JAY-Z recently opened up about the possibility of his return to the studio, telling Gayle King that his creation of new music should serve a higher purpose.<\/p>\n
The rapper spoke to King for a CBS Mornings<\/em> interview, reiterating that he is still wants to make music, “but it has to be something important.” Hov continued, “I don\u2019t wanna just make a bunch of tunes. That\u2019s not gonna serve me and it won’t feed me, first of all.” When asked by King about what feeds him, he shared, ” I have to be saying something important. It has to mean something, you know? It has to mean something to a larger society.”<\/p>\n “Like\u00a04:44\u00a0<\/em>for example,” he added, referring to his 2017 record that also marks his latest solo effort, “it was a personal story. But the amount of vulnerability in there allowed for a lot of people to explore the space.”<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the interview, he talked about the “fight of his life” as he attempted to regain his masters. \u201cI get why people do it,\u201d he said of the artists who recently sold their masters for millions of dollars. \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate enough to make money in this place, but for me, it was the fight of my life.\u201d He explained that it was one of his conditions when he took on the role of Def Jam president, \u201cFrom being an independent company from the beginning and then going through the Def Jam system, not really understanding how that works and them having my masters, then going back to Def Jam as the president and then saying, \u2018Okay, I\u2019ll do this job and part of this job is my masters to revert back to me.’”<\/p>\n \u201cI want my kids to see my work. If they decide to sell it, then it\u2019s up to them,” he added.<\/p>\n “I think what matters most today is being a beacon and helping out my culture, people of color. I think I pull the most satisfaction from that,” he said later in the interview. “Making music early was my first love. I could sit there for hours and it could consume me…that’s why my pace was so fast, I had so much material. And I think, now, the idea of taking that platform and reproducing it for others or doing something like reform, etcetera etcetera, I derive the most joy from that.”<\/p>\n View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by CBS Mornings (@cbsmornings)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n