Shannon Sharpe and Jim Jones turned a rap debate into a private feud on “Nightcap,” clashing over Nas.
Shannon Sharpe and Jim Jones turned a routine podcast right into a verbal brawl on June 22 after Sharpe challenged Jones’ declare that he’s a greater rapper than Nas, igniting a heated trade that veered from Hip-Hop rankings to gymnasium routines.
The confrontation unfolded on the Nightcap podcast, co-hosted by Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, after Sharpe questioned Jones’ lyrical comparability to Nas.
“Have been you smoking once you stated you’re higher than Nas? Lyrically, I’m a hold it a stack with you. Y’all ain’t proud of Nas,” Sharpe stated on to Jones.
Jones didn’t again down and fired again with a jab at Sharpe’s look.
“Yeah, however look the way you gown. Look the way you gown,” Jim Jones stated. He then doubled down on his earlier claims, including, “You bought a bunch of 40 or 50-year-olds of their panties trigger I stated I’m higher than Nas. I’m nonetheless enjoying. I’ll run circles round Nas rapping proper now. I’ll run Saturn round Nas proper now, rapping. Everyone is aware of that. He’s [Shannon Sharpe] doing it for the views to get Jim Jones on there to get him scorching, I perceive that.”
Shannon Sharpe, visibly irritated, snapped again by defending the platform’s attain and standing.
“That is the largest podcast you’ve ever been on,” he stated. “While you get large, you get invited to Membership Shay Shay. Nas will get invited to Membership Shay Shay. Jadakiss will get invited to Membership Shay Shay. You aren’t on that degree but, bro.”
The strain originated from Jones’ earlier look on the Joe and Jada podcast, the place he claimed he had extra Billboard hits than Nas and resonated extra with in the present day’s viewers.
That assertion caught Sharpe’s consideration, resulting in the on-air confrontation.
The dialog shortly spiraled past music. At one level, the 2 started evaluating exercise regimens, with Sharpe mocking Jones’ health degree whereas Jones dismissed Sharpe’s physique as irrelevant to rap credibility.
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