Jay-Z tells Gotham that baby-making is his top priority

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Here’s Jay-Z on the cover of the December issue of Gotham. Unfortunately for all of us, he’s not talking about Miley Cyrus and how hurt he is that Miley doesn’t listen to his “pop music”. No, Jay is talking babies. Specifically, how he and wife Beyonce are starting to feel the baby itch.

Jay goes off in kind of a Zen way about his perspective on life: “Making music is art… It doesn’t change who you are as a person. It doesn’t mean you’re entitled or you’re above the law. You still treat people as human beings. It doesn’t change the laws of the universe. Life has a balance and for every action there is a reaction. So if you put negative energy in, negative energy comes back to you. You have to live your life within the laws of the universe and I haven’t lost sight of that. You have to be close with your foundation and the people who know you best because they’ve known you for so long that they can see the changes in you,…Fame is such a deadly drug that you can’t see the changes because you are so consumed by it. You need a close-knit group of friends and family to make sure you stay grounded.” Here’s more from Jay:

Her song “Single Ladies” is an Internet hit among dancing babies and now, Beyoncé’s working on a tot of her own. That’s according to get this Jay-Z, B’s notoriously tight-lipped hubby, who spilled the baby beans himself.

While chatting up Gotham mag editor in chief Cristina Greeven Cuomo, the rapper let it slip that procreating is high on the duo’s priority list right now.

That’s big news from hip hop’s sneakiest couple, who wed secretly on a Tribeca rooftop and rarely even wear their own wedding rings in public.

It’s also a change in attitude for Beyoncé, who admitted on “The View” in April that while she was interested in motherhood, she was in no hurry to hit the birthing room after seeing the process upclose when her sister Solange did it.

“I definitely want one, but I’m not ready for all of that,” she said then. “I don’t think a person should see that before her time. It was a little much. But I’m so in love with my nephew, and every time I see him I’m like, God, he’s just amazing.”

But the kid-friendly 28-year-old, who’s made more than 40 Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfillments, is ready to summon her inner Sasha Fierce and go for it. And all that, um, practice must be lighting a fire for the couple, married since April 2008. Backstage Thursday at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin, where both got awards, the husky rapper held his beaming wife in a big bear hug, When she got up to the podium, Beyoncé (photo l.) said, “There is only one person I want to thank, and that is Jay for putting a ring on it.” And did she ever thank him with a big red lipstick smack on the neck for all to see as the two left a nearby nightclub in the wee morning hours.

All this action must be doing wonders for Brooklyn-born Jay-Z’s already healthy self-esteem.

“I don’t dislike anything about myself,” he told Gotham. “I know this sounds a little arrogant, but I really accept what God has given me. I’ve got a short temper, but I work on controlling it. I can say inappropriate things because I believe them to be true and sometimes that can be hurtful to others. But I think in the long run it is more helpful.”

And while Beyoncé is more than happy to collaborate with her man, even Jay gets rejected sometimes when it comes to musical partnerships.

“[Two-man band] MGMT turned me down,” he admits.

[From The New York Daily News]

I suppose I should mention all of those rumors that Jay-Z is already father to a son around the age of… something like three years old? Something like that. I can’t keep up with all of the rumors about Jay (most of which I tend to think are false), but the whole “he has a secret son” is one that might be true. Allegedly, the baby-mama is a video model/performer named Shanelle (no last name, I guess), and just as allegedly, Jay paid her $1 million to keep his name off the birth certificate. I suppose the scandal here is that Jay supposedly fathered this child when he and Beyonce were dating, so the kid is “proof” that all is not well between Jay and Beyonce. I don’t really know. Even if it is true, I do hope Jay and Beyonce start having babies – just because I think that’s what they really want.

Thanks to Cover Awards for the Jay-Z cover. He is also shown performing in Fresno on 11/7/09 and in Berlin with Beyonce on 11/6/09. Credit: WENN.com

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  1. Firestarter says:

    I just hope that when they have a child , it takes after her and not him. He is not an attractive man.

  2. Roni says:

    I really don’t think Beyonce is in any hurry to have children. To each their own… but I think I read that she wanted to do more career-wise before starting a family.

  3. Westender says:

    When and if Jay-Z and Beyonce decide to have a child it will be like their wedding. Beyonce will go on a “long vacation” and then show up with a baby. Both of them are very private people and
    would not put up with the tabloids putting Beyonce on “bump watch”
    What surprises me is that you hear very little about this rumoured child that Jay-Z is supposed to have
    fathered. Makes me wonder if there was some investigating and it turned out to be just a rumour so it was dropped. Considering that Jay-Z and Beyonce are so successful in the music industry if something like this was true the tabloids would be all over this, now that the two of them are married

  4. wow says:

    Please do not let these two reproduce. I don’t think Beyonce could handle the pregnancy weight she’d gain.

  5. Roni says:

    No Jay Z DOES have a little boy by some woman that used to model. I forget what magazine it was (it was for rap music fans) but anyway they had a photo of the little boy, the mother and Jay-Z. Beyonce and Jay-Z had taken the little boy on their yacht and they were hanging out and what-not. The one photo was captured and Beyonce wasn’t looking too lovingly at the little boy. Here’s the deal, the mother of the child is from the Islands (somewhere) and Jay-Z sends her child support and he sees the little fella. That was NO rumor, the little boy has Jay-Z’s mouth and the rest of his looks he gets from his mother…he’s a cute little boy.

  6. Tazina says:

    I hope the baby looks like the mother…..he is extremely unattractive.

  7. skibunny says:

    I agree he’s unattractive as hell and she should wear clothes that fit.

  8. Pete says:

    He would produce the ugliest children possible. Damn, he looks busted. And if they have a girl, God help her, because no amount of money could help her attractiveness. It’s a double standard, but ugly-ass rich boys can still get girls. Ugly-ass rich girls just don’t. Look at Biggie’s girl. She looks just like him and it ain’t cute.

    I don’t think Beyonce is that stupid to fuck up her gene pool like that.

  9. Gemma says:

    All of you saying they shouldn’t reproduce for the sake of the kid’s attractiveness should read Lainey Gossip celebs babies theory. It’s quite funny and suprising.

  10. Sincerity says:

    Jay-Z’s LOOKS ARE NOT IMPORTANT! His perspective on life indicates a wisdom “well beyond his years and profession”.

    He’s still “AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME” while so many others in the entertainment arena are crashing. When the time comes, I’m quite sure Beyonce will be “honored” to give birth to their child. As India Arie would say, “GOD MADE NO MISTAKES ON HIM”. Keep on keeping on, Brother! May GOD continue to BLESS YOU & YOURS!

  11. ton says:

    where’s the article on beyonce being called stupid ?

  12. Bernie Yedinak says:

    Having your baby shower at a baseball stadium isn’t at all surprising. Thanks for sharing this time with everyone. You look incredible and almost ready to “pop”