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Jay-Z Vs. Nas: the Complete History of the Greatest Rap Beef

Complex·Dimas Sanfiorenzo·18 days ago
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Did   Jay-Z vs. Nas , rap's greatest beef, begin over a missed studio session? There are conflicting accounts of what would have been a historic collaboration—Some say it was supposed to be "Bring It On," others say it was supposed to be "Can I Live”—but one thing is clear, Nas was supposed to be on Jay-Z's classic 1996 debut Reasonable Doubt. Jay wanted it to happen. Nas agreed…and then he didn't show up to D&D Studios. And from there, rap's greatest beef began. According to Dame Dash , Nas and AZ were supposed to be on “Bring it On.” And even though they committed, they kept on blowing off the sessions. Eventually they settled on Sauce Money and Jaz-O to balance out the song. While Irv Gotti , who produced "Can I Live" and helped behind the scenes on the making of Reasonable Doubt , remembers it slightly differently, but agrees that Nas never showed. "We was waiting for Nas to do the second verse…Nas was supposed to be on this bitch," he said during a 2022 episode of Drink Champs.…

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