Not solely does Jim Jones consider that Nas is conscious of this broadly one-sided beef, the Dipset member actually believes that being in comparison with “One Mic” rapper has helped him go “viral.”
Final week, Capo discovered himself in the course of a cultural relevance marketing campaign after a younger rapper claimed that for his era, Jones was way more well-liked than Nas. Throughout an look on the “Joe and Jada podcast” Jones was requested in regards to the comparability to Queensbridge MC. Jones initially praised Nas, even calling himself a “superior” Nas fan when he was a boy, however he added that he has achieved extra to remain related among the many youth. Jones advised of us in the event that they didn’t consider him to “examine his observe document” on Billboard.
We checked. Jim Jones, with out Dipset or Byrdgang, has two songs, “We Fly Excessive” and “Pop Champagne”on the Billboard Sizzling 100, one among which made the Prime 10. Nas has 27 songs on the Sizzling 100 and two Prime 10 bangers.
On a latest episode of the podcast “BagFuel,” Jones was requested in regards to the comparability to Ns and he defined his place on document gross sales not being the one standards to guage a rapper’s reputation.
“There’s lots of people that offered extra information than me which are additionally not round anymore,” he stated. “Diamond, five-time platinum, four-time platinum, gold artist–I’ve seen it since 1997. Gone. I’m nonetheless right here.”
Jones famous that it didn’t matter if folks don’t consider what he’s saying, he’s nonetheless related in 2025 and different rappers aren’t. Nas, who has largely been thought-about a Hip-Hop deity because the launch of his traditional “Illmatic,” dropped “Magic 3,” the final in a sequence of tasks by the rapper and producer Hit-Boy, in 2023.
However Jones believes that he’s the rationale Nas has grow to be a subject for dialog in 2025.
“What I did for Nas most likely by no means been achieved for him in his life. He’s by no means been that viral in any respect. Ever,” Jones stated. “He’s by no means been talked about like this ever in his life.”
Jones continued: “And I don’t wish to speak about different folks’s profession however let’s simply get to the semantics of it,”
The rapper famous that he doesn’t wish to “have a dialog” with Nas.
And it’s nonetheless unclear whether or not Nas even is aware of if any of this is occurring.