Jim Jones is walking back on his previous comments that Queensbridge rapper Nas is irrelevant, following the major backlash he faced from the public.
Angie Martinez grilled Capo about his remarks, and while he says that he did not originally start the comparison conversation, he now regrets his words.
“Man, I didn’t know how many people loved Nas, though,” he said.
“I’m watching people go absolutely batsh– crazy, like goddamn. But that’s hip-hop. There’s people that I adored as a fan too that I’ll probably go batsh–t crazy for in the same situation, I love it, that’s what the game was built on. Let’s not make no mistake, I put in a lot of work and I did a lot of incredible things that a lot of people have not gotten to do in this industry.”
He also admitted that he was partly trolling at the time.
“I mean you’re definitely correct,” he explained. “But I didn’t start it. There was a young gentleman that they asked a question to and his clip went viral. He was on a podcast and they asked him who’s more relevant: Jim Jones or Nas? That went super viral and that led to all these people with platforms to ask that question.”
Jim Jones’ beef with Nas was one-sided, as Nas did not respond to him even once.