
You can now add author to Jay-Z's track record! His first book "Decoded" hit shelves today. The 336 pages explain meaning and the stories behind many of his infamous lyrics. Decoded is not only being published as a hardcover (Spiegel & Grau) but as an eBook as well. Peep an excerpt from the book the
NY Post had published about Jay's experience smoking with Biggie:
Biggie made a cameo appearance in the 1996 video for “Ain’t no N - - - a,” which Jay-Z was filming with Foxy Brown in Miami just when he started to break. Jay-Z says he looked down on smoking pot as counterproductive, and only did so on vacation. “I could count the number of times I’d smoked trees,” he writes. But when Big asked him to smoke, he said to himself, “Relax, you’re not on the streets anymore.” So he smoked, and got stoned out of his mind just before the video started shooting. Laughing at his formerly sober friend, Biggie leaned in and whispered in Jay-Z’s ear: “I got ya.” It took Jay-Z 20 minutes in his room to gather his wits. Later he told his friend: “Never again my n - - - a.”
This is going to be a good read. Sweet image of Andy Warhol's "Rorschach" as the cover, Can't wait to grab a copy!