port back to Darwin, in all his usefulness and imperfection. We make music not to charm the opposite sex into reproducing. Rather, we make music to make a shared world in which we can believe that reproduction is worthwhile. We make music not to ensure the survival of the species but to ensure that the species feels that there is a reason to survive, evolve, thrive.
Jay Z: He makes music.
This article appeared in the June/July '17 issue of Esquire.