Jay-Z is opening up about the 2024 lawsuit that accused him of raping a 13-year-old girl with Sean "Diddy" Combs in 2000. "It was hard. Really hard. I was heartbroken," the rapper, 56, told GQ in a cover story interview published Tuesday, March 24, when asked to "rate" his 2025. "I'm glad we got right to that so we could just get that out the way. Like, I was really heartbroken by everything that occurred. We're in a space now where it's almost like consequence is not thought about enough.