What did we learn from the Jay Z Interview?
Here are 10 takeaways from Letterman’s interview with Jay-Z. 1. Jay is into acknowledging his influences – but not into talking shit. Early in the interview, Letterman likens Jay-Z to Picasso and asks the rapper to select his Matisse. “There’s so many great people,” Jay-Z replies.
Where did Jay Z grow up in the projects?
“ [Crack] was everywhere in the neighborhood,” Jay-Z tells Letterman when he’s asked about growing up in the projects and turning to dealing in order to get by. He was recruited by a local bodega owner to be a dealer, and started making trips to Trenton and selling drugs. “No one survives that,” Jay-Z notes.
Where did Jay Z record with Jaz-O?
“No one survives that,” Jay-Z notes. “You were either going to jail or you were gonna get killed.” But fate intervened when he headed to London to record with the rapper Jaz-O, also from Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects, who had a deal with EMI records.
What did Jay Z say to David Letterman?
Jay is into acknowledging his influences – but not into talking shit. Early in the interview, Letterman likens Jay-Z to Picasso and asks the rapper to select his Matisse. “There’s so many great people,” Jay-Z replies.
Why was Jay thrown away in the serial case?
It was obvious to Jay that the police were looking at him as a possible suspect. Jenn had already told the cops that Jay was throwing away shovels and clothes after Adnan had, supposedly, disposed of Hae’s body by himself — and the cops knew, even if Jenn didn’t, that Jay’s story about not being involved in the burial was utter horseshit.
Why was Jay’s testimony not credible evidence of?
But that doesn’t change the fact that the state’s evidence was based entirely on the uncorroborated testimony of a self-acknowledged liar with a motive to falsely incriminate Adnan. The state has itself acknowledged that Jay was the alpha and the omega of its case against Adnan.
Why was Jay’s second interview different from the first?
In Jay’s second interview — which, again, was radically different from what was said in his first interview, and also radically different from what he would later say in his third — Detective MacGillivary pointed out all of the known lies that Jay had told so far, and asked Jay why he had not simply told them the truth during his first interview.
Why did Jay not tell the truth about Hae’s murder?
Well, since not testifying against Adnan could very well have resulted in Jay serving the life-plus-thirty sentence that Adnan got, I’m going to say yes, he did in fact have a bias that might cause him to not tell the truth about Hae’s murder. It was obvious to Jay that the police were looking at him as a possible suspect.