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Jay-Z on the ‘Real Themes’ of His Music
22.8K views· 871 likes· 2:12· May 2, 2026
Throughout Jay-Z’s three-decade career, the emotional engines of his music have remained the same. “My locations have changed. But who I am as a person and what I believe in, none of that’s changed,” he told the New York Times Magazine. Jay-Z is one of the New York Times Magazine's 30 greatest living American songwriters.
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