VIDEO: JAY-Z ON OPRAH

September 24th, 2009

After months of speculation and pictures, they finally aired the Jay-Z and Oprah Winfrey interview. The show was reportedly taped earlier this month, but also includes footage of their sit down interview that is featured in the latest issue of O Magazine.

Oprah and Jay speak on his rise to fame, Beyonce, the “N” word and they give an exclusive look inside Jay’s Rocawear offices. And make sure you see the part with Jay tries to teach Oprah to rap. LOL. Peep the rest of the interview below.

JAY-Z TRIES TO TEACH OPRAH HOW TO RAP

  1. 1.
    Philly

    Throws up Diamond…the Rulers Back! T4P…I love Jay!
    Jay-Z x Harpo + white folks = another 300,000 sold!!

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    Philly

    The ROC is in the building!! Platinum!~

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  3. 3.
    hello

    I love this man!!

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  4. 4.
    gottabetheflyest

    NOICE!

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  5. 5.
    AlexIS

    Great interview! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

    LOL! And Oprah trying to recite the freestyle was HILARIOUS.

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  6. 6.
    yoyo

    I love Jay-Z

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    Jay-Z was on Oprah today...

    Jay-Z really is charming, witty, and seemingly down to earth. I’m proud of you Jay!!!

    For real though, I’m LMAO at how he started to shoot the deuces to the audience members when he first walked out and then decided to wave his hand instead…he must have been thinking, “Damn! This ish just feel awkard shootin deuces at these old ass white women!”

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  8. 8.
    ♥♥PEACHEZZZ♥♥

    YESSS!!! THIS IS MY DUDE RIGHT HERE! LOVE HIM!

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  9. 9.
    Jay-Z was on Oprah today...

    Naw Jay, she [lady in the audience] said “SwaggA”; you said “SwaggER”. LOL!

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  10. 10.
    sistah4real

    Oprah is a hypocrite. She does not like rappers but since JayZ is a businessman as well sees him different. He is still a rapper first. I dont like her anyway so fake. But I like what he said about the N’word.

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  11. 11.
    Dame

    my boo he is witty, charming & funny
    I see y ppl r drawn to him
    he is great but I knew that already.
    so cute with the nephew & O rapping

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  12. 12.
    lovelife

    Damn, he is the coolest man alive! (next to my president). I love me some Jigga, that swagger is unbelievable!!!!!!!!

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  13. 13.
    beaute101

    Love Jay. Great interview Jay on Oprah, that’s hugh goes to show you how far he’s come. Very proud of him. For some reason I felt like he was nervous. it was really cute though. Go Jay. **as i throw up my roc sign** Damn Jay should have gotten Oprah to put up the Diamond. Mama Tina did it, Oprah’s next.

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  14. 14.
    I love jay!!

    Jay-Z on Oprah! I swear he’s so humble! Makes me to buy his album now on itunes.. BLUEPRINT 3 YA’LL !!HE’S THE BEST!!!! ;]

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    mel

    Jay-z and his nephew were so cute. Jay needs to be a DADDY Asap. Why is beyonce so selfish?? smh. “Lost One” is so true. She definitely loves her work more than him. Jay should have married a normal girl, so he could have bunch of kids already. i see the sparkle in his eyes, when he looks at lil kiddies. He wants some but unfortunately, he married a media hoee!

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  16. 16.
    stand up

    That man soooo intelligent. wow. he’s charming and witty.

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  17. 17.
    Kyla

    I made sure I watched Oprah today so I could see Jayyy!
    Love Jay-Z! Lol his laugh is so weird and ugly but I still love him!

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  18. 18.
    I LOVE THIS GAME

    Oprah is just outstanding , JAYZ what a Life , to Bad Jay Married B-fake .

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  19. 19.
    steez

    i lovee oprah, theres a lot of blk ppl in the audience
    unusuall lmao

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  20. 20.
    Top of The World

    I hope this interview dispelled the rumors that Rap artist are dumb and illiterate. He was very well spoken.

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  21. 21.
    J

    YEA JIGGAA! LOL
    CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS MAN IN CONCERT. LOVE HIM SO MUCH MORE NOW AFTER THAT INTERVIEW.

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  22. 22.
    Cindy

    Make that lemon pie!

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  23. 23.
    alex

    @ MEL

    That verse was about Rosario Dawson..

    Anyway, Jay loves that cardigan! That’s my man, though.

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    neon

    @mel wow sexist much? she worked hard for her career and needs to see it through. hard backward can you be in thinking that, for her to show love to him, she needs to pause her career and have babies while he continues to rap etc.? she’ll get to that. she’s young. right now, she needs to enjoy the career that she worked her whole life for.

    anyway i like jay’s personality.
    and they brought up good points about the n-word. i personally don’t like the word but i do understand jay’s side.

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  25. 25.
    neon

    i meant “how” not “hard” lol

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  26. 26.
    JstBReal

    I actually liked seeing his interview because I thought he would come off real guarded and arrogant, but he didn’t. I liked seeing the Rocawear office and how cool and calm he was sitting there with Oprah. I wish Oprah would open up the invites to other rappers now like Ludacris and Common.

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  27. 27.
    Queen Bee

    DAMN.! @ 14..I agree with you 100%.!

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    lookslike

    Oprah needs a good lay.

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  29. 29.
    RedbonegotthatKillBill

    Hmmm its Oprah and she can do what she wants but I just feel its a lil hypocritical to have Jay on and not Ice Cube. Both came from rags to riches, both use some form of bitch or hoe or they use Niggam both have either sold drugs really or rapped about their supposed “bad ways”. Jay has a video portraying the Illuminati whether directly or indirectly. Ice Cube makes family movies.

    I just don’t get it.

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  30. 30.
    Jasmine

    I liked the interview. I’m tired of people saying Beyonce should rush and have kids. I think Beyonce is only 27 or 28. She has 12 to 13 years to have kids. Beyonce is married and can have kids whenever. I think she is smart in waiting to have kids till when both Jay-Z and her are ready to devote time and attention to starting a family rather than just one of them being ready. Also, how does the public even know whether or not she has already began trying to have kids?

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  31. 31.
    WelfareCase

    Wow , hip hop has helped race relations! Wrong! Just cuz white, asian, mexican or whatever folks are entertained by us doesnt mean they are not racist, they just are that entertained. Me personally, I think rap music has brought about more racism than ever. Some rap, not all, but some bring more stereotypes of us being drug dealers, abusers, robbers and sluts. Just becaus other races listen to our music doesnt mean they dont go home and still call us “n” at the dinner table. They still dont hire us ! Racists whites have loved sexn our women and listening to jazz just as long as the entertainers came through the back door and the sex was in the dark. Rap helping race realtions yeah right. Obama and blacks achieving success by defying stereo types by getting degrees, curing diseases and winning difficult law cases, that helps race relations.

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  32. 32.
    Tiff.Will. [TIFFANY.WILLIAMS]

    Jay-Z is SUCH a charming man. He is very intelligent, respectful, confident, and of course hilarious. Beyonce found her self a GREAT MAN!

    Jay’s swagger ALONE makes him “Michael Ealy” fine. IMO. It just goes to show you that appearance isn’t everything (although I do believe people over exaggerate..he is fairly attractive looking). He carries himself very well..and it is VERY attractive. A LOT of girl like Jay. MANY! And it is not because he has “A body” but just HIM all together makes him SO attractive. I can’t get enough of him, literally. LOVE IT!

    The interview was good. I think it could have and should have been longer but it was an overall good interview. His office looks very soothing..GOD I LOVE THIS MAN!

    Oprah is Oprah.

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  33. 33.
    yeah

    jAYZS FACE IS NOT THE MOST FINEST THING ON EARTH ALMOST UGLY BUT SURPRISINGLY IS SMILE IS GORGEOUS AND HIS SWAG IS IMPRESSIVE HE GOT A SERIOUS LOOK WHICH IS ALMOST SCARY SOMETIMES BUT AWWW HE IS ADORBALE LOOKS LIKE A TEDDY BEAR REALLY SMART ONE THOUGH THATS WHY B FELL SO HARD IN LOVE HE IS SMART AND NICE. HE SUCCEEDS WELL IN HIS LIFE DAMN HE HAS HIS OWN EMPIRE AND BEYONCE HAS HERS TALKIN ABOUT A POWERFUL COUPLE.

    HE IS A SWEET GUY FOR REAL THE GANGSTA IMAGE IS JUST AN IMAGE I THINK HE IS GANGSTA CUZ OF LIFE BUT BY NATURE HE IS ADORABLE.

    NOW I ONLY WISH SHE WOULD ASK HIM ABOUT RELIGION AND THOSE RUMORS OF YALL KNWO WHAT AND IF HE BELIEVES IN GOD CMON OPRAH WHERE IS THE CONTROVERSY?? lol

    AND DUMB BISHES JUST STOP WITH THE BEYONCE DOESNT WANT KIDS RRUMORS THE MAN OBVIOUSLY DOESNT FEEL THE NEED TL BE FATHER RIGTH NOW HE IS RICH AS PHUCK BEFORE B HE COULD HAVE A LOT OF BABY MAMAS LOOK AT LIL WAYNE HIS PREVIOSU GIRLFRIEND HAD A MISCARRIAGE AND HE SAID IT DIDNT AFFECT HIM A BIT BECAUSE THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER LEFT THEM REALLY TOUCHED HIM. HE IS A MAN HE CAN HAVE PLENTY OF KIDS EVEN AT 90 YEARS AND THEY ARE PHUCKIN RICH NO PROBLEM THERE BEYONCE IS VERY YOUNG 28 IS YOUNG AND SHE IS HAVING HER MOMENT MARIAH NOR JANET MARY J HAVE KIDS AND WERE OR ARE MARRIED CELEBS WITH BABIES MAJORITY OF THEM WERE PREGNANT IN THEIR LATE 30S SO PLEASE LEAVE BEYONCE ALONE I DOTN THINK THEY ARE READY FOR KIDS.

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  34. 34.
    Mikki

    This was a great interview, Jay is the man

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  35. 35.
    yeah

    AND IM SURE OPRAH PAID HELLA MONEY FOR SECURITY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE AND ALL LOL BUT HER HAIR LOOKS AMAZING WOW LOVE IT

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    Tiff.Will. [TIFFANY.WILLIAMS]

    @29 Jasmine

    THANK YOU! 100% Co-Sign.

    Who are these people to tell Beyonce when she should have children? Really. She is 28 years old for crying out loud! I think you youngings are getting TOO comfortable with seeing TEENAGE girls having babies. Not like Beyonce is a teen, but you all are getting too used to seeing younger women pregnant. Beyonce is a hardworking woman as we all know and she LOVES what she does. Why should she completely pause her career to have children at the time where she is slaying the game without trying?

    Another thing, you people need to realize that you can’t force a woman to have a child. Children don’t come in little packages that you can return if you don’t want them. Having a child changes your life completely..forever. If Beyonce says she is in a very happy and comfortable place right now..why should she change that? Should she have a child because YOU want her to have one?

    Yeah Jay might want one but there is 2 to a relationship. He wants one now, she doesn’t. If she was selfish, she wouldn’t want children at all. Like Jennifer Aniston. HOWEVER, she wants children, she says it all the time. Just not now. How hard is that to understand?

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    TOONS

    ——Oprah is so inappropriate. “So where do you put it, can you tell me?” Where does one put fragrances Harpo, what kind of explicit question is that?

    ——And what the heck is a “good drug dealer?”
    ——She’s such a hungry happy hippo hypocrite. Hungry for that dollar bill. I guess misogyny is fine now because it’s on your terms? Oprah only loves and adores him because he follows her logic of divinity within one’s self without the need of a savior…Christ. Her fellow god that all of you worship and adore. They’re just like their father the devil, they have the need to be worshipped and recognized. Sad lost souls.

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  38. 38.
    mrs. sk8board p (ak & bk stan)

    Oprah is a fake.

    Jay is too cool. :-D

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  39. 39.
    POSITIVE CHICK

    I can see why Beyonce loves this guy. He is truly something, you just forget about everything when you talk to him

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    KEEP IT 100

    OPRAH SURE IS FAKE. SHE ONLY HAD JAY-Z ON HER SHOW BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY RAPPER WHO HAS JUST AS MUCH MONEY AS SHE DOES.

    PLUS I CAN’T TAKE ANY BLACK WOMAN SERIOUSLY THAT WOULD DO A SHOW RE-CREATING THE 1960′S AS IF IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME TO BE CELEBRATED. DID YOU FORGET WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING TO BLACK PEOPLE IN THE 60′S OPRAH? OR DID YOU FORGET YOU WERE BLACK? SELLOUT A$$.

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    ♥¸.•*´¨`*•.¸♥•.¸♥¸SHEENA♥ ¸.•*´¨`*•.¸♥•.¸

    I don’t know why people think he’s ugly. I think he is a good looking guy. I love his style. He has a great smile. His entier aura. The way he carries himself. Plus he is a self made man. I can’t help but respect his hustle. He is a great lyricist. I love his clothes, his cologne, ( I make my man wear it all lol). Plus he seems very confident. The type of guy you can take to the hood or to the white house and he can handle himself in any setting. Mmmm I’m getting turned on just thinking about him. I love Jay-Z. Stop calling him ugly.

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    ♥¸.•*´¨`*•.¸♥•.¸♥¸SHEENA♥ ¸.•*´¨`*•.¸♥•.¸

    *entire

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    POSITIVE CHICK

    Perfect comment Sheena! People are so attached to the outside

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  44. 44.
    backingbarack

    why are they trying to polish jay z??? make him acceptable in mainstream white america?

    his promo team is really working for him to sell records.

    he is not fooling me tho.

    this is the only time i will agree with oprah regarding the n word. in 5 years if ppl were using the word c*nt as a term of endearment im sorry but i dont want to be called that. the word should not be used at all.

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  45. 45.
    backingbarack

    she ripped off don cheadle and ludacris’ head when she asked them the same question but she will shake this demonic mans hand and agree to disagree with him? please!!

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  46. 46.
    I LOVE THIS GAME

    JAYZ WAS A BIG TIME DRUG DEALER , Wow ,,,,ppl like that are , very Hard Core greedy and Ruthless People , Boy B-FAKE found a good Match to keep that greedy side going .

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  47. 47.
    Kevin

    I guess he rellly meant it, when he said that marketing plan was me.I am not a Hov fan, but this dude is really the blueprint when it comes to making moves. I here people say he is a rapper first, well that is the problem with most rappers that is what they stay.This dude is a business, rapping was the plat form and with anybody who has any sense, once you get a foot in the door, you buy the building. He is right you can’t knock the hustle. real talk

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  48. 48.
    Fancy

    I Love Jay Z!!!! I have for a very long time! He never disappoints me! I LOVE Blueprint 3! “On to the next one” is my jam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I LOVE THIS GAME

    Jayz is not all that but he’s trying ,,, I think Jayz is a strategic thinker , Because of his Drug dealing street lifestyle , and Most rap star’s came from that bull shit life , I would always watch my Back with a person that, had that kind of pass , ,,, , RIH ,RIH WATCH YOUR MONEY .

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  50. 50.
    beyonces true fan

    great n inspirational i love u j n love u b n oprah

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  51. 51.
    BEAUTY_U_LUV_IT

    I LOVE IT!!!! JAY-Z IS SO SMOOTH AND DOWN TO EARTH…GOTTA LOVE HIM!!!!

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  52. 52.
    Amazed

    Oprah’s hair is sooo distracting,beyond horrible. she needs to fire her hair stylist!/ Jay looks handsome…

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  53. 53.
    trigger

    jay did pull himself up by his booth strings and went from the streets to the board room . but so did a lot of the others and they are doing great things, i feel that oprah is not being fair to the other rappers out there. but its her show and she can put who ever she wants to on her show but new york is not the only city that have projects and people has risen up out of the projects to make something out of their lifes. what about the young man from a home of 10 or more children where the mom did day work and the dad was a carpentar and they have children where theres three or four thats holding some heavy weight degrees they pulled themselves up by their boot strings to oprah. and these people with degrees are doing very well for themselves nothing like rntertainers but yet they are very happy with their lives. oprah why don’t you honor some of our doctors, nurses, police, fireman, grocery store clerk in other some of the common folks thats out here in the in this big world.

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  54. 54.
    stand up

    Damn, he is the coolest man alive! I love me some Jigga, that swagger is unbelievable!!!!!!!!

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  55. 55.
    vox populi... common sense isn't that common

    Jay-Z is a cool guy. Even when he comes to do chatshows and radios in the UK, he just oozed swagger, charm, wit w/eva. I have an in depth knowledge of all his music but I like the guy. I can see why Beyonce is attracted to him. Looks fade anyways. lol

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  56. 56.
    felicia

    Ok PEOPLE…I actually gained respect for Jay…he seems intelligent laid back and cute…can you believe i said that. He has a nice and warm smile. Oprah seemed really impressed with him and not that fake shit she does with other people.

    I see why Beyonce is wooed over him..He’s charasimatic and tall. He does have nice lipe but that brother if talented and ectremely intellingent. A mogul. do the damn thing Jay.

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  57. 57.
    Who Cares?

    is Oprah’s hair real or weave? she always has good hair

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  58. 58.
    Jay-Z was on Oprah today...

    I don’t think Oprah’s fake. She can adapt/get comfortable with all different types of people and make them comfortable to be around her. That’s talent and skill. Just because she changes her mind on one thing or opens her mind up to things she may not have been open to before (eg, having rappers on her show) doesn’t mean she’s fake. Some of you need to be more open-minded about how you feel about some things and maybe you could get a taste of that lemon pie they talking about.

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  59. 59.
    Felicia

    I always loved him!!! He’s so intelligent and charming!! I enjoyed that interview

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  60. 60.
    Still Maintaining

    I’m just shocked that Oprah has a rapper on her show without having Bob green out there teaching him some healthy eating habits.

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