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Will Welch on What He Learned from Jay-Z

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By Will Welch
| GQ
Sometime in the late aughts, Jay-Z said something to me that changed my life. The details of the night are a little fuzzy, but we were at a small impromptu party in a New York restaurant that was mostly stocked with Jay’s inner circle and, well, me. Jay joined after finishing dinner with David Paterson, the then governor of New York. Around that time he’d launched Roc Nation, and I believe he was in the early stages of bringing the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn.
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GQ Bulks Up the Print Issue

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By Will Welch
| GQ
This is a big moment for GQ, and I do mean that literally. Regular subscribers will notice that the issue you are now holding in your hands has gotten thicker. Sturdier. Bigger of bone. Fashion historically likes everything to be skinny, but I’ll be the first to admit that your favorite men’s fashion magazine had started to feel a little anemic in print. So we decided it was time to put on some weight.
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UNTITLED (REMEMBER ING D'ANGELO)

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By Will Welch
| Magzter Inc.
GQ US | December 2025-January 2026 I WAS PLANNING to make this letter a celebration of the 30th edition of GQ’s Men of the Year. A milestone worth celebrating, certainly. But when I sat down and began typing, I had something else on my mind. On the set of D'Angelo's 2012 GQ photo shoot. Back in 1997, I was picking my way through my favorite used-CD store on Roswell Road in Atlanta and I lifted a copy of D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar off the rack.
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