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JAY-Zmay not currently be in the studio, but he hasn’t shut the door on releasing new music someday.
The hip-hop star and mogul, 52, sat down withKevin Harton a new episode of the comedian’sPeacock talk showHart to Heartand revealed that his future plans are up in the air, but he’s steering clear of the word “retired.”
“I don’t know what happens next. I’m not actively making music or making an album or have plans to make an album,” he said. “But I never want to say I’m retired… It’s a gift, and who am I to shut it off? It’s open to whatever.”
He continued: “It may have a different form, a different interpretation. Maybe it’s not an album. Maybe it is. I have no idea, but I’m just gonna leave it open.”
The “Empire State of Mind” rapper’s most recent album,4:44, was released in 2017. He also put out thecollaborative albumEverything Is Lovewith wife Beyoncé a year later, and the power couple hit the road together on the co-headliningOn the Run II tour.
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Though he continued to collaborate with various artists, includingLinkin Park, in subsequent years, JAY-Z officially ended his retirement in 2006 with the albumKingdom Come, which he followed withAmerican Gangsterone year later.
The star (born Shawn Carter) told Hart, 43, that he was “terrible” at retirement, but “just needed a break” when he decided to call it quits in 2003.
“I was really burnt out that time. I was releasing an album every year — ‘96, ‘97, ‘98. And then in between that, soundtracks, other people’s albums, Roc-A-Fella, touring back-to-back,” he recalled. “And you know, I just looked up one day and I was like, ‘I’m tired.’ I had never been on a vacation until like, I want to say 2000. Like my whole life. And I was just really burnt out at that moment.”
source: people.com
