DJ Khaled’s thirteenth studio album God Did has been out for per week now, and essentially the most distinguished matter of dialog has been Jay-Z’s verse on the title track the place he raps for 4 minutes. It’s main not solely due to the verse’s lyrical content but in addition the truth that Hov doesn’t go out options to only anybody, particularly on this a part of his profession the place he’s busy with so many other ventures. What many have no idea is simply how a lot effort Khaled needed to put in to get an initial feature from Hov and the following bond they fashioned over time, which he defined in a recent interview with GQ.
Khaled first related with Jay-Z in 2013 when he recorded Magna Carta Holy Grail. “I used to be blessed to observe him file a whole lot of Magna Carta. Shout to [Roc Nation SVP] Lenny S. and Jay for at all times letting me be within the studio with them. Not simply getting an opportunity to see him work—we turned brothers and our friendship turned stronger and stronger,” he instructed GQ’s Sama’an Ashrawi. “It took me a very long time [to get his verse]. It wasn’t like he didn’t need to do it. It’s simply, Jay-Z is busy with so many alternative issues. And at the moment he was further busy.”
DJ Khaled’s dedication was so sturdy that he even moved to a rental in NYC round that point simply to be near the Roc Nation founder, as instructed to Music Choice. “I mainly received a rental in NYC for an entire 12 months to remain shut by him and let him understand how hungry I used to be for that verse.” His exhausting work evidently paid off, as Hov has appeared on each DJ Khaled album since 2015’s I Modified A Lot.
Try the complete DJ Khaled interview with GQ here.
