Rapper Fabolous: 'Jay-Z inspires me'

Fabolous has reportedly said that he looks to Jay-Z for inspiration.

The rapper has insisted that hip-hop moguls such as Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg have provided the blueprint for him to expand outside of music successfully.

The 32-year-old told the Boston Herald: "I look at hip-hop artists who have become brands [like] Snoop Dogg or Jay-Z. It's not only their music, it's the whole package of what they're doing as artists.

"So I want to brand myself as an artist. I would like to bring in other talent and move up to do some acting. You can't be satisfied. Because once you're satisfied you lose your edge of competing. So I'm not satisfied. I say, 'You know what? I still deserve more'. If I was sitting on top of the world, I deserve to be sitting on top of the sun, you know what I'm saying?"