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Jay-Z Opens Up About His Personal Life and His Rise to Fame in “Decoded”

Jay-Z has always been pretty private when it came to his personal life. But the rapper is opening up in a big way with his new book “Decoded,” a first-person memoir (over 336 pages) that includes a rundown his life from his childhood in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects to his years as a drug dealer to becoming a world-famous hip-hop superstar.
The NY Post was able to snag a few excerpts from the book, where Jay-Z talks about dealing crack for 60 hours straight, getting high with Biggie, his relationship with his father, meeting Oprah, making friends with President Obama, and much more. Hov even touches on a 1999 incident when he “blacked out” and stabbed someone out of anger. Check out a few of the revealing excerpts below:

Dealing crack as a teenager and getting arrested for the first time:

Jay-Z for President? 'Maybe,' He Says

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In an interview with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, Jay-Z hinted at running for President in the future. He told host Natalie Jamieson this morning,

"Give me a chance...Maybe in eight years, I'll be the President."