On the track, released on Kanye’s Facebook page early Tuesday morning, Jay-Z complains that his competitors merely fantasize about what he does on a daily basis — including, but not limited to, schmoozing with Warren Buffet and Steve Forbes. He also cites this writer’s $450 valuation of his personal net worth, rounding up slightly to “half a billie,” before taking a shot at a fellow Hip-Hop Cash King or two: “Really, you got baby money.”
The line is a double entendre meant both as a general reference to the small amount of money that other rappers have in comparison to Jay-Z, and as a specific a reference to the wealth of rapper Dwayne “Lil Wayne” Carter, also known as “Weezy Baby,” and fellow New Orleans rapper and record executive Brian “Birdman” Williams, also known as “Baby.”
Full Story: Forbes
What rapper you know gets his lyrics broken down by Forbes? Do you agree that he was talking about Birdman on the track?
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Jay doesn’t put nothing on record by accident so yea that was a shot at Birdman. Forbes analyzed this??!!?!
yeh but wayne will destroy jay if his daddy tells him too so gd
no
I didn’t need Forbes to tell me this.
anybody who’s a fan of Jay-Z knows how he takes jabs at people.
“Half a billi really, nigga you got Baby money, keep it real with niggas, nigga you aint got my ladies money”
the only person that ever provoked Jay-Z about who’s money longer is Birdman.
anyways Wayne vs Jay-Z in a beef would be crazy.
battle of the gods jigga n old wayne?? idk
Jay was talking Baby but it was the truth not a jab.
Jay Vs Young Money
Hell yeah!!!!
Real Rap vs fake ass new school
Lets start the war
this ugly ass nigga sensative like a bitch, people with money don’t argue over who got the most,especially in the rap industry where fans turn on you overnight, but whatever man the south don’t fuck with jay z music so going at south niggas wont cost him anything,but this is the only region that still buy that roca wear garbage so he better tread light
SMH…JUST THE MEDIA TRYNA START UP SOME BULLSHIT SENSELESS BEEF…*SHRUGS* AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF THEM NIGGAS IS RICH AS FUCK!!
does jay have to sleep with one of their women before he mans up and says a next mans name? jay be a man
@ teenwolf
So birdman goes around the world constantly saying they got more money & are more lyrical than jay & u have no complants about that. Than jay says 2 lines after all the shit they were talkin & you’re pissed off….? I’m not sayin you’re a hater but u damn sure sound like one. Big ups to hov. He’s building a good relationship with Forbes. Good networking.
what is the point of this forbes article i think its stupid the guy who even wrote it probably started knowing jayz last year or something
Of course he sent a shot a Birdman, he don’t even got his lady money
he needed to diss Baby because Baby always talkin about they make more money than Jay and Jay cant fuck with him. but you never see Baby at the top of forbes with niggas like Puff, 50, or Jay.
and how many times can Baby get caught lying about shit he own and did. he lied about his oil company. niggas looked that shit up and checked his records and the company didnt exist.
he lied and said he was buying the Dolphins and the owners said they never heard of Baby and had no knowledge of him or anyone else trying to buy the team.
plus, we see the moves that Jay, Puff, n 50 make as far as bussiness ventures goes. we never hear about anything that Baby does outside of music. no endorsements, just lies.
no shot at anyone just good music
damn, now jay gettin murked for puttin the line in.
he shoulda stayd minding his own business.
i saw this coming….iLLuminati lmao
Jay is Blue and Baby is Red…Jay stands for Cole
co-sign Good Life
Seems weezy gets to slay some old dude, Roc nation vs YoungMoney. Cory guns vs any of them it’s a auto win for YoungMoney. Who does jay really have that can really rap ?
Seems like when you shit on beens,dame, young guns etc. no real nikkas will help jay. This is YMCMB rap game, your time is over Jay.
Jay Vs Who??????
Look I’m with the whole YMCM movement and all that. But don’t ever compare lil wayne to jay.
whoever said lil wayne will destroy jay z is fukkin stupid
Jay-z mentored wayne/cory guns an drake….he alone has sold more than the entire yung money in sales after 2000 alone….same goes for kanye an j cole will come at babblin cory gunz an drake leys not forget jay elect and o yea jay an kanye > them sily ass non topic rappers on yung money the biggest being wayne
Jab, shot, the truth, call it what you want. This is a result of Baby talkin that money shit about Jay a while back talkin about we got the most money. Nah son, you aint even got his lady money, lol!
U idiots, birdman has a half a billi too u dumbfucks. Don’t u know wayne, drake, niki minaj, tpain, dj khaled are under birdmans lable. stupid fucks those are the hottest hiphop atrist right now, who getting paid meanwhile? Birdman!
@Malachi Really J cole ? that nikka going to flop harder then soulja boy’s new album. he pretty much is a water down drake. lol example, there’s mountin dew=drake and theres mountin fizz=J cole. lol
Do you see Warren Buffett and Bill Gates arguing about who has more money. I love Jay (pause) but I really hope he aint talking about Birdman…that would just be corny!!
We’ll never truthfully know(meaning said by him). Jay is the King of Subliminals. For that exact said reason.
If it’s Roc Nation v Young Money. Roc Nation will destroy.
@YMCMB shut yo stupid ass up, plz. I dont like gettin at ppl on the internet or calling them names, but if you seriously think young money will beat roc nation lyrically wise, you must be out your rabid ass mind.
And for some of ya’ll thinkin Jay is just dissing niggas over money out the blue, isn’t Baby the same dude a couple months ago that was worried about how much Jigga had in his account?
@Corey..that’s the bottom line enough said B…
haven’t you not heard about Jay’s book decoded?
Every words in Jay’s rhymes for reason. Of course it’s a jab
however based on facts everybody knows Jay tops Forbes list all the time
Th’at’s hip hop. sick line and sick verse by the way.
Funny Forbes the one to break it down
Can someone fill me in. Why do so many people think birdman has jay-z type money? What has he done to be competing with jay-z? Someone please explain it to me. We have numbers, facts, & evidence that jay-z is on his way to a billion dollars. What proof or evidence do we have that birdman can say the same??? Jay-z got almost a quarter of a billi from rocawear alone. 150 million from live nation. He owns the masters to arguably the greatest catalogue in hip-hop history, his own. He was president of def jam for years. Restaurants, sports bars…etc. What has birdman done that tops that? No disrespect intended. I’m sure birdman’s got some money but I gotta agree with jay-z on this one. He ain’t even got beyonce money.
is it just me or is all jay-z talk about is how much money he got on everything i hear from him the last 5 years is it just me? damn i miss tupac
Co-sign Good Life.
plus, we see the moves that Jay, Puff, n 50 make as far as bussiness ventures goes. we never hear about anything that Baby does outside of music. no endorsements, just lies.
^^^^^^
except for them ugly ass Lugz shoes lol
I laugh at dudes that complain about Jigga talking about his money all the time! Hello! Jay’s been talking that money shit since 95. What you niggas think Dead Presidents was about? He been told niggas(with a little help from Nas)that he was only here for them dead presidents to represent him. Fast forward….10 years plus later, they are representing him and why does he keep talking money shit? Well, it’s because he likes money, bitch!
About H.A.M. – It will definitely have to grow on me. I expected much more. That song is not really Kanye or Jay, BUT I don’t like Jay’s verse. Ye slacked off this track. I can’t wait to hear more. I hope this is one of the weaker tracks and it only gets better because I liked the Good Friday stuff they did together. “That’s my bitch”, “So Appalled” and “The Joy” are better than this in my opinion.
Oops. I meant to say up top that I do like Jay’s verse.
The album called watch the throne lol. Cash money/Young Money is the hottest label in the game and Wayne is arguably suppose to be the honest rapper. Im not surprised to hear a wayne/baby jab. That combined with the fact Drake and Ye got this little jab beef back and forth. Maybe this album can push a drake and wayne album to really come out.
Wow did someone really said Lil Wayne’s lil YM puppets are better than Jay? Really? I’m not really feeling Jay like that nowadays but seriously…smack yourself kid.
I’d prefer Roc Nation over young money anyday.
Roc Nation all day.
Let’s Do Simple math & add Common Sense. No Bullshit or Nonsense:
Jay I s not comparable to anyone in the industry solets leave that be..
Now… how about a reflection on Baby hmmmm.
We know baby steals money where he can so take the fact that legally he also gets money off Lil Wayne…Nicki..Drake…& old roatation.
I think that alsone solidifies that he can Possibly catch up to Jay & may even be close.
LMAOOOO AT THESE FUCKING IGNORANT IDIOTS SAYIN J COLE AINT SHIT AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
Not exaclty what I expected, but I guess its an under the radar diss track….
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again if it wasn’t for his union with Bey Jay’s lyrics wouldn’t be getting analyzed by Forbes…and for the record I’m not knocking him or anything but truthfully Jay’s worth and status shot up after getting with Bey…and again you always see Wayne on the Forbes list and not Baby…and we also know that Baby makes more money that Wayne so…he’s worth a lot of money…it’s just not disclosed. Jay’s just fishing for compliments with that line.
JAY-Z can easily take baby, cash money, and all of cash money’s artist (bow wow?!). Littttle wayne, young money and all (200) of their trash artist (not including drake & minaj).
Lmao at Niggas saying that jay will get killed by BABY MONEY that wouldnt even be fair for them
and why are people getting mad cause jay is bragging about money this is hip hop dumbasses, Anyways jay bodied him with that line,plus birdman asked for it talking all that shit
jay said it best
men lie women lie numbers dont
Men lie women lie numbers dont
aight now niggas be takin shit to far talkin about, baby aint got this, baby aint got no business ventures jada jada ja, yo first of all get your facts right niggas! birdman owns a fucking oil company, tell me a nigga u know do that.
aint sayin he got jay money (nor beyonce money) but when a brotha is doin good, aint no need to hate. my second issue wit niggas is, niggas talkin about roc nation gone kill YM lyricaly, ehm hell naw. YM got wayne, drake, t-pain soon, tyga and the list goes on. ROC only got electronica and cole. BBBUT(!!) jay is so good that he can singel handedly destroy young money, and that probably wit just 2 verses..
funny thing is j.cole could destroy young money to hahah
Wow all these young kids getting upset just because Jay told the truth, we all know that Jay and Bey make more money then CM/YM. Wayne voice is just annoying I remember when he was the Soulja Boy of rap back in the early 00s these damn kids will listen to anything these days. Could Young Money fuck with any crew of the 90s Biggie and Junior Mafia, Wu Tang, DeathRow crew
LOL @ anybody who think Wayne can hold his own against Jigga. Come on man
J.Cole can destroy the whole label by himself.
All the peep saying Wayne will outrap jay-z must have not heard mr Carter or swagga like us
Point blank-Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t! Jay-Z is a millionaire, has the stats to prove it! Baby is a hustler has the stat sheet to prove it!
To all thee weezy dick riders… stf weezyy too pussyy to do anything… if weezyy was to scared tahh go at gillie then hes not gunnah do shit tah jay.
What rapper you know has his music playing in the vatican. Nigel get off Jay-z’s dick. I only respect the great.Rip Makaveli the dawn fuck punk ass Jay-z
It`s funny how niggaz say that Wayne will murk Jay-z…but not that Birdman will murk Jay-z haha…anyways, Jay-z is Wayne`s Idol…how the phuck is he supposed better than him…same thing goes for Drake
At the end of the day it wasn’t really a diss, it was real talk… Baby and wayne just need to eat that… TAKE THAT, TAKE THAT!!!!
1st jay gettin soft over the truth… they (cash money/wayne) was selling more units hence making more money off of music as stated!!!
2nd Forbes pimpin!!!
3rd I’m not even sure he has the money his lady does…lmmfao!!!
lol @ Likeabite = co-sign!
This aint the south vs east coast but two of Roc nations best comes from the fucking south and i was born and raised East coast, so this is not a biased statement. But J. Cole and Jay electronica would destroy young money. Jay-Z, J.Cole, Jay elcetronica vs Baby, Wayne, Drake, Bow wow lol!!! Of course Jay-Z has more money than Baby, Lil Wayne, and Drake, Nicki Minaj put together…..seriously!!!!
Yeh most of Jay-Z music now is him boasting,or illuminati. It’s like guy, we know you make money, please touch on other subjects or is he that into himself that he has to continue boasting on just about every song. He’s talented, talk about something else please. The boasting is beginning to be way too much in rap. There is no more music that people can relate to. We are not doing it, we are in a f*cking recession…stop boasting
Enter birdman networth & then enter Jay Z networth.
Only “non accountants” believe the hype…
When they say “net worth” its an valuation on how much Money his brand is worth as a whole, not how much Cash assets he actually have on hand. For example, I can sign a 5 year deal worth 100 million dollars, But only bring in $20 million per year on that deal. My overall net worth would be the 100 million, it doesn’t mean cash assets on hand. THey probably got to 450 million by including future forecasts of revenue his business will bring in eventually, land, building and other assets also included. Forbes is highly trusted, but they never publish their methods, or a break down on each item
Jay Z dissed himself with that track H.A.M. you aint a “boss” when your Wife make more money than u lol
the shots were very obvious.and he said they dont even make HIS ladys money
———-YMCMB———–> Taking it forward this year, not Jay Z’s lame old setup
All im gonna say is
Jay z,J Cole, Jay Electronica>Wayne,Drake,Nikki
and if kanye gets involved
Kanye,Pusha T,Cyhi da Prince>EVERYBODY else in YM
Cory Gunz is the only lyrical threat on YM, it may sound like he aint sayin ish but look up his lyrics or pay close attention 2 his verses.Drake cant hold his weight against somebody if they not a canadian rapper, Nikki strugglin wit Kim, and Wayne scared to enter any beef, so who’s left Jae millz?(hahaha)T streets?(hahahaha)Lil chuckee and twist?(hahaha) or wait a min maybe BOW WOW?(hahahahaha)
peace and chicken grease yall
of course forbes didnt pay attention to what was actually said or meant. Baby stated that as fas as music goes and just music cash money is making more. even jay z admits of all his income h makes the least amount from music
eh guys dont forget that
baby has been longer in the game then jay
cashmoney was founded in the 1990s and jayz came to the game about 7-8 years after