{"id":473736,"date":"2022-07-14T00:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T21:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jay-z-speaks-on-rap-retirement-who-am-i-to-shut-it-off\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T00:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T21:19:23","slug":"jay-z-speaks-on-rap-retirement-who-am-i-to-shut-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jay-z-speaks-on-rap-retirement-who-am-i-to-shut-it-off\/","title":{"rendered":"#JAY-Z Speaks On Rap Retirement: &#039;Who Am I To Shut It Off?&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f586ab5044\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f586ab5044\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jay-z-speaks-on-rap-retirement-who-am-i-to-shut-it-off\/#%E2%80%9CJAY-Z_Speaks_On_Rap_Retirement_Who_Am_I_To_Shut_It_Off%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;JAY-Z Speaks On Rap Retirement: &#039;Who Am I To Shut It Off?&#039;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJAY-Z_Speaks_On_Rap_Retirement_Who_Am_I_To_Shut_It_Off%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;JAY-Z Speaks On Rap Retirement: &#039;Who Am I To Shut It Off?&#039;&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/06\/jay-z-bitcoin-academy-marcy-residents-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"JAY-Z Speaks On Rap Retirement: 'Who Am I To Shut It Off?'\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Rich Fury\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nJAY-Z rarely grants interviews but thanks to having a tight bond with Kevin Hart, Hov agreed to sit down with the stand-up comedy dignitary for an episode in the second season of his\u00a0<em>Hart to Heart\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a teaser clip shared on Wednesday (July 13) the Roc Nation founder reflected on his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/11\/16\/arts\/music-superstardom-is-boring-jay-z-quits-again.html\">brief three-year hiatus<\/a> following 2003\u2019s <em>The Black Album\u00a0<\/em>and isn\u2019t closing the door on returning to the booth in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried that,\u201d he said of the 2003 retirement. \u201cI just needed a break. I was really burnt out at that time. I was releasing an album every year\u2026 I just looked up one day and was like, \u2018I\u2019m tired.\u2019 I had never been on a vacation until I wanna say 2000 \u2014 my whole life. I was really burnt out in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jay-Z Says He&#039;s Not Retired From Music: &#039;Who Am I To Shut It Off?&#039;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6YK5NJSfiGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hov doesn\u2019t know exactly what\u2019s ahead for him musically these days as he\u2019s not actively working on a project, but he isn\u2019t ruling out another album in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not actively making music or making an album or have plans to make an album, but I never want to say that I\u2019m retired,\u201d he admitted. \u201cIt\u2019s a gift, so who am I to shut it off?\u00a0And it may have a different form or interpretation. Maybe it\u2019s not an album, maybe it is. I have no idea, but I\u2019m just going to leave it open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JAY-Z\u2019s most recent solo album, <em>4:44<\/em>, celebrated its fifth anniversary in June. Look for the rest of the conversation to arrive on Thursday (July 14) when <em>Hart to Heart<\/em>\u2018s season two\u00a0hits Peacock with additional guests including Saweetie, Tracee Ellis-Ross, Pete Davidson, Chris Rock and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Michael Saponara\"><br \/>\nby Michael Saponara\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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