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Idris Elba Explains What Happened After He Recited A Poem For Jay-Z - AllHipHop

Idris Elba Explains What Happened After He Recited A Poem For Jay-Z

Idris Elba and Jay-Z

Idris Elba revealed he once wrote a poem for Jay-Z, which led to some big business and a major collaboration!

Idris Elba wrote a poem to get on Jay-Z’s 2007 album American Gangster.

The “Suicide Squad” star appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to speak about his new film “Beast” when he recalled the process of getting on the record.

He also spoke about securing his spot on Paul McCartney’s 2021 album McCartney III Imagined.

“Both these albums I’m on, and both those artists don’t know I’m on those albums,” the musician and actor revealed. “You know what I mean? I literally hustled my own on to those albums.”

Idris explained he starred in the film “American Gangster,” which Jay-Z took inspiration from for his record.

“At the time I hear Jay was about to do an album associated with the film. And I was like, ‘I need to get on that.’ As you do,” the English star said. “You’re like, ‘I’m Idris, I need to be on that Jay-Z album.’ No idea why Jay would be like, ‘Yeah, sure, do it.’”

After connecting with someone who worked with the rapper, Idris wrote a “long poem” that he put to a beat.

“Actually it was a rap, but it didn’t sound good as a rap,” he corrected himself. “So I said, ‘Maybe I should speak this’ because Jay might be a little more accommodating to my speaking voice. And I sent it to him and we got this text back from Jay saying, ‘Um, I don’t love this…I f**king love it.’”

For McCartney’s 2021 album, Idris remixed the artist’s “Long Tailed Winter Bird” for release on the record’s physical version.