Jay-Z can add another accolade to his stacked trophy case, as Hov was named among the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters by The New York Times on Tuesday (April 28).
As part of the honor saluting Hov’s illustrious pen, Jay granted The Times a rare interview, which finds him touching on being the architect behind plenty of his hits, as well as anthems for fellow rap superstars like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
“The first time I wrote a rhyme that I thought I could do it was, ‘I’m the king of hip-hop/ Renewed like Reebok/ The key and the lock with words/ So provocative as long as I live.’ When I caught that pocket, I was like, ‘Oh, I got this,'” Jay recalled about the first time he felt he could master his craft. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Ironically enough, Hov did it all without a pen — coming up with double and triple-entendres, masterful wordplay and memorable bars that have been stained in the memories of rap fans going back three decades, and doing it all off the dome.
Jay digs into his creative process, which brought him from the corner to the boardroom, as the Brooklyn legend evolved into a hip-hop billionaire and respected business mogul over the course of his hall-of-fame career. After all, he is a business, man.
“Success hasn’t changed my approach to music,” he contested. “I’ve always felt like my aspirations were ahead of where I was currently. Even with all of the success, I’m still like, ‘No, no, no. This is our place.’ This is where we belong, this is our place.”
From bricks to Billboards — 105 Billboard Hot 100 entries to be exact — from grams to Grammys, Hov’s just about seen it all in the rap game. And he’s back outside in 2026, where he’ll be performing at Roots Picnic and a trio of Yankee Stadium shows this summer.
Other artists to make the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters include Young Thug, Kendrick Lamar, Dolly Parton, Mariah Carey, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Missy Elliott, Lionel Richie, Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Lana Del Rey.
Here are seven things we learned from Jay’s Times interview.
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