You playing semantics, everybody knows Tae Bo isn’t a “karate class” and Jay-Z age is public info.In 2001, Jay was 31 when Ether dropped, not 36. As far as the Billy Blanks and Tae Bo, that wasn’t some legit martial arts classes. It was more like some cardio. That’s why it got so popular. Who’s learning martial arts from watching videos? Nas used that line Jay said on “Girls Girls Girls” and flipped it, plus that video of Jay boxing on MTV Diary.
“That means I fly rough early, plus I know Tae Bo” - Jay
“You 36 in a karate class? You Tae Bo hoe.” - Nas
Prodigy was dressed up like Michael Jackson as a kid doing a dance, and Jay said he was a ballerina. The point was to try to discredit P as a street dude by saying he was doing ballet.

But for the sake of a rank session it works. It’s funny, it’s witty, and it gets the point across. nikka was a middle aged supposed drug dealer learning kicks with billy blanks. That’s a funny juxtaposition of images and works to discredit Jay-Zs public image at the time.
This is how battles should work. You take truth, You make it funny, a little sensational, you put the person on defense having to explain “well i really ain’t 36 and that was a workout video”
It wasn’t just some random made up gossip with no proof or basis in reality.



