Jay-Z delivered hot shots on the mic during his headlining performance at the annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.
Jay-Z intends to collaborate with his former partner Kanye West and rappers Nicki Minaj again Drake during his set on Saturday, May 30, according to Rolling Stone.
“That lady's back on the stuff / She sounds like she loves him / Her Ken can't even pick the kids / They've had enough of them,” he rapped, according to the outlet, referring to Minaj's husband, Kenneth Pettywho was convicted of attempted rape in 1995 and is now a registered sex offender.
As for West, Jay-Z said, “You ever heard of wonder-kin? / My kids are some of them / Ain't you shy? / Trying to get under the skin? / I'm gonna really get under the skin.”
The rapper's words appeared to be in response to West making offensive comments about Jay-Z's children and his wife. Beyoncé.
Rolling Stone noted that despite their broken relationship over the years, Jay-Z, 56, made several tracks Look closely at the thronehis 2011 hit album with West.
Jay-Z was also seen applauding Drake, who appeared to be talking about him on his latest album The Iceman. On the song “Janice STFU,” Drake rapped, “The jig is up.” (Jay-Z has long been known by the nickname Jigga.)
“The jig's up / We're up 10 / Wrong chart, champ / You gotta look up and / N *****s look up at Hov / I never look at them,” Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, fired on Saturday. “These artists got your gangsta press / Go talk 'em hard / Don't talk to me success.”
Jay-Z recently included the dispute between Drake and Kendrick Lamarwho have exchanged barbs on the tracks and on stage.
“Everything around it was like, 'Man, this is taking us back,'” Jay-Z said in an interview with March. GQ. “We've grown so much that – I guess I'll say it – I don't know if fighting should be part of the culture anymore.”
“It's too far. It brings people's children to it. I don't like that. I sound like an old man wagging his finger, but I think we can achieve the same thing, in terms of breaking up with music, by working together more than breaking everything,” he added. “It was difficult to deal with before because there were no social media.
