Jay-Z recently performed a freestyle in Las Vegas which has reportedly struck a cord with The Game who, in return, has responded to allegations of it being a subliminal diss.
While it is not yet confirmed whether Game is directly referenced or used as a metaphor, Jay does, however, name drop past associates Jaz-O, Jim Jones and Damon Dash.
“For what people be talking about all the time,” Jay raps on-stage. “Are we talking about fiction or are we talking about fact/You talking about fiction, hold up, pardon my back/I’m talking about life and all I hear is/Oh yeah he’s talking about cripe/I ain’t talking about profit, I’m talking about pain/Talking about the city, talking about shame/I ain’t talkin’ about gossip, I ain’t talkin’ ’bout Game/I ain’t talkin’ about Jimmy, I ain’t talkin’ about Dame/I’m talkin’ about real sh*t, this here is pain/Whatcha talkin’ about, I don’t know what y’all saying/Dudes keep talkin’ about/’Hov take it back’/I’m doing better than before, why would I do that…People trying to re-write history let’s talk about that/Dame made millions, even Jaz made some scraps/He could have made more but he ain’t sign his contract.” (YouTube)
The Game resorted to Twitter and attempted to display his reaction and initial confusion.
“DO YALL THINK JAY-Z IS DISSIN ME ?,” he wrote. “YALL LISTEN & TELL ME WHAT YALL THINK ?!?!? & THEN WE CAN DECIDE HIS FATE !!! AIGHT SO, AFTER ABOUT 10,000 RESPONSES.. THE RESULTS READ THAT HE AINT DISSIN ME. & AS BAD AS I WANT TO RESPOND TO HIS OLD AZZ, HE CAN SLIDE” (The Game’s Twitter)
