It’s the funniest thing. Other NYC rappers have said worse about JayZ. And the Jayz slander by southerners is usually preceded by Nas love or 50 cent love. It has nothing to do with some NYC hate or inferiority complex. Again, JayZs fellow New Yorkers have said worse shyt. The intra New York City beef gets talked about in the form of Jay vs Nas, yet in every one of these “The south just bitter!!” Threads, that little tidbit about NY rappers hating each other gets ignored. New Yorkers themselves don’t even see Jay as their goat. But southerners are “haters” because some don’t view Jay that way neither?
And OP was absolutely wrong about E40. At least on the internet, east coasters have gone out of their way to say shyt like “Anytime E40 or Bay Area music vids came on TV, I’d change the channel”. E40 got hated on by Biggie and others from the Eastcoast. For no reason.