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Rapper turned entrepreneur Jay-Z was named KING of GQ’s “Men Of The Year 2011″. They obviously spoke to him before the whole Occupy Wall Street T-shirt fiasco (LINK HERE), but they did mention the talk of excess in his latest album, Watch The Throne (w/ Kanye West) and of course Beyonce’s pregnancy. Check out some provided snippets below and link to the full article too…

JAY-Z ON WORKING w/ KANYE FOR ‘WTT‘:
“I think he just can’t help himself,” Jay says. “He puts so much into everything, and he’s like, ‘You have to treat it like I treat it.’ It drives you crazy sometimes—like when you’ve put 75 versions of a snare on one song and he’s like, ‘No!’ and you’re like, ‘Come on, man.’ ”

ON HIS FATHER LEAVING & HOW IT AFFECTED HIM:
“If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts—but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real,” Jay says. “Not to say it’s any better—but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.”

“[I talked about] what it did to me, what it meant, asked him why. There was no real answer. There was nothing he could say, because there’s no excuse for that. There really isn’t. So there was nothing he could say to satisfy me, except to hear me out. And it was up to me to forgive and let it go.”

ON WHY HE & BEYONCE ANNOUNCED PREGNANCY ON VMAS:
“It was actually Bey who wanted to [announce] it,” Jay says. “You want to be in control of your life.”

JAY ON WHETHER OR NOT HE’LL PUT A CAR SEAT IN THE MAYBACH:
“Yeah,” Jay smiles. “Wouldn’t that be great? That would be a great picture.”

[ READ FULL ARTICLE: GQ ]

The magazine is supposed to hit stands on November 22nd.