Rick Ross has settled the long-running debate over who won the feud between JAY-Z and Nas.
Appearing on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, the MMG mogul discussed the historic beef between the two rap legends who he has both collaborated with.
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“That’s what I do love about Hip Hop because it always goes back to how much money a n-gga got,” he said after co-host Mike Majlak implied that JAY-Z won the battle “from a business standpoint.”
“I’ma be honest, me being a fan of Nas and Hov, I feel like they both handled their business, you know what I mean? Because they both shot back. And to me, that’s what it’s about because a lot of times n-ggas will tap out. They both shot back and they both kept going.”
Watch his comments at the 53:36 mark below.
Though Rick Ross refused to call the feud either way, others have been more definitive about the battle. Dame Dash, who ran Roc-A-Fella with JAY-Z before their falling out, actually believed Nas won the beef.
During an appearance on the That’s F***ed Up Podcast last year, the Harlem-bred mogul reflected on the legendary feud and said that Hov’s response to “Ether,” “Super Ugly,” was subpar.
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“Jay’s response was terrible,” he said. “The thing is, we had first hit him with the joint at Summer Jam that was kinda hard, the ‘Takeover.’ But when [Nas] came with the ‘Ether,’ I was kinda hype because he said my name. I was like, ‘I guess I’m in a rap record.’
“But the response, I wasn’t there for the response. I had landed, Irv Gotti fucked that one up. Every time Irv Gotti got in my business, he fucked shit up … He threw that ‘Ether’ on him. He had him apologizing. The rap that he did was wack — when I heard it, I was pissed.”
He continued: “I was coming from doing a Rocawear ad on a private [jet]. I had just landed from like Arizona and I’m listening to this shit on the radio like, ‘What the fuck is this?’ So I was like, ‘Go to the fucking Baseline [Studios],’ you know, ’cause I wanna know what happened. I’m like, ‘What the fuck happened?’
“And they in there high-fiving and shit. I’m like, ‘What you high-fiving for? This shit is wack.’ This n-gga talking about other n-ggas’ business and shit, like we don’t do that. And it was Irv. I was like, ‘Irv Gotti.’ I called Irv, told him don’t ever get in my business again bro, like, ‘What you doing? You not about war.’”
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He added: “You see how his wars go with rap — he doesn’t win it. He’s not a general like that. So it was like, stay out of my business. And Irv keeps talking about me all the time, like stop talking about me, Irv.”
Though others continue to talk about the beef, JAY-Z and Nas have since moved past their rivalry having collaborated with each other numerous times. The latter even admitted that he and Hov sometimes joke about the feud over text.
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“No beef or rivals, they playing ‘Ether’ on TIDAL/ Brothers can do anything when they decide to/ In a Range Rover, dissecting bars from ‘Takeover’/ Sometimes I text Hova like, ‘N-gga, this ain’t over,’ laughing,” Nas rapped on his 2022 song “Thun.”
