There are a lot of reasons to be thinking about Jay-Z right now. He's adding an umlaut to the Y in his name (again)! He's adding a third concert at Yankee Stadium after the first two sold out instantly! He's mentioned in an email exchange between two other famous New Yorkers, as disclosed in a special government dossier!
On Tuesday, the capstone dropped: an exclusive interview with GQ. As Jay told GQ editor Frazier Tharpe, "2026 is all offense." It's officially Jay-Z season. And, as you're about to find out: Jay-Z is sick.
GQ's latest cover story is a transcript of two spliced-together conversations between Jay-Z and Tharpe, which is also available to be streamed as a 35-minute YouTube video. In case that's too long, I've decided to make myself useful and compile some of the key points—almost all of which are about how fucking awesome Jay-Z is.