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JAY Z has been winning for a while now, having topped the charts, sold millions of records and made more money the damn near all of his Rap peers (or peers, period). His latest achievement seems to bring him an entirely new level of happiness: following the announcement back in February, yesterday saw Hov formally inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a first for Hip-Hop.
Even President Barack Obama gave JAY an extra special shoutout (which was presumably played during the ceremony).
In celebration of, JAY Z opened up via Twitter, paying tribute to everyone that has inspired him (past, present and future)…there were some surprises that came with his huge moment of social media transparency:
Thank you to all the people that have inspired me . Rakim KANE KRS chuck cube Jaz Em Andre Nas big PAC cole kendrick chance jayE ..wait,
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Lauryn Nicki lite latifah common ye drake and meek . Run caz LL chainz cam tip (both of them) thought pharaoh , face . De la . Ice T. Wait
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Shit did I say redman ? Ghost and Rae . Wu tang I beat Genius in a rap battle I think ha . Busta (him too) Treach . Thug . B a rapper too!
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Shit …Wayne , Juve BG Nipsey . Kim . Slaughterhouse (yes mouse too ha) Folarin MC eiht . Short . 40 . Mac dre this shit hard .Never mind
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Somebody find that reply I just hit please . I'm new on this . Anyway salute to anybody who made a song to feed their family or just vent .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Thank you, this way
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Fuck ..50 cent big L sho ag nice and smooth Joe and pun . diggable butterfly esp…beanie young chris freeway SP okay for real this time .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Fuck haa. Naw for real .Pastor Jeezy my partner . Okay I'm done . I'm deleting this app in the morning . Shit is impossible to get right.
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
I promise I'm not drunk . Lord Pusha . Carti (Magnolia incredible)ASAP Sean P , Mobb , cudi . Tyler , earl, Snoop!!( almost played myself)
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
And the greatest rapper of all time OBAMA . Thank you 44 https://t.co/CueS0BynCj
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Wait . Slick fucking Rick . Pimp C and bun . Wow . I just realized how many fresh people the culture has . Big Sean . Sauce money .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Too many ..Fab , black people really magic . Mac Miller nice too though .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
You can read JAY Z’s full acceptance speech here. As classic as this pouring of emotion is, we can’t help but wonder who JAY left out, and how they might be feeling about it…
Jay Z didn't shout out The Game. He aint over those bars
— DiBiase (@Dibiase_ca) June 16, 2017
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