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Remember When Jay-Z Projected Embarrassing Photos of a Rival While on Stage in 2001? We Do

25 years ago, Jay-Z had an infamous moment at Hot 97’s Summer Jam by showing an embarrassing set of photos of another rival rapper.

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Nowadays, Jay-Z is almost anti-beef. Back in March 2026, he argued that bringing kids into the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar was a step too far for him. “I sound like the old guy wagging his finger,” Hov admitted.

“But I think we can achieve the same thing, as far as sparring with music, with collaborations more so than breaking the whole thing apart. It could stand it before because there was no social media. You had the battle, and it was fun, and then you moved on. Right now, I don’t know if it could stand it with the technology that we have.”

Mind you, this is the same person who told Nas he left condoms on his........

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