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"Jay-Z is fessing up for the first time about a crime he committed as a tween: he shot his older brother Eric when he was just 12 years old.\r\nTouting a new book Jay-Z Decoded, the hip-hop mogul, now 40, opened up about the shocking incident -- he shot Eric, then a crack addict, for stealing a ring -- in an interview with British newspaper The Guardian.\r\n\r\nGrowing up in Brooklyn, New York&amp;apos;s infamous Marcy projects, the rapper (real name: Shawn Carter) says it was easy to get his hands on a gun. &amp;quot;How did he get the gun? &amp;quot;I went to someone&amp;apos;s crib, someone&amp;apos;s house, and got it. Guns were everywhere. You didn&amp;apos;t have to go far to get one. Just everywhere.&amp;quot;\r\nAfter the non-fatal shooting -- he shot Eric&amp;apos;s shoulder -- Jay-Z admits, &amp;quot;I thought my life was over. I&amp;#xA0;thought I&amp;apos;d go to jail for ever.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut his sibling refused to press charges. When Jay-Z visited Eric in the hospital, it was Eric who apologized for his crack addiction.\r\n&amp;quot;It was terrible,&amp;quot; he says now. &amp;quot;I was a boy, a child. I was terrified.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIt&amp;apos;s the only time Jay-Z ever shot someone, he says. &amp;quot;There were shoot-outs, but I never shot anyone else. Most people in shoot-outs don&amp;apos;t get shot.&amp;quot;\r\nHe was, however, shot at three times, but was never hit. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s like there was some rogue angel watching over us.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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