Raekwon is setting the record straight regarding speculation that Nas took subliminal shots at Jim Jones on an unreleased version of their new collaboration, “The Omerta.”
The track, which appears on Raekwon’s freshly released album The Emperor’s New Clothes (July 18), reunites the Wu-Tang lyricist with longtime friend and collaborator Nas, and has quickly emerged as a standout cut from the project.
Raekwon, never one to let false narratives fester, addressed the chatter head-on during an Instagram Live session. “Nas did not write that verse for Jim. That was a stray shot Jim got hit with,” The Chef told fans.
“Y’all made it seem like that was for Jim. Nas wasn’t dissing Jim. He wasn’t dissing him. And the reason why he changed it? Because he knew that at the end of the day, ‘Damn, Chef I gave you this verse months ago, and now all this sh*t is popping up.’”
However, controversy sparked over the weekend after an alternate version of the track featuring a different Nas verse leaked online—one that some listeners interpreted as a veiled diss toward Jones.
Raekwon explained the timeline, emphasizing that Nas reached out to him ahead of the album’s release to make the switch. “When I’m getting ready to drop my album,” he shared, “Nas hits me and says, ‘Yo, Chef, I’ma do another verse, my ni**a, because I don’t know for some reason I think that this rhyme right here is gonna make ni**as feel like I’m dissin’ Jim and I’m not. This rhyme I made way before all this sh*t ever came.’”
Raekwon stood firm on his position, reiterating, “And this is real sh*t, I don’t have to lie to ya ni**as, man. I promise ya ni**as, he wasn’t dissing Jim. This ain’t no diss record. And if it was a diss record, why would he put it on my record? ‘Cause guess what? I f**k with Jim. He know I f**k with Jim.”
Raekwon Breaks Silence On Leaked Nas Verse Allegedly Dissing Jim Jones
The track, which appears on Raekwon’s freshly released album The Emperor’s New Clothes (July 18), reunites the Wu-Tang lyricist with longtime friend and collaborator Nas, and has quickly emerged as a standout cut from the project.
Raekwon, never one to let false narratives fester, addressed the chatter head-on during an Instagram Live session. “Nas did not write that verse for Jim. That was a stray shot Jim got hit with,” The Chef told fans.
“Y’all made it seem like that was for Jim. Nas wasn’t dissing Jim. He wasn’t dissing him. And the reason why he changed it? Because he knew that at the end of the day, ‘Damn, Chef I gave you this verse months ago, and now all this sh*t is popping up.’”
However, controversy sparked over the weekend after an alternate version of the track featuring a different Nas verse leaked online—one that some listeners interpreted as a veiled diss toward Jones.
Raekwon explained the timeline, emphasizing that Nas reached out to him ahead of the album’s release to make the switch. “When I’m getting ready to drop my album,” he shared, “Nas hits me and says, ‘Yo, Chef, I’ma do another verse, my ni**a, because I don’t know for some reason I think that this rhyme right here is gonna make ni**as feel like I’m dissin’ Jim and I’m not. This rhyme I made way before all this sh*t ever came.’”
Raekwon stood firm on his position, reiterating, “And this is real sh*t, I don’t have to lie to ya ni**as, man. I promise ya ni**as, he wasn’t dissing Jim. This ain’t no diss record. And if it was a diss record, why would he put it on my record? ‘Cause guess what? I f**k with Jim. He know I f**k with Jim.”
Raekwon Breaks Silence On Leaked Nas Verse Allegedly Dissing Jim Jones
Same people that were shytting on new gen rappers for only sending subliminals at each other
