the DOA song did nothing.
I'm sure jay went & blackballed ron browz to get him out the game for good. and then he prolly tampered with t-pain's career as well when t-pain jumped in.
all t-pain had to do was just fallback and do him.
Lmao I would call that pettyness but if a producer is nicknaming himself after a track thats purely disrespecting you, hov somewhat of a reason to be salty
i remember hearing that jay was blackballing ron browz for making the ether track BACK THEN.
that would explain why he was running around saying "ether boy"
DOA was the end of Jay's influence on young Black culture..
He thought he could dead auto tune just like throwback jerseys... Seven years later and it's as popular as ever.. Instead of dying it's grown and evolved...
jay didn't really dead throwback jerseys either. hes just smart.
the jersey craze had already become a ridiculously over-inflated bubble. jay knew what time it was, so he attached his name to its downfall. the most you can really credit him for, is speeding up the process. he prolly had a jersey on when he recorded that line.
same thing with autotune & timberland boots. autotune looked like a trend that was on the verge of dying. and nike boots were outshining timberlands at the time.