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Jay-Z says he is feeling Fantastic since turning 40

Jay-Z – whose real name is Shawn Carter – also admitted he refuses to let his fame get in the way of leading a normal life. Jay-Z feels “fantastic” since turning 40.

The ’99 Problems’ rapper, whose latest ‘Blueprint 3’ album topped the US charts, giving him more number one LPs than any other solo artist, reaches the landmark age last December and insists he is happy with it because his career is going so well.

Jay-Z Feeling Fantastic

Despite his massive success, the star, who is married to Beyonce Knowles, insists he manages to stay grounded, thanks to the attitudes of his family.

He said, “I feel fantastic about turning 40, I’m in a great place, got a fantastic album, my eleventh number one which beats Elvis, so I’m feeling like the king of pop.”

He added, “When people get success, the often start getting rid of their immediate circle who knew them to surround themselves with yes men and women and they get lost.I have great friends around to keep me grounded, fame is a drug and your feet can get lifted off the ground but I try to stay centred and whenever I start getting big headed, they stop me.

“My sisters act like I work for them, which is great but I pretty much keep myself in check.”

He said, “When you live your life in the spotlight people tend to think our success or who you are is not a real thing, I like people to know I am a real person. I just happen to have a talent for making music and a work ethic to match it.

“I try to approach everyday life, no matter what happens, whether there are 100 photographers or not, as normal. I still go out to eat and eat outside at places, no problem. Sometimes I snap but for the most part I’m cool with it, as long as people don’t invade your personal space I understand it comes with the business, it’s not a big bother.”

Jay-Z Responds to Beanie Sigel

Jay-Z has responded to the barbed words of Beanie Sigel, in the aftermath of a diss song called “What You Talkin Bout I Ain’t Your Average Cat at a Canadian Press conference.
Jay-Z appeared at Montreal’s Bell Centre to answer questions from writers and reporters.

Sigel, once a prominent rapper in Jay’s Roc-A-Fella Records, expressed a number of issues with his former comrade. These matters ranged from loyalty to allegations that he had Sigel removed from a concert in Philadelphia by police.
Jay-Z made no mention of most questions that bothered Sigel, but he did say he felt he helped his counterpart greatly in an interview with a Canadian site.
“Beanie Sigel, to be honest and you can look it up, just to be honest…was driving two Bentleys. I don’t know how,” Jay-Z said at a press conference to the Canadian Hip-Hop site. “Its impossible to drive two cars at the same time. With his momma in the sticks, selling 800,000. I don’t know what more you can do for somebody.”
“What people choose to do when they obtain that type of success, at some point you gotta look in the mirror and look at yourself,” Jay continued. “Beanie Sigel had a record deal, a record label and a clothing line…and never went platinum. Ever. I don’t know in the history of rap has anyone done so much with so little. So, I don’t know what more can you do for a person at that point. A record deal – that’s normal. A record label and a clothing line. If that’s not pushing the person…s**t.”
Friday morning, Sigel spoke to Philadelphia radio host Charlamagne Tha God and aired out his grievances, which seemed more about loyalty than any other topic.
“I think I held my tongue long enough about this whole Roc-a-Fella situation,” Sigel. “I was the realest thing that happened to the Roc. The Roc was just a rock. I brought the Fellas to Roc-a-Fella Records; Hot 97, State Prop, y’all remember. I brought the street cred to that. I fought all them battles: Jadakiss, Nas, Dipset. Anybody you woulda told me to go after. Matter of fact, you ain’t even have to tell me. I frontlined for that thing of ours, for that diamond that people was throwin’ up. I’da took a bullet at that time.”
Sigel also stated the he wasn’t really dissing Jay-Z even though some of his raps seemed to counter that assertion.
The displeased rapper explained, “I’m not really dissing Jay. It’s certain parts in there where my emotions … it’s an emotional record for me. When I listened to The Blueprint 3, I heard a lot of shots directed towards people.

Beanie Sigel disses Jay-Z

Just hours after Jay-Z fans in New York celebrated yet another landmark moment in his career – a performance with singer Alicia Keys at Yankee Stadium – many were glued to their radios and computers, as Jay became the topic of conversation for a much less glamorous reason.

Early Friday morning October 30, Hot 97′s DJ Kay Slay debuted a shocking Jay-Z diss record delivered by non other than Roc-a-Fella Records artist Beanie Siegel.

The track, titled “Average Cat” seems to be a response to “What We Talkin’ Bout,” the first track on The Blueprint 3.

Siegel responds directly to the line “Grown men wanna sit on my lap/but I ain’t got a beard and Santa Claus ain’t Black.”

While seeming to hold back on some of his grievances with Jay-Z, who he calls his “brother” in an explanation at the end of the song.

Siegel makes one clear accusation about the highly-publicized September 11 concert, during which Jay premiered his live performance of The Blueprint 3.

“The rapper Shawn called the police on me/cause I was front row at the Blueprint 3,” Siegel raps. “S**t, I just wanted to see him MC, and reminisce on when we was the R.O.C./But he called all the C.O.Ps, not only that, he brought out the F.E.Ds/So that’s telling me ‘F You Sieg,’/so F you too and F Bleek three.”

At the end of the track, during which Sigel also insinuates that he has information that could affect Jay-Z’s relationship with Beyonce, the “Broad Street Bully” addresses listeners directly, explaining why he decided to release the track.

“I think I held my tongue long enough about this whole Roc-a-Fella situation,” said a noticeably upset Sigel. “I was the realest thing that happened to the Roc. The Roc was just a rock. I brought the Fellas to Roc-a-Fella Records; Hot 97, State Prop, y’all remember. I brought the street cred to that. I fought all them battles: Jadakiss, Nas, Dipset. Anybody you woulda told me to go after. Matter of fact, you ain’t even have to tell me. I frontlined for that thing of ours, for that diamond that people was throwin’ up. I’da took a bullet at that time.”

He goes on to reveal that following his year-long prison stint in 2004 – during which Jay-Z apparently never visited or corresponded with him during – the longtime friends met to discuss Sigel’s release from Roc-A-Fella Records so he could pursue other opportunities.

According to Sigel, Jay offered him a financial incentive to remain on the struggling label’s roster. “I told you I ain’t want your money,” he said addressing Jay-Z directly.

“But you was in a position to let me get my own money, and you couldn’t do that,” Sigel claimed.

Whatever issues remain between the two artists, who have always appeared to be very close, Sigel has made it clear that they can be resolved.

“And don’t get it f***ed up: this ain’t the green light for everybody to start making diss Jay-Z record. I still got love for the n***a. This just me taking my brother out in the yard for 5 minutes,” he said in closing before screaming out “Roc-A-Fella for life.”

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