JAY-Z'S 'HUMBLE' FIRST MEETING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON RECALLED BY RODNEY JERKINS

JAY-Z has always been known as someone with supreme confidence, but even he was once humbled in the presence of Michael Jackson - at least, that''s how producer Rodney Jerkins remembers it.

Jerkins, who produced a good amount of Jackson''s 2001 album Invincible, recalled how Hov first connected with MJ in a new interview on The Almanac of Rap. 

The relationship ultimately resulted in JAY bringing Michael onstage at Summer Jam 2001. But Jerkins told The Almanac of Rap host Donwill how it all started.

"You remember when Michael was brought up onstage by JAY-Z?" Jerkins began. "Who do you think introduced JAY-Z to Michael?

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"So I get the call from my man Big Chuck, who''s from Brooklyn, and Big Jon [Platt], the publisher - he''s now the CEO of Sony/ATV. And they were like, ''Yo, JAY really want[s] to m

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