Jay and Nas have had long fruitful careers, but Jay has been more consistent ...has been able to maintain a higher level of revelance
Getting married to Kelis ...the controversial album titles...the Lil Nas X collaboration... Wasn't enough
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Yes, relevance because of his billionaire status and Beyoncé, riding Kanye’s waves, and attaching to whoever is hot at the moment lol
Let’s not pretend like his music hasn’t been MID for a decade +



The collab with DJ Premier, regardless of whether it met people’s expectations or not, is significantly bigger than Jay-Z having a sit-down interview for the first time in a long time. This is something rap fans have been talking about for over two decades and it finally happened. That by itself was monumental. I’m not even trying to be dismissive of Jay-Z because I feel like he has a plan for this year and it’s already colossal with the interview you mentioned, his concert announcement, and the vinyl releases for RD and some of his big records.