Dame Sprint has mirrored on the legendary beef between JAY-Z and Nas, saying that he had “no concern” of anyone getting harm regardless of the bitter rivalry between the 2 rappers.
Showing on the Moguls within the Making podcast, the Roc-A-Fella Information was requested concerning the doubtlessly violent nature of rap beef however mentioned he and Hov weren’t involved about issues getting out of hand throughout the latter’s battle with Nas within the early 2000s.
“There was no concern of us getting harm when it got here to Nas. I’m telling you proper now, there was no concern of any violence when it got here to that,” he insisted. “There was no concern when it got here to us of any battle that we had when it got here to violence. We had been by no means frightened about that.”
He added: “Now, ‘Pac and Biggie, n-ggas obtained killed. However n-ggas get killed in Hip Hop now. They be battling after which they find yourself lifeless. It’s a little bit extra critical now.”
Watch his feedback on the 1:06:43 mark under.
Dame Sprint beforehand claimed that Nas received the feud after the discharge of “Supa Ugly” backfired on JAY-Z.
“Jay’s response was horrible,” he mentioned on the That’s F***ed Up Podcast final yr. “The factor is, we had first hit him with the joint at Summer season Jam that was kinda arduous, the ‘Takeover.’ However when [Nas] got here with the ‘Ether,’ I used to be kinda hype as a result of he mentioned my identify. I used to be like, ‘I suppose I’m in a rap file.’
“However the response, I wasn’t there for the response. I had landed, Irv Gotti fucked that one up. Each time Irv Gotti obtained in my enterprise, he fucked shit up … He threw that ‘Ether’ on him. He had him apologizing. The rap that he did was wack — once I heard it, I used to be pissed.”
Sprint additionally slammed Jay’s apology to Nas for the diss monitor, on which he claimed to have had intercourse with the rapper’s child mom Carmen Bryan in his automobile and “left condoms in your baby-seat.”
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“When he apologized and shit, I used to be like, ‘No!’” Dame instructed The CEO Present. “I used to be hitting him from the factor like, ‘Get off the radio! We wanting loopy!’ And Irv did that shit. A Queens n-gga, he gave him — pause — the banana within the tailpipe. That was a Queens factor — he didn’t even see that. Yo Irv, keep out my enterprise.”
Hov’s apology got here throughout an look on Sizzling 97 in December 2001 and was prompted by a telephone name from his mom, Gloria Carter, who didn’t approve of her son’s crude lyrics.
“Mother put in a name and mentioned, ‘That went too far.’ And she or he’s by no means, ever referred to as me about music,” he instructed Angie Martinez on air. “So I used to be like ‘Okay, okay, okay. I’ll go shut it down.’”
He added: “As soon as once more, I apologize. I felt like I didn’t take into consideration ladies’s emotions or [Nas’ former girlfriend’s] emotions, and even my mother. It was actually like, ‘Let me meet your stage of disrespect with this stage of disrespect.’”
