Jay-Z Debunks Rumors Of Beef With Kanye West, And Speaks On Watch The Throne

There was a rumor flying around over the weekend that Jay-Z and Kanye West were beefing over some issue about Jay not wanting to spend money on their Watch The Throne concert/touring like Kanye wants. It all started when the two emcees performed separately at a recent concert, instead of doing a joint performance.

Below is the rumor about the rift between jay and kanye-


"Jay-Z can't deal with Kanye," an insider told Page Six. "Jay is a stone-cold businessman. He wants to recoup all of his money from Live Nation. But Kanye wants to upstage rock stars with a blowout show. He doesn't care about costs. He has a lot less to gain from the shows." West is expected to agree to the conditions of the tour next week, but the business brouhaha between the powerhouse artists might have affected their backstage relationship. (New York Post)

And this is what Jay had to say  about the whole issue at an impromptu interview with Angie Martinez-

“Kanye is a genius. I kind of want to spend a gazillion dollars,” he said, contradicting reports that Yeezy had no respect for the money aspect of their tour as The Throne. “I think they got it backwards, but it’s all good. I made it. I don’t really... I know that we doing something right now. When I woke up to all of that, I was like, oh yeah, we must be really hot right now. This is really happening. August 8th.”

Jay also goes deeper to admit that they sometimes yell at it each other while trying to get things done, but said it is really to bring out the best in themselves.

“Yes, we get on each other’s nerves. But that’s part of pushing each other. We push each other. The people that have a problem with Kanye or myself are people who are complacent in life. People don’t like to be pushed. It’s like annoying. It’s a thing when people are pushing you to be greater, and we push each other to be greater. So of course there are times when we’re in the studio and we’re yelling, but that’s about it. I would never disrespect that man. I have so much respect for him.”

Jay also answered angie's question on whether he was scared about how people would perceive the Watch The Throne EP from him and Kanye-

“I guess a bit after we started it, but I don’t look at it like that. When you make music, you’re against history, you’re against what’s current and you’re against past work. But as far as pressure of what it’s going to sound like, you try not to really let that affect you,” he said. “You have to have a bit of arrogance to say that this is going to be good.”