Jay-Z Airs Out Jim Jones In Hot 97 Interview

While promoting his new LP, Kingdom Come the Jiggaman, Jay-Z commented on his feelings towards Jim Jone's "Kingdom Done" diss track which has been circulating the mixtape circuits. The Brooklyn born rapper simply shrugged off the diss as a publicity stunt. Here is what the rapper had to say: “You don’t get to where I got without developing thick skin. You have to because you look at the people that are saying things about you and you need to evaluate. We need like a hip-hop board, like to approve certain things. Who is Jim Jones? You know, to be saying something about me? if we’re looking at it as far as career accomplishments or we looking at it as far as lyrical skill…like who is? I mean that’s like the 9th man off the bench sitting there shoutin’ ‘you a bum’ to the superstar on court puttin’ up 50 every night”. The rapper further extolled on the perceived lameness of the situation. “I’m like, what has he done? What has he done to warrant that? Does he have a classic album? No. Is he on anybody’s top 10 list? No. Does he have any hardware on his wall? No. So who is that guy to say anything about me?"