Jay-Z and Oprah might want to consider taking their act on the road at this point.
The iconic rapper and the talk-show queen connected once again last Friday, when Hov called in to Winfrey's Sirius XM radio show just before hopping onstage at Wembley Stadium in London.
Winfrey has long been outspoken about her views on hip-hop, particularly what she thinks is an abundance of misogynistic overtones. But she said Jay-Z taught her "Rap 101." "I wouldn't say that I passed, [but] he was kind to me," Winfrey said.
Winfrey said that many people have doubted that she and Jay-Z could share anything in common, a notion both of them quickly dismissed.
"I think people need to understand there's complexity in human beings," Jay-Z said. "You just can't look at someone and say that person is only that way. That person has on a black T-shirt, he's not just that. I'm not just one thing and you're not just one thing. We're complex human beings."
Winfrey's friend Gayle King then joked that Winfrey's new relationship with Jay-Z has given her street cred. "There's not a lot of people that can walk through Marcy Projects, but you're good," Jay chimed in.
"But has it given me swagger?" Winfrey asked.
"Absolutely," Jay told her.
The pair first made headlines last month when Jay-Z brought Oprah to his former stomping grounds in Brooklyn's Marcy Houses. Then it was revealed their lengthy interview would appear in O magazine (now on newsstands) and will also air on Winfrey's show this Thursday (September 24). The media mogul called in to King's radio show days after her sit-down with the MC and said that she and Jay-Z were now BFFs.
On Friday, King told Winfrey that Jay-Z wrote about her on his new album. "Meanwhile, had Oprah chillin' in the projects/ Had her out in Bed-Stuy, chillin' on the steps," he raps in "On to the Next One."
"No, I was not aware of that," Winfrey said of the song. "As I've said to you, for me [it's not about] Jay [the rapper], it's about the man."
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