Super Soul Special: Oprah’s Master Class: Jay Z

Oprah's Super Soul

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Original Air Date: July 18th, 2018 Rapper, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur and hip-hop mogul Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter charts his unlikely rise from the Brooklyn projects to superstardom, sharing what he's learned along the way. Since 1996, the 21-time Grammy winner has dominated an evolution in popular culture, with more than 35 million records sold and 14 number one Billboard hits (second only to the Beatles). Candid, raw and real, Jay-Z offers personal revelations about integrity, failure and why knowing your truth is everything. He reflects on the challenges of growing up without a father and how they made their peace before his father's death. The entertainer offers his thoughts on the healing power of hip-hop and why we all must search for our own truth. Jay-Z says, "Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation of everything great." Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	All the odds would say, Jay-Z should not be the man he is today.
0:05.0	Born in one of the toughest parts of Brooklyn,
0:08.0	raised without a father, selling crap by the time he was 13.
0:13.0	If he came from the Marcy projects where Jay-Z grew up
0:16.0	and you were a young male, there was a very good chance
0:18.0	that you could end up in jail or dead.
0:22.0	But Jay-Z was different.
0:24.0	By the time he was 26, he had his own record label.
0:27.0	And now, in his 40s, he's a music icon, a hip-hop legend,
0:32.0	and a self-made man.
0:34.0	He started his own entertainment company, his own clothing line,
0:37.0	founded a scholarship fund, married Beyoncé,
0:40.0	and has a network of over $150 million.
0:44.0	But his material success isn't actually the most impressive thing about him.
0:48.0	It is, I believe, that he was able to transcend his environment
0:54.0	and became someone who truly believes in himself
0:58.0	and inspires others to do the same.
1:03.0	Everybody has a story, and there is something to be learned
1:06.0	from every experience.
1:09.0	Use your life as a class.
1:12.0	This is Masterclass with Jay-Z.
1:16.0	I think excellence is being able to perform
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