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Christmas arrives on November 22nd this year!

That’s because GQ magazine will be publishing four different covers recognizing their men of the year! And of the four covers, one of them isn’t even a man!

NEW MUSIC: Rihanna & Jay-Z Talk That Talk!

The covers feature Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Michael Fassbender and Jay-Z, the man everyone is interested in.

Luckily for you, we have some pictures and an excerpt of the interview with Hova where he talks about Kanye, Maybachs, Beyonce and his father.

Check out what the Occupy All Streets rapper had to say below:

Jay-Z on Kanye’s obsessing over microdetails during the recording of the Watch The Throne album:

“I think he just can’t help himself,” Jay says. “He puts so much into everything, and he’s like, ‘You have to treat it like I treat it.’ It drives you crazy sometimes—like when you’ve put seventy-five versions of a snare on one song and he’s like, ‘No!’ and you’re like, ‘Come on, man.’”

Hova on his father leaving and how that affected him:

“If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts—but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real,” Jay says. “Not to say it’s any better—but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.”

“[I talked about] what it did to me, what it meant, asked him why. There was no real answer. There was nothing he could say, because there’s no excuse for that. There really isn’t. So there was nothing he could say to satisfy me, except to hear me out. And it was up to me to forgive and let it go.” 

Go to the next page to find how what Jay has to say about Bey and “Niggas In Paris”!

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On Hova and wife Beyonce’s decision to announce their baby at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards:

“It was actually Bey who wanted to [announce] it,” Jay says. “You want to be in control of your life.”

Jay-Z, when asked if he’ll be putting a car seat in the Maybach:

“Yeah,” Jay smiles. “Wouldn’t that be great? That would be a great picture.”

Jay on “Niggas In Paris”:

“It’s not, like, ‘We’re here! We’re balling harder than everybody,’” he says. “It’s like, ‘I’m shocked that we’re here.’ Still being amazed, still not being jaded. Having so much fun and then stopping and saying, ‘What are we doing here? How did we get here?’ “

“I’ve known so many people that didn’t make it,” he says. “Most people can look at a picture of the kids they grew up with and it’s like, ‘Oh yeah—Adam went away to Harvard.’ This is a whole different conversation.”

SOURCE: GQ