‘I can’t do it, I would di£’ Jay-Z explains why he refused to settle s£xual assault lawsuit

Jay-Z opened up about how he felt after being sued for sxual assault, and explained his refusal to settle the case in a new interview with GQ. The rapper said he felt uncontrollable anger when the suit was brought in 2024 by a Jane Doe, who claimed Jay and Sean Diddy Combs sxually assaulted her during a VMAs afterparty in 2000, when she was 13. Jay vociferously denied the allegations, as did Diddy, and wound up suing Jane and her lawyer, Tony Buzbee, for malicious prosecution and defamation. Jane eventually dropped her suit last year, while Jays suit was dismissed a few months later.  Speaking on it publicly for the first time, Jay said the ordeal took a lot out of him and made him angrier than hed been in a long time. He continued: You dont put that on someone thats a thing that you better be super sure. It used to be like that. You had to be super sure before you put those kind of things on a person. Especially a person like me. Even when we were doing the worst things, we had those kind of rules. There was a line: no women, no kids. You hear those sayings, but those are the things that I took from the street. We lived and did by that. So its strict for me, like it meant a lot to me. While the rap mogul said he couldve quickly settled the suit, a move that wouldve been both cheaper and quicker, he explained bluntly, I cant take a settlement it aint in my DNA I cant do it. I would di. Jay said he needed the people around me more than ever to overcome the anger he felt, especially because it didnt feel right to channel those emotions to the place he usually would: music.  Im not sure with the amount of negativity in the world that people needed me to add to that with my feelings because it would have been harsh, and it would have been harsh on everybody, he said. I dont know how to make music thats not reflective of how Im feeling at the moment. I had to be real and honest to my experiences at the moment. It would have been fiery.  He then said he didnt know if that kind of music would have done more harm than good, and admitted with a laugh that the few scratch ideas he jotted down in this headspace were all bad. Rather, Jay who hasnt released an album of his own since 2017s 4:44  said hes found plenty of creative fulfillment in just helping out his wife Beyonc with her recent projects. I know what shes trying to accomplish and anything that I can contribute I mean, thats my family, first of all I thought it was super important, he said. And a fun challenge.The post I cant do it, I would di Jay-Z explains why he refused to settle sxual assault lawsuit appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.