I Was Forced To Be An Artist And A Ceo From The Beginning, So I Was Forced To Be Like A Businessman Because When I Was Trying To Get A Record Deal, It Was So Hard To Get A Record Deal On My Own That It Was Either Give Up Or Create My Own Company.

-Jay-Z

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I Was Forced To Be An Artist

Jay-Z

I Was Forced To Be An Artist And A Ceo From The Beginning, So I Was Forced To Be Like A Businessman Because When I Was Trying To Get A Record Deal, It Was So Hard To Get A Record Deal On My Own That It Was Either Give Up Or Create My Own Company.

Topic

Giving Up

Artist

Trying

I Love That Because That's What I'm Supposed To Be Doing - Whether It's Accepted B Everybody Or Not. I'm Supposed To Be Pushing That Envelope And Trying New Things. And People Are Supposed To Say, Hov, You Might Have Went Too Far.

People

Growth

Trying