Jay-Z Reveals One of the Last Things Kobe Bryant Said to Him
Jay-Z is remembering his late friend Kobe Bryant.
The 50-year-old entertainer opened up about his relationship with the late basketball star while speaking at Columbia University on Tuesday (February 4).
Kobe, his daughter Gianna, and seven other people tragically died in helicopter crash just a few weeks ago.
Jay and Kobe recently celebrated New Year’s together at his house, and Jay is revealing one of the last conversations they had.
“He was just in the greatest space that I’ve seen him in,” Jay said in a video shared by Roc Nation, adding that Kobe went on to gush about Gianna‘s basketball skills.
“One of the last things he said to me was, you’ve gotta see Gianna play basketball,” Jay recalled. “And that was one of the most hurtful things, because he was so proud. And the look on his face was like — I looked at him and said, ‘Oh, she’s going to be the best female basketball player in the world.’”
“He was just so proud,” Jay continued. “So that’s really a tough one.”
Jay then went on to say he and Beyonce were greatly affected by the death of Kobe and Gianna.
My wife and I took [their deaths] … really tough. That’s all I’ll say on that,” Jay concluded. “Just a great human being and was in a great space in his life.”
Also pictured inside: Jay-Z leaving his office building on Monday evening (February 3) in New York City.