Jay-Z 'wouldn't want Eminem success'

Jay-Z has claimed that he would not like to have been as successful as Eminem at the height of his career.

The 'Run This Town' rapper, who collaborated with Eminem in 2003, admitted that he was shocked when he discovered that he had to wear a bulletproof vest.

"I never even told him this, but I remember that Eminem came into the studio when we made 'Moment of Clarity', which he produced on The Black Album," he told Interview magazine.

"So here's Eminem. It's 2003, I think The Eminem Show had come out, and he was, like, the biggest rapper in the world - he sold, like, 20 million records worldwide.

"But when he came into the studio, I remember I hugged him and I could feel that he had on a bulletproof vest. I couldn't imagine being that successful.

"I mean, he's a guy who loves rap and wanted to be successful his whole career. Then he finally gets it, and there's this dark cloud over him."

Jay-Z recently said that he was 'shocked' after former Roc-A-Fella artist Beanie Sigel launched a tirade against him.