It’s the hard knock life. Jay-Z insisted his daughter Blue Ivy doesn’t have “everything … just given to her” while defending the 14-year-old joining mom Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” and “Cowboy Carter” ...

You can read this quote from the song “Hard Knock Life” (1998), and more quotes by Jay Z, in Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations. Read the quote in its full context here. Suggested Reading Best Black ...