Nas got that ether, that sh*t to make your soul burn slow.
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Nas and Jay-Z’s rap beef was probably the most notable hip-hop war in the past decade, and since then the two rap legends have become friends.
Nas sat down with XXL magazine to talk about his classic albums, hip-hop still being dead, and of course his infamous beef with HOV.
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When asked if the now friends ever discuss their infamous diss tracks, Nas revealed some interesting information.
Even though Eminem came out with the song “Stan” first, after you called Jay-Z a stan on “Ether,” people started using it in that context.
I never even thought of that. Wow! Yea, man. I don’t even take credit for it. That’s hip-hop. That’s what hip-hop does.
You and Jay are friends now. Do you ever talk about “Ether?” Like, “Oh, you got me with that line.”
Not really. I mean, I think right now anybody who’s made it from the ’80s era, the ’90s, got into hip-hop and still stickin’ around and still here, still feelin’ great about life… I think that’s enough. I think anybody today, any peer of mine is just appreciative of the life that we’ve made for ourselves. We didn’t know anything. We didn’t know that this was gonna be the outcome, that we’d be around at this time doing what we’re doin’. I think everybody’s just on that page.
It seems that Nas won the battle, but overrall, Jay-Z won the war.
SOURCE: XXL
