood, and how making amends with his father helped him find his way to the love of his life.
Jay-Z's father left home when he was just 11 years old, and the rapper told Oprah:
- "I just felt anger at the whole situation. Because when you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again. So I remember just being really quiet and really cold. Never wanting to let myself get close to someone like that again. I carried that feeling throughout my life, until my father and I met up before he died."
Jay-Z later found it his father lived only 10 minutes down the road from him, and it wasn't until his mother Gloria stepped in that the two were able to reconnect. On their reunion, Jay said:
- "When my mom set up this meeting, I told her he wouldn't come - and the first time, he didn't. At that point, I was really done, but mum pushed for another meeting because she's just a beautiful soul. The second time, he showed up. And I gave him the real conversation. I told him how I felt the day he left. He was saying stuff like 'Man, you knew where I was.' I'm like, 'I was a kid! Do you realize how wrong you were? It was your responsibility to see me.' He finally accepted that."
Several months after their meeting, Jay-Z's father passed away, but he tells Oprah that their final meeting has helped him free himself and true love with his lady Beyonce.
Wow! Who knew Jay-Z could open up like that? Leave it to Lady O to get an interview like that?
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Comments
If you want to know anything about Jay-Z don't expect to hear anything from Oprah except what she wants you to hear. She asks a question then adds leading and suggestions ideas on how it should be answered.
Oprah: Ask a question then shut up and listed to the answer.
Sorry about the typos in the above.
...suggestions and ideas on how... and
Should be: Ask a question then shut up and LISTEN to the answer.
He seems like such a goog guy! I can certainly understand why Beyonce married him.
He seems like such a goog guy! I can certainly understand why Beyonce married him.
I wonder how many times he see's his son. You know the one he claimed it was not his.
I love Oprah, but what a horrible interview she did. Yes, she took issue w/ the N word, which was good of her, but nothing about the innocent fur animals that he likes to dress in or he incorporates into his clothing line, or that is protege Kanye (a gay fish) also likes to wear & incorporate fur into his clothing line along w/ Riana. She called him a nice guy-HA! WHAT KIND OF NICE GUY LIKES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CRUEL SLAUGHTERING OF ANIMALS IN PLACES LIKE CHINA WHERE THERE ARE NO ANIMAL LAWS. FOXES AND SUCH ARE BEING SKINNED ALIVE FOR THEIR FUR. HE'S A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING AND HE WILL BE JUDGED FOR IT WHEN THE TIME COMES!
Why do black fathers make terrible parents??????
Why do black fathers make terrible parents??????
Btw, Oprah is a fat, ugly cow!!!!!!!!
Jay-Z was at a Norwegian talkshow last night. You might find it on YouTube. He talked about his father, childhood, the hood etc...
wuz up gangsta? yo yo yo. wuz up an shit. shiiiit muh fugga. screw all of them