Jay-Z Recalls His Uncle Poking Fun At His Demo Tape

    Jay-Z is now halfway through his eight-gig residency at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Last night during the fourth show in the series, Hov took a break to recall how he played his first demo tape for his uncle and was met with skepticism. He explained that his uncle told him that he would never be better than LL Cool J, and took a beat to imply otherwise.

    “My first demo tape I played for my uncle, and he said “N**ga, get out! You never gon be better than LL Cool J,” he said. “Now, LL Cool J is a bad m*thafucker… I’ll just leave that alone.”

    He continued with some inspirational words that he has echoed on previous nights, telling the audience that everyone is a genius at something, only they have to discover their hidden talents.

    Watch the clip below (via Miss Info).

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    51 thoughts on “Jay-Z Recalls His Uncle Poking Fun At His Demo Tape

    1. Bet his uncle hates on the rest of the fam, since hov takes care of them all lol. And yes Jay-z is better than LL

    2. He’s talkng bout his Uncle Joe that lives in Fort Greene projects. Nice guy but he has a bad crack habit. For the reord Jay-Z never gave his uncle a fucking penny!!!!!

    3. So ambitious :

      Even betters what my uncle did,
      I pop my demo tape in start to beat my head,
      Peaked out my eye, see if he was beating his,
      He might as well say beat it kid, hes on the list,
      Its like Im searching for kicks like a sneaker head,
      He gon keep pushing me until I reach the ledge,
      And when I reach the ledge I’ll tell em all to eat a d-ck,
      Take a leap of faith and let my eagle wings spread,
      Spread spread.

    4. Say what you want Haters, but you know you will listen to Jay-Z’s next album there was a rumor it was Blueprint 4 but who knows whatever its called I am getting that Legend’s Album…

      1. Nope, never really been a fan of him to be honest. Respect him though as he is a great writer but I personally wouldn’t put him up there with the greats and into “Legend” status.

        He can market like a mother fucker though but hey he is a business… man!

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