Amy Winehouse really left an impression on Jay-Z when they first met, but the encounter caused him to feel concern.<\/p>\n
The rapper vividly remembers his first-ever meeting with Winehouse\u2014who died in 2011 at 27, after years of struggling with drug and alcohol addiction\u2014following one of her performances in New York City because, to his surprise, Winehouse stuttered as she spoke to him.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI was like, \u2018You don\u2019t even stutter. Why are you doing that?’\u201d Jay-Z said in an interview on Tidal’s Rap Radar<\/em> podcast this week. \u201cI looked at her, and I was like, \u2018Stay with us.\u2019 The first time we hung out, I told her, \u2018Stay with us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Although the 4:44<\/em> rapper and husband to Beyonc\u00e9 offered Winehouse a place to unwind and regroup, the Back to Black<\/em> singer had other ideas about how she wanted to take care of herself, and they involved music more than other people, Jay-Z recalled.<\/p>\n VIDEO: Amy Winehouse\u2019s Mom Wonders if Her Daughter May Have Had Tourette Syndrome<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cShe was writing the songs to our face,” he said. “\u2018They\u2019re trying to make me go to rehab, I\u2019m not going.\u2019 Like, what? You have to go!\u201d<\/p>\n RELATED: Jay-Z Dedicated a Song to Late Linkin Park Vocalist Chester Bennington<\/strong><\/p>\n Before Winehouse died, she and Jay-Z collaborated when he remixed her hit “Rehab” in 2007.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n