Rapper JAY-Z covered the most recent issue of The New York Times Style Magazine, and sat with its executive editor Dean Baquet to discuss race, therapy, having a family, and his mother’s sexuality. On race, JAY-Z discussed his song “The Story if O.J.,” which has as its subject the fallen sportsman O.J. Simpson. He talked about O.J. getting to a place of influence and leaving his people behind. “For us to get in that space and then disconnect from the culture. That’s how it starts. This is what happens. And then you know what happens? You’re on your own, and you see how that turned out,” he said. The goal, he said, is to get to a place of influence through a God-given ability, and pushing for equality through that position. He said: The goal is, if you have a specific God-given ability, is to live your life out through that. One. And two, we have a responsibility to push the conversation forward until we’re all equal. Till we’re all equal in this place. Because until everyon...