FEDS: What happened with Hot 97, you wanted to hang a doll that looked like Jay-Z at Summer Jam?
NAS: Yeah yeah, I was going to have some fun. We were going to hang a Jay-Z robot all in fun. But Hot 97 thought I had a movie. I told them I didn't have a movie about dude. I was like I got something, it's fun and next year he can do whatever he wants or we can squash it. I even had a piece at the end about peace with his picture and mine that I wanted to put up there to show them it was all in fun. But while it was going up I was going to try to tear him down, like how he tried to destroy my whole existence. But they weren't with it, they basically weren't trying to work with me or hear me. The disrespectful thing about it is, the one who was in charge of everything was Jay's tour manager. He was running the stage ****, so it was biased. So I was like how is this dude going to tell me what I can and can't do. I can see if Hot 97 said it but they have this dude putting the whole **** together and telling me what I can't do. They was basically like "Nas make up your mind and call us back in 5 minutes because we will tell them you are not coming" and then it all hit me. Then there was some bill**** over The Angie Martinzes Takeover Show. If there was a song dissing Fat Joe that wouldn't have been the theme of her show because Joe is her peoples. It was personal with me. Jay did a diss theme directed toward me for the takeover. And when the battle began they were cheering for homeboy showing favoritism. They didn't even want my **** to play. Then when Wendy played the record they had no other choice but to play it because Wendy was burying them with the ratings. So now they wanted to play it but only when homeboy had a response. So when they had a response it was like a holiday for them. I didn't know that they had it out for me like that. So I said, wow, is it this serious? Damn these nikkas are showing favoritism, when it should be all fair. I said ok, if you side with him then you are putting yourself in the line of fire also. But I ate that one. Then Flex got on the radio saying he was going to put up $1000 if Carmen (my baby moms) calls up and tells him the real story. That was disrespectful, he could have gotten hurt for that one. He really didn't understand. But he didn't mind jumping in it like he was a comedian, like he can do that. So I said these nikkas really don't understand so I am not even gonna mash out on them like that. It's not even their fault. They really don't understand and they don't know any better. I told Flex about it and I was just feeling like this nikka is a clown. He's in my face telling me I should dis Jay on the radio but when I'm not there he's telling Jay the same thing. I'm like who are these nikkas and they dictating to New York what's popping. I said naa, this is New York City, this **** is not going to go down. We real nikkas, we are the realest of the real; I'm going to change the game. So when I went on my rampage I flipped the **** and changed the whole game and made Power 105 move from the 16th rated station to the 3rd most rated station in just one week from one interview, that's power. Then Flex beat up a woman. Beat her up over the interview like 4 or 5 months later. So back to when I went on my rampage, nikkas was like oh ****! He's flipping on Hot 97, you know they're not going to play his records, like I gave a ****. So the only nikkas that publically said something was Murder INC. I kept reading magazines and Irv was like "yo, Nas should be down with us, it would be like family. He's like Pac we can be like Tha Row." I kept reading magazines with him saying that **** and I was like its kinda bugged he was say that **** when he's cool with Jay. Then that nikka started stepping up on radio stations while they were on tour. I would get the calls saying Irv and Ja riding with you, so I said all right ****, there's strength in numbers so we monopolized a plan to get through alot of the bull**** that was going down. I drove Flex and Angie crazy over there. Life is crazy right now because of my one interview and I didn't really dig into them. I though Murder Inc. ok **** it these nikkas are from Queens and these nikkas are popping plus Irv produces his ass off. So I said let's see what's popping. He flew to Miami; we sat down smoked cigars and just talked about everything. We talked about him being affiliated with super ugly and how I felt about it. We talked about ****, we laughed about ****, and then we said ok lets get some money, lets go! And that's all Irv needed. I went back into my zone working on my album and finishing the tour. Irv was telling everyone Nas is with Murder Inc. I told Steve to tell him to chill. I called Irv. I said Irv chill, everybody saying I'm on Murder Inc. Irv said "**** that you got to ride with us son." So I said I'm riding with you if yall riding with me, but let's chill. He said yeah no doubt, then the next week 30 more things. This dude is a machine, he's a monster. I couldn't stop him so I said **** it, go. Then he said let's do a song, and blast this **** off with us. I said let's do it rap is boring right now, let's make some noise.
FEDS: So what's the connection, are you signed to Murder INC?
NAS: No, we are like allies. It's important to have that.
FEDS: Did you hear Jay-Z when he went on the radio and said, "Nas used to be a boss and now he's under Murder Inc."?
NAS: That was like me wilding out because he was hanging with Steve Stoute. Like yo, you got Dame Dash already, so why do you need Stoute because Damon really don't know what he's doing. You really feel like you're carrying a dead horse so you get around a nikka like Steve Stoute who is really smart. Now you're getting in so you can know how Nas does his thing, so now I'm not that special anymore because you have my other half that was helping me out. Basically he's mad because Irv helped him get on so he thinks Irv is going to tell how he moves, how he thinks. I just drove Jay crazy, I just drove nikkas crazy then went back into my zone and chilled the **** out. It was all a plot to drive nikkas crazy. Irv and I never had any beef, he put himself into it when he was with Jay. Then Jay ****ted on him when it came to touring and other business.
I can't remember what song I think it was the track with game letter to the king or why you hate the game def one of em.
The Feds... Not the fans.
