Washington
(ANI):
Hip-hop
artist
Jay-Z
has
revealed
that
he
became
adept
at
performing
live
only
after
watching
Irish
singer
Bono"s
stage
performance.
Jay-Z,
39,
admits
that
he
used
to
be
a
“horrible
performer",
and
that
it
was
only
after
hours
of
studying
footage
of
Bono
in
concert
for
tips
that
he
improved
his
own
stage
shows.
“These
days,
I"m
the
s**t,
but
I
used
to
be
a
horrible
performer.
I
was
terrible," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
saying.
“I"m
not
really
an
animated
guy
so
I
had
to
figure
out
a
way
how
to
convey
my
message
and
talk
to
people
in
compact
movements,
all
the
while,
being
entertaining.
There
is
a
very
thin
line
between
not
moving
and
being
boring.
“Bono
knows
how
to
exaggerate
his
movements
and
he
knows
how
to
have
that
conversation,
without
moving
around
much.
He"s
a
dynamic
performer,"
he
added.