jayzop.jpg Jay-Z already did an interview with Oprah in O Magazine, and now the music mogul has sat down with the talk show queen for an upcoming episode of her show. Beyonce's hubby reveals all sorts of details about his troubled childhood, and how making amends with his father helped him find his way to the love of his life.

Jay-Z's father left home when he was just 11 years old, and the rapper told Oprah:

    "I just felt anger at the whole situation. Because when you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again. So I remember just being really quiet and really cold. Never wanting to let myself get close to someone like that again. I carried that feeling throughout my life, until my father and I met up before he died."


Jay-Z later found it his father lived only 10 minutes down the road from him, and it wasn't until his mother Gloria stepped in that the two were able to reconnect. On their reunion, Jay said:

    "When my mom set up this meeting, I told her he wouldn't come - and the first time, he didn't. At that point, I was really done, but mum pushed for another meeting because she's just a beautiful soul. The second time, he showed up. And I gave him the real conversation. I told him how I felt the day he left. He was saying stuff like 'Man, you knew where I was.' I'm like, 'I was a kid! Do you realize how wrong you were? It was your responsibility to see me.' He finally accepted that."


Several months after their meeting, Jay-Z's father passed away, but he tells Oprah that their final meeting has helped him free himself and true love with his lady Beyonce.