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Jay-Z: 'Of course' I'll change baby's diapers

by theGrio | November 15, 2011 at 10:27 AM
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From MSNBC’s Today:

Jay-Z is a lot of things: a rapper, a nightclub owner, a clothing designer, an author. But the one job he’s most excited about? Being a hands-on father.

“Of course, of course [I’ll change my baby’s diapers],” the hip-hop star (real name: Shawn Carter) tells the December issue of GQ. “One hundred percent.”

The 42-year-old rapper — who is currently expecting his first daughter with Beyonce Knowles, 30 — says he can already imagine driving his little girl around town in his Maybach.

“Wouldn’t that be great?” Jay-Z, 42, muses. “That would be a great picture.”

Being an involved parent is important to the Brooklynite, given that his own father, Adnis Reeves, abandoned him at age 11.

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