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<p>Less than a month after <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/vogue-sues-drake-21-savage-over-phony-covers-used-to-promote-joint-album/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">21 Savage</a> faced backlash for saying Nas is &#8220;<a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/21-savage-clears-the-air-after-social-media-chewed-him-up-for-saying-nas-isnt-relevant/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not relevant</a>,&#8221; <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/boosie-tells-kanye-west-to-bleach-his-skin-white-amid-white-lives-matter-controversy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boosie</a> is making similar comments about <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/the-game-says-lil-baby-lil-durk-would-be-the-jay-z-nas-of-this-generation-nba-youngboy-would-be-the-tupac-of-this-generation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jay-Z</a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Boosie Says It&#8217;s All About Jay&#8217;s Hustle — NOT His Music</h3>
<p>It all went down during Boosie&#8217;s recent sit-down with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@vladtv" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>VladTV</em></a>. After DJ Vlad brought up how he sees Jay-Z as &#8220;the only&#8221; rapper over 50 who can still be &#8220;up there with the <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/lil-baby-denies-being-the-man-pictured-with-saweetie-last-december/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lil Babys</a> and <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/kendrick-lamar-releases-the-short-film-for-his-track-we-cry-together/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kendricks</a>&#8221; in terms of mainstream popularity, Boosie had some things to say.</p>
<p>The Baton Rouge rapper unapologetically offered another perspective, as he said he doesn&#8217;t think Hov is relevant in this musical era.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jay-Z&#8217;s not relevant this day for music.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>He went on to touch on 21 Savage&#8217;s aforementioned comments about Nas, saying that there&#8217;s no way Jay-Z is musically relevant if the &#8220;N.Y. State of Mind&#8221; rapper isn&#8217;t.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you gon&#8217; say Jay-Z relevant and Nas ain&#8217;t relevant, no.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Boosie explained his rationale by sharing that he doesn&#8217;t see people getting lit to Jay or Nas when he&#8217;s &#8220;outside.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;When I go to these clubs in Atlanta, these 25-to-35 clubs, I&#8217;m not hearin&#8217; Nas, [and] I&#8217;m not hearing&#8217; Jay-Z&#8230;I&#8217;m in the city. I&#8217;m outside—I be everywhere.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The &#8220;Wipe Me Down&#8221; rapper then offered another perspective, as he shared that Jay-Z is more presently admired for his business hustle rather than his discography.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jay-Z is respected by these people for being that boss that he is. When Jay-Z flash ‘cross that motherf**ker, it’s somethin’ with a billion dollars. It’s somethin’ with a $500 billion, $200 billion…It ain’t no song slashin’ ‘cross social media. It’s his hustle!&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>He summed up his thoughts by simply stating that he&#8217;s only keeping it real. Boosie also reasserted that he&#8217;s speaking on relevance as opposed to sales after DJ Vlad continued to disagree with his stance.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not finna say that I hear Jay-Z in the club, and I don&#8217;t hear Nas&#8230;Jay-Z not getting played, and Nas not getting played. I&#8217;m telling you the truth, bro. One is not over the other as far as relevance, as far as what I see in the clubs and s**t.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Twitter Overwhelmingly Sides With Boosie</h3>
<p>Understandably, Boosie&#8217;s comments swiftly began to circulate online, and Twitter users got in on the conversation.</p>
<p>The debate quickly turned into a match-up between the rappers — and most were on Boosie&#8217;s side.</p>
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<p>Of course, there were some hip hop heads who firmly disagreed with Boosie&#8217;s comments.</p>
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<p>However, the vast majority of people speaking on the matter shut this stance down.</p>
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<p>There were also some other subjects that came up, such as how people should be bumpin&#8217; holiday jams rather than debating over club bops.</p>
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<p>Additionally, one user called for both sides to unite and take aim against another rapper: Eminem.</p>
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<p>Some even wrote the situation off as an effort for Boosie to secure a Jay-Z collab.</p>
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<p>What are your thoughts on Boosie&#8217;s comments, and do you think he&#8217;s more &#8220;relevant&#8221; in today&#8217;s music than Jay-Z?</p>
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