American - Musician | October 31, 1968 -
It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.
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When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit!
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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My breakdancing crew used to go to the mall and squat a piece of cardboard there; we had our jam box, and I'd spin on my head and make about forty bucks a day, which was pretty good back then. I was only 14 years old, so I would chase the girls around the mall and eat some pizza and have some change left over.
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Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.
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I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things I would change.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?
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I'm a Christian, but I don't believe in religion or anything like that.
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My main thing is music; it's what I do.
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