JAY-Z has at all times been referred to as somebody with supreme confidence, however even he was as soon as humbled within the presence of Michael Jackson — at the least, that’s how producer Rodney Jerkins remembers it.
Jerkins, who produced a very good quantity of Jackson’s 2001 album Invincible, recalled how Hov first linked with MJ in a brand new interview on The Almanac of Rap.
The connection finally resulted in JAY bringing Michael onstage at Summer season Jam 2001. However Jerkins instructed The Almanac of Rap host Donwill how it began.
“You remember when Michael was brought up onstage by JAY-Z?” Jerkins started. “Who do you think introduced JAY-Z to Michael?
“So I get the call from my man Big Chuck, who’s from Brooklyn, and Big Jon [Platt], the publisher — he’s now the CEO of Sony/ATV. And they were like, ‘Yo, JAY really want[s] to meet Michael. Can you make that happen?’ I was like, ‘I got you.’
“So I brought him up to the studio, took him to meet Michael. That was the most humble I ever seen JAY-Z in my life… I know JAY to be so cool, and you could tell it was a different thing when he got with Mike.”
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JAY-Z only recently obtained a brand new set of profession accomplishments when he obtained a bevy of RIAA certifications.
Final Friday (August 23), the Recording Business Affiliation of America formally bestowed platinum and multi-platinum certification on six of Hov’s most beloved singles. Of these, the one one to earn its very first indication of 1 million information offered was 2000’s “I Just Wanna Love You (Give It 2 Me).”
Laborious Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” hit the 2x platinum mark, whereas “99 Problems” is formally 3x platinum. The Brooklyn rapper’s Justin Timberlake-assisted “Holy Grail” is now 6x platinum, as is the anthemic “Run This Town,” that includes Rihanna and Kanye West.
The previous companions in rhyme additionally earned a 3x platinum certification for the Watch The Throne monitor “No Church In The Wild,” which options Frank Ocean on the hook.
