name drop Nas for the initial rap cred
name drop Jay for the cac/pop cred
yeah this post is fine and dandy except this sh!t
doesn't apply to Kendrick or Cole and Drake
or Wale or a bunch of rappers that are currently hot.
You can tell who listens to K dot ( s dot.....) and who doesn't
just based off of the responses in this thread. He's even
said he wanted to emulate Jay-Z initially but decided to go
his own way thus dropping the rap name K dot and going
for his birth name all of this was said in song.
You got drake saying on record he'll probably cry when Jay-Z
dies and then he goes and gets a Jay feature for his major debut.
You got J. Cole rapping over Jay-Z instrumentals talking about how
ill he is and not only signing to his label but getting a Jay-Z feature
on his major label debut.
You have Kendrick whose said he thinks Jay is the G.O.A.T
and he also has a Jay feature which isn't on his debut.
You have Lupe fiasco whose said Jay-Z is the GOAT in an
interview and also had his major label debut with a Jay-Z
feature.
Wale is also a Jay-Z fan.
I doubt it has anything to do with wanting to "Get on"
and more to do with genuine fandom but cynical fools who
can't accept that someone actually likes Jay-Z's music catch feelings
and start reaching towards conspiracy theories.