London
(ANI):
Rapper
Jay-Z
has
revealed
that
when
he
shot
his
brother
at
the
age
of
12,
he
was
terrified
he
would
be
locked
up
for
life.
The
'99
Problems" star
said
guns
were
rife
growing
up
in
Brooklyn,
reports
the
Sun.
“I
thought
my
life
was
over.
I
thought
I'd
go
to
jail
forever...it
was
terrible.
I
was
a
boy,
a
child.
I
was
terrified," he
said.
The
incident
occurred
after
the
rapper's
crack-addicted
brother
Eric
stole
his
ring.
But,
Eric
did
not
press
charges
against
him,
and
apologized
for
his
addiction
instead.
The
Grammy-winner
raps
about
the
ordeal
on
the
track
'You
Must
Love
Me"
singing:
“Saw
the
devil
in
your
eyes,
high
off
more
than
weed,
confused,
I
just
closed
my
young
eyes
and
squeezed."