Rocking Tom Ford, Jay-Z cleans up nice on the front of Vanity Fair‘s November issue. In the cover story, Hov discusses family, his Forbes estimated worth and his drug dealing past.

While he was growing up, Jay says, “crack was everywhere—it was inescapable. There wasn’t any place you could go for isolation or a break. You go in the hallway; [there are] crackheads in the hallway. You look out in the puddles on the curbs—crack vials are littered in the side of the curbs. You could smell it in the hallways, that putrid smell; I can’t explain it, but it’s still in my mind when I think about it.”