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Jay-Z: He Didn't Have Brown Sidelined at BETs
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 2:17 pm
By: EURweb.com
In an interview with European radio personality Tim Westwood, Jay-Z addressed two pressing issues that have kept his name buzzing in the black blogosphere.
Asked about a flurry of verbal and video attacks from The Game, Hov says he never dissed the Compton rapper in the intro of his new album "The Blueprint 3" as The Game maintains. But, even if he did, Jay-Z says Game should take it like a man.
"If that's a dis, then wear that," Jay told Westwood. "Tell groupie to get over it."
Westwood also asked Jay his thoughts on the videotaped apology Chris Brown released on Monday.
"We're all flawed human beings. All a person can do is apologize," Jay said. "That's it, what can we say? You know everyone should be allowed to make mistakes. It happens."
The mogul also denied that he had a hand in blackballing Chris Brown from performing at the recent BET Awards during a tribute to Michael Jackson. The big rumor was that Jay told BET that neither he nor Beyonce would perform at the June award show if Brown was allowed to take the stage. BET and a source close to Brown discounted the rumor to MTV News in the wake of the show.
"That's the silliest rumor I ever heard," Jay told Westwood. "You know me, right? I was sitting back and watching all them suckers [comment]. You don't comment on rumors. I was sitting back watching them. 'Look at them. That's so silly.' First, let me categorically deny that. If I have a problem with Chris Brown, I got a problem with Chris Brown. I don't agree with what he did, and that's that."
Jay-Z said for him to impose his will on BET would have been a sucker move and for people to come out and comment on the rumor was also a sucka move.
"This one was funny," he said of the rumor. "I was sitting back like, 'Look at them; they all stupid.' I didn't do it, I wouldn't do it. That's not how I deal with my problems, through using BET or record companies."
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Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 2:17 pm
By: EURweb.com
In an interview with European radio personality Tim Westwood, Jay-Z addressed two pressing issues that have kept his name buzzing in the black blogosphere.
Asked about a flurry of verbal and video attacks from The Game, Hov says he never dissed the Compton rapper in the intro of his new album "The Blueprint 3" as The Game maintains. But, even if he did, Jay-Z says Game should take it like a man.
"If that's a dis, then wear that," Jay told Westwood. "Tell groupie to get over it."
Westwood also asked Jay his thoughts on the videotaped apology Chris Brown released on Monday.
"We're all flawed human beings. All a person can do is apologize," Jay said. "That's it, what can we say? You know everyone should be allowed to make mistakes. It happens."
The mogul also denied that he had a hand in blackballing Chris Brown from performing at the recent BET Awards during a tribute to Michael Jackson. The big rumor was that Jay told BET that neither he nor Beyonce would perform at the June award show if Brown was allowed to take the stage. BET and a source close to Brown discounted the rumor to MTV News in the wake of the show.
"That's the silliest rumor I ever heard," Jay told Westwood. "You know me, right? I was sitting back and watching all them suckers [comment]. You don't comment on rumors. I was sitting back watching them. 'Look at them. That's so silly.' First, let me categorically deny that. If I have a problem with Chris Brown, I got a problem with Chris Brown. I don't agree with what he did, and that's that."
Jay-Z said for him to impose his will on BET would have been a sucker move and for people to come out and comment on the rumor was also a sucka move.
"This one was funny," he said of the rumor. "I was sitting back like, 'Look at them; they all stupid.' I didn't do it, I wouldn't do it. That's not how I deal with my problems, through using BET or record companies."
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