PHOTOS: Jay-Z’s In An Empire State Of Mind In ‘Interview’ Magazine

Erika Brooks Adickman | January 15, 2010 10:04 am

In this month’s Interview magazine, rap legend Jay-Z opens up about success, his music, and that whole Taylor Swift thing. The pictures from fashion photographer Craig McDean, (the same celeb snapper who gave us the nearly-nude Rihanna pics from this month’s W Magazine) show a pensive and serious Jay-Z. And why shouldn’t he look introspective? The man just turned 40. He tells Interview, “… in rap years, I’m like The Rolling Stones or U2.” We hope he’s not saying he plans to release a series of irrelevant albums and just rest on his old hits. (Ahem.) Take a look at these pics and you’ll agree: after all these years, you still can’t knock that he’s “a hustler baby”.